Zoom-In

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Zoom-In

• Directions
• Examine the primary source clues carefully.
  Determine what you see and what questions you
  might ask to get the big picture.
• What might primary sources tell us about our
  perception of historical events?

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• What do you see?

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• What new things to you see?
• When do you think this image was taken?

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• Where do you think this image was taken?
• What new people or things do you see?

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• Describe who/what you see in this image.

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• What do you think happened before this picture
  was taken?

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• How did your perception of the image change as
  you saw more of it?
• Why do you think this image was created?

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A Chinese Christian pastor and family - a class
supremely hated by the fanatical "Boxers",
Canton, China, 1900
Based on this image, how can you explain the
impact of westernization on China?
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Unknown. (c1900). A Chinese Christian pastor and
family - a class supremely hated by the fanatical
"Boxers", Canton, China. Library of
Congress Prints Photographs, Sterograph Cards