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Analyze a 1903 picture portraying Teddy Roosevelt in Bogota, Columbia, holding a shovel and a treaty flag. Discover details like large boots stomping in water, large boats attempting to pass through a crack in the water. Use analysis to draw conclusions.
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“The News Reaches Bogota” W.A. Rogers New York Herald, 1903 Picture Analysis Quartering Have students use two intersecting sheets of notebook paper to block off ¾ of an image. On a separate sheet of notebook paper, folded into quarters, have students list as many details as they can find in the corresponding quarter. Repeat for the remaining quarters. Use the lists of details to make generalizations, connections, etc.
Man with large boots stomping in water. • Large Boats behind the feet trying to get through the “crack” • Title: How does the news reach them? “The News Reaches Bogota” W.A. Rogers New York Herald, 1903 Picture Analysis
Teddy Roosevelt (very big) • Holding a shovel • Face look serious Man with large boots stomping in water. Large Boats behind the feet trying to get through the “crack” “The News Reaches Bogota” W.A. Rogers New York Herald, 1903 Picture Analysis
“The News Reaches Bogota” W.A. Rogers New York Herald, 1903 Picture Analysis • Teddy Roosevelt (very big in picture) • Holding a shovel • Face looks serious • Shovel dumping dirt • Military man holding a flag reading “new treaty” • Man with large boots stomping in water. • Large Boats behind the feet trying to get through the “crack” • Title: How does the news reach them?
Teddy Roosevelt (very big) • Holding a shovel • Face look serious • Shovel dumping dirt • Military man holding a flag reading “new treaty” • Town of Bogota, Columbia being dumped on by dirt • Mountainous area • Large steam ships in the water • Man with large boots stomping in water. • Large Boats behind the feet trying to get through the “crack” • Title: How does the news reach them? “The News Reaches Bogota” W.A. Rogers New York Herald, 1903 Picture Analysis
Teddy Roosevelt (very big) • Holding a shovel • Face look serious • Shovel dumping dirt • Military man holding a flag reading “new treaty” • Town of Bogota, Columbia being dumped on by dirt • Mountainous area • Large steam ships in the water • Man with large boots stomping in water. • Large Boats behind the feet trying to get through the “crack” • Title: How does the news reach them? Picture Analysis • What generalizations can you make about this image? • How does the title of the cartoon contribute to the cartoonist’s P.O.V.? • What foreign policy goals and tools are reflected in the cartoon? “The News Reaches Bogota” W.A. Rogers New York Herald, 1903