1. It costs a dime to look through this Bausch and Lomb high power telescope Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Zoom In Inquiry

2. What might we learn about American history from primary sources? Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the big picture.

3. Describe what you see in this image.

4. What new things do you see?

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

6. Does this image represent the Reconstruction & Industrialization period or the Post War period?

7. Post War How do we know this image is from the Post War time period? List specific evidence that you see.

8. Click to show some answers. What other evidence do you see? The Magazine Date The style of dress of the men. The Vietnam War was in the Post War Period The “March on Washington” (part of the Civil Rights Movement) was in the Post War Period Ralph Abernathy was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement during the Post War Period.

9. Who might these men be and why might they be marching?

11. Unkown (1963). Life Magazine, September 6, 1963. Library of Congress: Exhibitions: “With an Even hand” Brown v. Board at Fifty.Life Magazine, September 6, 1963Exhibitions: “With an Even hand” Brown v. Board at Fifty.

12. What is the “big picture?” How does the interaction of cultures lead to change?

13. Examine these primary sources to determine how they help us further understand how minority groups helped shape the life of Post War America. Green, W. C. (1961). [Willie Mays, standing, with his arm around Roy Campanella]. Library of Congress: American Memory, African American Odyssey.[Willie Mays, standing, with his arm around Roy Campanella]. African American Odyssey Little Richard (1950). “Here’s Little Richard.” Library of Congress: Exhibitions, John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations.“Here’s Little Richard.” John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection. (1954). “George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Court decision declaring segregation unconstitutional, 1954.” Library of Congress: American Memory, African American Odyssey.“George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Court decision declaring segregation unconstitutional, 1954.”African American Odyssey