1. Zoom-In on Rules

2. What do this image tell us about rules and government? Examine the painting carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the “big picture”. Examine the painting carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the “big picture”.

3. What do you see What do you see

4. Describe who you see in this image. Describe who you see in this image. Where do you think this image was taken? Where do you think this image was taken?

5. What new people or things do you see? What new people or things do you see? What time period does this painting represent? What time period does this painting represent?

6. Make a hypothesis about what is happening in this picture.

7. What new things do you see? What new things do you see? What do you think happened before the event in the painting? What do you think happened before the event in the painting?

8. What new evidence supports or shifts your hypothesis? What new evidence supports or shifts your hypothesis? Why do you think this painting was created? Why do you think this painting was created?

9. Christy, H. C. (ca. 1960). Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Christy, H. C. (ca. 1960). Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States. Library of Congress: Prints & PhotographsScene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States.Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States.

10. How did your perception of the image change as you saw more of the image? How did your perception of the image change as you saw more of the image? What questions did the image leave you with?

11. Understanding the “big picture” Understanding the “big picture” How are Good Rules and Government made?

12. Examine these historical documents to determine how they help us understand how good rules are created. Library of Congress. (n.d.). Transcript of the "Hay Draft" of the Gettysburg Address. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Gettysburg AddressTranscript of the "Hay Draft" of the Gettysburg Address. The Gerrymander. A New Species of Monster.The Gerrymander. A New Species of Monster. Library of Congress: American Memory Franklin, B. (1754). Join or Die. Library of Congress: Prints & PhotographsJoin or Die. Widdows, F. (n.d.). The Constitution! H. De Marsan. No. 60 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.]. Library of Congress: American Memory, America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song SheetsThe Constitution! H. De Marsan. No. 60 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.].