Teacher Notes The teacher should print each slide. Each student group receives one image for analysis and an analysis sheet (slide 2 or 3 of this PowerPoint depending on which one you prefer). To block off all but one quarter of the image, consider giving students a “magic viewer,” a piece of dark construction paper with one quarter cut out. To make the most of your time, only spend 5-10 minutes on this. The images will come up again as you move through each region. Sample “Magic Viewer”

Step 1: Observe one quarter of the image at a time. What do you see? Upper Left People: Objects: Activities: Questions We Have: Upper Right People: Objects: Activities: Questions We Have: Lower Left People: Objects: Activities: Questions We Have: Lower Right People: Objects: Activities: Questions We Have: What does this picture tell us about farming in Colonial America?

What do you notice about the natural environment in this picture? What do you notice about the man-made objects in this picture? What do you notice about the people in this picture? Anything else?

From: McCabe, James D. The Pictorial History of the United States. Philadelphia: The National Publishing Company, 1877.

Postcard showing Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1622, with buildings identified. W.L. Williams, c 1901

This painting, entitled "The Residence of David Twining, 1787," depicts a farm in Bucks County, Pa. (Oil ( ) by Edward Hicks. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Colonial Williamsburg.)

Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 10) (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

Life of George Washington--The Farmer Painted by Stearns ; lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris. C 1853