Picture This

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Picture This!

• SPI 0501.7.2 Determine the main idea
• in a visual image.

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Look closely at this picture
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• What is the setting of the picture?
• What time period do you think it is from?
• What details do you notice?
• Do you notice the people? What is their size in
  relation to the structure?
• What kind of flag is flying?

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• By focusing on the whole picture first, and then
  the details, you can determine the main idea of
  the picture.
• This is a picture of Fort Sumter (in South
  Carolina) during the Civil War. The men are
  preparing the fort for war.

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• What feeling do you get when you look at this
  picture?
• Look at their clothes and their shelter.
• Look at the expression on the womans face.
• What is the setting of the picture?

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• This is a picture of a family during the Great
  Depression of the 1920s. They have traveled from
  their home in the Dust Bowl and are homeless. The
  picture is showing you how hopeless the people
  felt during this time.

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• Look at the people in the picture. Some are in
  uniform and some are not.
• Some are huddled together and look nervous or
  scared.
• What is the setting? What time period do you
  think this was taken in?

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• This is a picture of Jews in Krakow during World
  War II. They are scared of the German soldier and
  are traveling together in groups. This picture
  shows how scared the Jewish people were during
  World War II.

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Interview

• Pick one of the pictures and pretend you are
  going to interview the people in it.
• Fill out an interview plan sheet with questions.
• Write a newspaper article using historical facts
  about the picture and making up quotes from the
  people.