Student Worksheet

Student Worksheet

Study of Photographs

Teacher may use with any of the photographs in the Imperilism lesson.

Name: ___________________________________

Class: ___________________________________

TO THE STUDENT: These questions are to help you understand the photos you are looking at. You may not be able to fully answer every question in detail but try to extract as much information as you can.

1.   What is going on in this picture?

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2.   What are the important details in this photo? Why are they important?

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3.   What details in the photo will help determine when it was taken?

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4.   Why was this picture taken? Was it a family portrait? Government photo? News story?

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5.   Do you think the event/people were typical of this period?

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