Session+8

__ **8.1: Opener** __

1). Where did you start your drawing? Why? I started my drawing with the British soldiers because there was a lot less detail to draw and it look easier.

2). What details did you notice in this picture through trying to draw them yourself? I noticed that the colonists seemed defenseless against the British soldiers because they didn't have any weapons. I also saw that there was a lot of smoke blocking the view of the the colonists and the soldiers.

3). How does this compare to an "I see/It means" activity? What is similar and different? It's the same as an I see/it means because you're still picking out details in a picture and analyzing them to find out what the picture is actually trying to get across. The only difference is that instead of writing out what you see and what it means, you're drawing it instead.

4). Identify bias in this picture. The picture is biased against the soldiers.

5). Which do you prefer: drawing an historical picture or summarizing in words what you see? Why? I like drawing out a picture better because it helps you to see things from the artist's perspective Also, by drawing out the picture you notice details that you wouldn't normally notice just by looking at the picture and writing what you see.

=__﻿8.2: Bias in Pictres: Comparision__=

** ﻿ Compare Paul Revere's engraving to Alonzo Chappel's lithograph of the Boston Massacre by answering these questions for each. **

1.) What time of the day does it look like this event is occurring? It looks like the event is taking place at night.

2.) Describe the actions of the British soldiers to the right of the picture, what are they doing? The British soldiers are huddled together looking nervous. Some are pointing their guns at the colonists, and it looks like some of them have fired because there's smoke. 3.) Describe the crowd to the left of the picture, what is happening to them? One of them is holding a dead body, while some men lay trampled on the ground. Most of the men seem to be gainging up on the soldiers, shoving sticks in their faces. 4.) Identify Captain Preston and describe what he appears to be doing. Captain Preston is the man on the far left with his back to the picture. He looks like he's telling the soldiers to hold thir fire. 5.) What could be the reason for these two very different pictures? The artists pictures are so different bcause their own pesonal biases interferred with how they depicted the Boston Massacre. 6.) If you looked at this picture how would you describe the events of the 5th of March? I would say that a group of violent colonists ganged up on some soldiers, and the soldiers fired out of fer. 7.) Do you believe this picture depicts a massacre? Why/why not? Yes, because even though the colonists have sticks and other objects, it still doesn't amount to the power of a gun. I would still say that the colonists were defenseless because their weapons are no match for the soldiers. 8.) List examples of bias in this picture. One example of bias would be the colonists surrounding the soldiers, who look scared. Another would be the angry, almost savage look on some of the colonists' faces. Captain Preston holding out his hand to his soldiers is also another form of bias.