Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Harriet Jacobs photographs

Please analyze the Harriet Jacobs photographs on this website http://xroads.virginia.edu. Use this format to analyze the pictures.

  1. Describe exactly what you see in the photo.
  2. What people and objects are shown?
  3. How are they arranged?
  4. What is the physical setting?
  5. What other details can you see?
  6. Summarize what you already know about Harriet Jacobs. State what you know about the people and objects that appear.
  7. What conclusions can you make about slavery?

Then analyze the memory project interview and write the following:

  1. Title and source of the document
  2. Who's speaking in the document? What can you tell about the speaker?
  3. What information do you draw about children in the Civil War?
  4. Is the information credible? Why or why not?
  5. What questions does this document raise?

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