Visual Literacy: Reading Perspectives in primary sources Primary Sources Provided By The Library of Congress for Mrs. Cox, English Language Arts
Big Idea Questions How is an artist like a writer? How can we “read” an image similar to how we read text? How can we interpret art by analyzing the subject, mood, and perspective of the image? How can images deepen our understanding, or even influence our views, on certain topics or issues?
Key vocabulary Perspective: to understand something through your own senses and logic; your point of view. Bias: the presentation of an issue from a single point of view. Facts: unbiased and certain information about reality. Opinion: judgements, beliefs, and personal views about reality.
Discourse Starters What is going on in the picture? What is the picture mainly about? What’s the story? Is there a bias? When I see _____________, it makes me think __________________. When I see _____________, it makes me feel ___________________. When I see _____________, it makes me wonder________________. I think ____________, because I see __________________. I feel _____________, because I see __________________. I wonder ________________, because I see ________________. Discourse Starters
To access these sources: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets/ From there, select the women’s suffrage student discovery set: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/womens-suffrage/id100349450 Primary Source Citations “Mayer, Henry, artist. “The Awakening.” Illustration. Puck: volume 77, no. 1981, February 20, 1915, pages 14-15. From Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98502844/” “Gustin, E. W. “Election Day!” Cartoon. c1909. From Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97500226/ “Bushnell. [“The Sky is Now Her Limit.”] Cartoon. New York Times Current History. New York: New York Times Co., October 1920, Page 142. From Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002716769/ “Harris & Ewing, photographer. “WOMAN SUFFRAGE JAIL CELL.” Photograph. Between 1916 and 1918. From Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2008006996/” “Votes for Women Broadside. Women’s Political Union.” Broadside. New York City, New York, January 28, 1911. From Library of Congress, Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911. http://www.loc.gov/item/rbcmiller002522”