1. Zoom In Inquiry Examine primary source clues carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to “get the big picture”.

2. What do you see?

3. Where do you think this image is taken?

4. Who is in this image? How are they dressed? How certain are you about where this image is taken?

5. What new people or objects do you see? Describe the faces of the people present. What do you think they are doing?

6. What does this image say about urban life, children’s activities, adult interaction? What questions remain unanswered?

7. Roof top playgrounds, children playing, New York, NY CREATED/PUBLISHED [between 1850 and 1920?]

8. What is the “big picture?” What did you initially see? Where is the image taken? What time period is the image from? What do you imagine was the reason for creating this image? What does this image say about urban life, children’s activities, adult interaction? What questions remain unanswered?

9. Where can you find this image or others related to children and play at the Library of Congress? Try: American Memory America’s Library Prints and Photographs Online Catalog Other Ideas? Use search terms like: playground, roof, “open air school,” jungle gyms

10. How do primary source images ask and answer “big questions”?

11. Challenge

12. Inspire

13. Deepen our understanding