The document discusses several photographs and asks questions to analyze each one. For the first photograph, it shows a family cooking in a kitchen with wood burning stove and electric mixer, suggesting they are cooking for a larger group in a camp environment. The second photograph shows a young Hitler shaking a boy's hand, possibly during his rise to power to portray himself as a lovable man. The third photo depicts police dogs attacking a protestor to convey a message about police brutality during civil rights protests.
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Pic analysis group activity
1. Group ABC! Picture Analysis Project
Who are the people in the photograph?
Family cooking. Three women and a man.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this. Cooking: kitchen, wood burning stove, electric mixer, teapot, milk jug
Camp environment, cooking for a larger group,
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Unsure
Why is this photograph important to history? To respect history, represents traditional female roles,
old culture, mix old and new technologies and how people adapted to change (wood stove an electric
mixer)
What questions does this photograph raise?
Where was taken? Why did they have so many supplies?
Write your own caption for the photograph: A family prepares dinner to share with others while
camping.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? Google Image search, Research
pottery in the picture, and the clothing,
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
2. 1. Traditional Gender Roles
2. Post WWII Era
3. Lower Middle Class Socio-economic household
Who are the people in the photograph?
Hitler, a kid and women
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
Traveling by transport, bench seats, big window in the back, people are in a line
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Hitler is a lovable man because he shakes hands with babies.
Why is this photograph important to history?
Shows a young Hitler when he first coming to power and how he related well to his citizens.
What questions does this photograph raise?
Was he a lovable man? Where are they going? Why is he shaking the boy’s hand? Is there political
meaning behind this picture? Was this during Hitler’s reign?
Write your own caption for the photograph: A young Hitler shakes a future soldier’s hand.
3. What could you do to find more information about this photograph? We could look up clothing style
and Hitler’s advertisement.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. They are going somewhere.
2. They are happy.
3. It’s a cute kid.
Who are the people in the photograph?
Police officers and protestors.
4. What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this. They are protesting and the police dogs are attacking a man.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Make a statement of police brutality during peaceful protests.
Why is this photograph important to history?
Shows civil rights movement in the US, also shows police are not using lethal force to deal with the
protestors.
What questions does this photograph raise?
Why were they protesting? What did that man do? How did he fall down?
Write your own caption for the photograph: Police dogs attack a protestor.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? Ask the people in it. Look up the
badge location. Research clothing style.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. Problemfromthe populationbecause police keepitreasonable.
2. Civil Rightmovementduringthe 50’s/60’s
3. Police dogs have beeninuse fora while.
5. Who are the people in the photograph?
It’s a piece of art. But the Statue of Liberty and a hanged person.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
A person was hanged from the Statue of Liberty. He’s dead, because he was hung.
6. What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
The US kills black people. Liberty is reserved for white people. It is warping the symbolism of the
Statue to mean death to those that are different instead of freedom.
Why is this photograph important to history?
It shows the dividing lines of continued racial tensions.
What questions does this photograph raise?
For what purpose was he hanged?
What was happening politically at the time? Why was he hanged from Statue of Liberty?
Write your own caption for the photograph: Hangman. Liberty for a price and only is you’re special.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
Research the art style,
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. That man is huge or the statue shrank a lot.
2. The hanged man was black.
3. Stormy background.
7. Who are the people in the photograph?
A family of immigrants coming to America
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
Immigrating, on a boat, hopeful maybe
8. What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Hope.
Why is this photograph important to history? It shows the types of people during the immigration
boom, and that America is a melting pot, and has always has been.
What questions does this photograph raise?
Where did they come from? What did they hope to achieve in America.
Write your own caption for the photograph: A family looks upon their future in America.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
Research clothing style of immigrants, research camera distortion, research style of head scarves
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. They are in New York City.
2. They are a family
They are from maybe eastern Europe
9. Who are the people in the photograph?
New recruits. Men. Officers.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this. The men are being examined for entrance into the military. The uniforms and the
lack of shirts. And the hands on the other guys face.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Order and Security
Why is this photograph important to history?
Shows the lack of humanization in military environments
What questions does this photograph raise?
When was this? Why are they going through this? Why isn’t that fan running?
Write your own caption for the photograph: New recruits are being examined prior to induction.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph? Research old fans, old military
outfits, military practices, and window makers.
10. Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph.
1. They are in the military
2. It’s pre1950s
3. It’s hot in there.