1. Zoom In Source Analysis in Social Studies
Created By: Marcia Motter

2. Describe what you see in this image.
What type of source do you think this is?
What season of the year do you think it is?
What is a question that you still have about this image?

3. With a partner, list all of the details you now see.
What different types of people do you see in the image? What time period is being depicted in this image? How do you know? Provide evidence from the painting to support your thinking.
What do you think is happening in this painting?

4. What new details were revealed?
What is the woman in the middle of the painting doing?
What are two questions that you still have?

5. What do we learn from the details in the full painting?
What is the mood of this painting? What evidence supports your thinking?
Write a title for this painting.
What is one question you still have about this painting?

6. What message do you think the author is trying to convey
What message do you think the author is trying to convey? Provide evidence to support you answer.
Is this a primary or secondary source? Explain your reasoning.
Do you think this is an accurate and valid depiction of the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans at the first Thanksgiving?
Answer the question by writing a claim. Use evidence from the painting and reasoning to support your claim.
Title: The First Thanksgiving 1621, created by J.L.G. Ferris in Source: