1. Did insects make an impact on early American media?

2. What are the people in the picture doing? When and where do you think this activity happened? These and other questions are what students will use to analyze primary resource media with the addition of ….

3. Why are they included Early American media? This is the question I want students to think about and try to answer? Cicada, 30 seconds Cicada, 30 seconds

5. Investigative questions: What did you notice first in the primary resource? Make a list of important details (words, pictures, numbers for example) What kind of insect is portrayed in the primary resource? Why do you think they used that insect? Did you see anything unexpected? What is the time period of the primary resource? What does it make you think about? What do you think is the purpose of the primary resource? How does the author get the point across? Who would be the audience of the primary resource? Do you see any biases of stereotypes?