Determine what Determine what you see and what you see and what

questions you questions you might ask to get might ask to get the “big picture.”the “big picture.”

What do you see?What do you see?

Can you guess what this is?Can you guess what this is?

How about now?How about now?

What do you think What do you think this machine was this machine was used for?used for?

When do you think When do you think this picture was this picture was taken?taken?

What might the What might the picture tell us about picture tell us about child labor?child labor?

How does this picture How does this picture relate to what you know relate to what you know about America in the about America in the early 1900’s?early 1900’s?

How did your How did your perception of the image perception of the image change as you saw more change as you saw more of it?of it?

How did working in How did working in factories affect children's factories affect children's lives?lives?

Hine, L. W. (1908). Boy Sweeper, Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Carding Machines: Floor Slippery. (See report for conditions.) Location: Evansville, Indiana. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs, National Child Labor Committee Collection Photographs by Lewis Hine