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2019-2020: Image Analysis: Image Analysis

Directions

Image Analysis - Choice Topics

Now it's your turn! You will select an image to analyze, learn about the topic relating the image by reading a topic overview, and analyze the perspectives relating to the image.

 

You will know you are successful when you understand: 

  • Pictures don't tell the full story; 
  • Narratives can be skewed with an author's biased perspective; 
  • News organizations do not always include all the facts in their reporting; 
  • It is best to seek information from both sides of an issue before formulating your own opinion. 

 

Image Analysis - Your Turn

Step One:

  1. Select one of the pictures below on which to focus. 
  2. Complete questions one through three on the Image Study Student Note Sheet (see Google Classroom for details). 

Picture #1: 

Picture #2: 

Picture #3: 

 

Picture #4: Choice Image & Topic

To select a choice image and topic, use one of the databases linked below. 

Read and Take Notes on the following:

  1. Read the caption or citation about the specific image.
  2. Click the image below and read the brief overview of this topic; complete the "Topic Overview" section of your notes.
  3. Next, read at least two articles, one from each perspective, and complete the note sheet (in Google Classroom). 
    • Consider: How does the author's bias affect what they write? How do the different narratives impact your understanding of the issue?  

So What? How does learning about the topic and reading multiple perspectives impact your analysis of this image.

Picture #1: 

 

 

Picture #2: 

 

In the Federalist Papers urging ratification of the U.S Constitution, Alexander Hamilton described an impeachable offense as "the abuse or violation of some public trust." (Dreamstime/TNS)
OPED-TRUMP-UKRAINE-IMPEACHMENT-DMT. Tribune Content Agency LLC, Chicago, 2019. elibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2312753561?accountid=2174.

 

Picture #3: 

Cartoon: Assault Weapons. ProQuest, Ann Arbor, 2005. sirsissuesresearcher, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2257172530?accountid=2174.

 

Picture #4: Choice Image & Topic

To select a choice image and topic, use one of the databases linked below.