Zoom In Inquiry

Old man looking through spyglass Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

What might we learn about American history from primary

sources?

Determine what you see and what questions you might ask to get the

big picture.

Describe what you see.

What tone is this setting for the picture?

What new things do you see?

Make a hypothesis about where and when this image takes place.

Explain the clues that led to your guess.

What new things do you see?

Describe what you think the

items in this painting

represent.

Describe all the new things you see.

Who or what could the woman in the middle represent?

American Progress. c1873 American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States

. American Memory, Library of Congress.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/awhbib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(cph+3a04647))

What questions remain as you look at this picture?

What is the “big picture?”

What does this image say about the impact of westward expansion in

America in the 1800s?

Examine these primary sources to determine how they help us further understand the impact of westward

expansion in America in the 1800s.

Logging a big load Created between 1880 and 1899Library of Congress Prints and

Photographs Division

Map of the territory of the United States from the

Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff' Davis,

Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the

explorations for a railroad route. 1858. Railroad Maps American Memory, Library of

Congress.

Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885

Telegraph polka American Memory, Library of

Congress