Primary Source Activities: Scott Family Photograph
Author: Elizabeth D. Akingbola
Grade(s): 7, 8
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1. Which one of the people in the photograph is John Scott?
2. What time period do you think the photograph was taken?
Level II: Interpretation
1. What questions would you ask the younger people depicted in the photograph?
2. How would you use this photograph to describe the social class status of some blacks living in Ohio?
Level III: Analysis
1. What inference can you make about John Scott and the young lady standing next to him?
2. What conclusions can you draw about the John Scott family?
Standards
- History 6-8, Benchmark G: Analyze the causes and consequences of the American Civil War.
- Indicator: Grade 8, GLI 9. Explain causes of the Civil War with emphasis on: e. The abolitionist movement and the roles of Frederick Douglass and John Brown.
