1. Zoom In Inquiry Parks, G. (1943). Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students using microscopes. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division.

2. Examine primary source clues carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the “big picture.” What can primary sources tell us about technology?

3. What do you see?

4. What do you see now? What inferences can you make about this photo?

5. Describe the new objects you see.

6. Make a hypothesis about when and where this photo was taken.

7. What do you think happened after this photograph was taken?

8. "Completed Product of a Great Automobile Factory Ready for Delivery, Detroit, MI." "Completed Product of a Great Automobile Factory Ready for Delivery, Detroit, MI." Meadville, Pennsylvania: Keystone View Company, 1917. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (159) Prints and Photographs Division

9. How did your perception of the image change as you saw more of it? What questions does this image leave you with?

10. How does new technology lead to progress? Is progress good? Understanding the “big picture”

11. Examine these primary sources to determine if they illustrate how technological change affects individuals in society. Phillip Sandhurst. The Great Centennial Exhibition Critically Described and Illustrated. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1876. Illustration facing p. 409. General Collections, Library of Congress (135) The Great Centennial Exhibition Critically Described and Illustrated. General Collections, Type Specimens. (c. 13 th century). Library of Congress: Exhibitions, World Treasures of the Library of Congress. Samuel F.B. Morse. Railway Signal Telegraph, ca. 1840. Color sketches. Page 2 Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (143a,b) Railway Signal Telegraph, ca. 1840. Page 2 Manuscript Division