Based upon your textbook readings and lecture notes examine and analyze the below images. Include in your analysis the historical perspective and events in which the image refers to.
First – Identify and note details – Describe what you see. • What do you notice first? • What people and objects are shown? • How are they arranged? • What is the physical setting? • What, if any, words do you see?
Second – Generate and test hypotheses about the image. Why do you think this image was made? • What’s happening in the image? • Who do you think was the audience for this image? • What tools were used to create this? • What can you learn from examining this image? • If someone made this today, what would be different? • What would be the same?
Third – How do those events and images continue to profoundly shape America’s view of the world and its place in the world?
