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Zoom-In on Rules. What do this image tell us about rules and government?. Examine the painting carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the “big picture”. What do you see. Describe who you see in this image. Where do you think this image was taken?.
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What do this image tell us about rules and government? • Examine the painting carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the “big picture”.
Describe who you see in this image. • Where do you think this image was taken?
What new people or things do you see? • What time period does this painting represent?
What new things do you see? • What do you think happened before the event in the painting?
What new evidence supports or shifts your hypothesis? • Why do you think this painting was created?
Christy, H. C. (ca. 1960). Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs
How did your perception of the image change as you saw more of the image? • What questions did the image leave you with?
Understanding the “big picture” • How are Good Rules and Government made?
Examine these historical documents to determine how they help us understand how good rules are created. The Gerrymander. A New Species of Monster. Library of Congress: American Memory Widdows, F. (n.d.) . TheConstitution! H. De Marsan.No. 60 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.]. Library of Congress: American Memory, America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets Library of Congress. (n.d.). Transcript of the "Hay Draft" of the Gettysburg Address. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Gettysburg Address Franklin, B. (1754). Join or Die. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs