Family photograph as primary source — NOTICE / WONDER / ASK
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~6 min hist.gK.f.his.photo_as_source.ex_02

Apply Routine To Unfamiliar Photo

Prompt

Look at this UNFAMILIAR photo (a 1950s family at a kitchen table). Apply NOTICE/WONDER/ASK. Who would you ASK if you wanted to know more?

M-K-F-HIS-EX-02 Photograph
Public-domain 1950s photograph: family of four around a kitchen table, formica counter, refrigerator with rounded corner

Public-domain 1950s photograph: family of four around a kitchen table, formica counter, refrigerator with rounded corners, woman in dress, man in white shirt. Black-and-white.

How it's presented
mode recording sheet with provided photo
Answer criteria
type observational rubric
criteria
  1. 3 NOTICE statements
  2. 1 WONDER question
  3. names a sensible ASK person — a librarian, historian, or grandparent — since family isn't available
Hints
  1. Even though you don't know these people, you can NOTICE.
  2. If you can't ask the people, who else might know about that time?
Misconceptions to watch
  • Refusing to engage because 'they're strangers'
  • Inventing a fake ASK person
Used in lessons