American Indians on the Plains: Question Stems
Use this image to start a class discussion on how American Indians adapted to their environment. Question Stems: 1. What do you see? 2. What does this remind you of? 3. What resources can you identify in the image? 4. What might this say about how American Indians lived in the past?
Students will use this image to identify and describe how American Indians adapted to the environment,
Question Stems:
1. Describe the image.
2. Who is in the image and how do you know?
3. Who do you think took the image, and why?
4. What historical connections can you make to this image?
Teacher note: In order for students to understand the implicit bias that can occur with sources its important to ask questions around sourcing. The second question asks students to examine what is actually in the image, and how they know it; this is to get students to think about assumptions they make when analyzing sources. The third question prompts students to think about how the image might be posed. The fourth question is around historical connections to the image and the context of history.