Analyzing+Images


 * First Look:**


 * 1) Describe what you see.
 * 2) What do you notice first?
 * 3) What people and objects are shown?
 * 4) How are they arranged?
 * 5) What is the physical setting?
 * 6) What, if any, words do you see?
 * 7) What other details can you see?


 * Reflection:**


 * 1) Why do you think this image was made?
 * 2) What’s happening in the image?
 * 3) When do you think it was made?
 * 4) Who do you think was the audience for this image?
 * 5) What tools were used to create this?
 * 6) What can you learn from examining this image?
 * 7) What’s missing from this image?
 * 8) If someone made this today, what would be different?
 * 9) What would be the same?

What more do you want to know, and how can you find out? What comes next?

Of course, these are not all of the questions you can ask, but they're a good place to start. Let yourself wonder. Who, what, when, where, why, and how can be very helpful when coming up with questions.

Questions based on materials found at [|Library of Congress]


 * Practice Activities for These Skills**

Image Detective [] An interactive activity for students to analyze images using what they already know about a topic as well as their critical thinking skills.

Women at the Turn of the Century: New Roles / New Images [] Another visual literacy activity focusing on women's changing roles, using documents and advertising created between 1900 and 1920.