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Image Analysis Procedure: “Absconded from the Household of the President of the United States"

Students use the procedure outlined in this handout to analyze a painting by Titus Kaphar.

Last Updated: November 2, 2022

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History
Social Studies

Democracy & Civic Engagement

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Lesson

Students learn about education, identity, and activism through an exploration of the East Los Angeles school walkouts, when thousands of students protested unequal educational opportunities for Mexican American students.

John Ortiz, Mexican-American student leader at James A. Garfield High School, addressing assembled students during a walkout.

Lesson

Students explore the first year of the Delano grape strike, when grape workers in California's San Joaquin Valley went on strike to demand higher wages and better work conditions.

Dolores Huerta and others hold up "Huelga" signs as part of the grape strike.

Mini-Unit

Lessons and resources help you explore the sanitation workers’ strike and other events that brought Dr. King to Memphis in the spring of 1968. This lesson is part of our partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum's MLK50 initiative.

Photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. marching arm in arm with a crowd of men participating in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker's Strike.

Lesson

Students identify strategies and tools that Parkland students have used to influence Americans to take action to reduce gun violence.

Millbrook High School students demonstrate against gun violence outside their school in Frederick County, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, following a school shooting in which over a dozen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., one week ago. (Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star via AP)

Lesson

Students explore the potential negative impact of images through the social media protest #IfTheyGunnedMeDown and develop a decision-making process for choosing imagery to represent controversial events.

National President of Black Lawyers for Justice, carries a picture of Michael Brown as he leads demonstrators on a march.

Lesson

Students explore how identity impacts our responses to other people and events by examining a cartoon and analyzing an opinion poll from a week after Ferguson.

Lesson

Students examine how identity and biases can impact how individuals interpret images and experience the challenge of selecting images to represent news events, particularly connected to sensitive issues.

People hold hands in prayer in the parking lot of convenience store that was looted and burned after Michael Brown was shot by police in Ferguson, Mo.

Lesson

Students establish a safe space for holding sensitive conversations, before introducing the events surrounding Ferguson, by acknowledging people's complicated feelings about race and creating a classroom contract.

Lesson

Students explore the role of social media in Ferguson, apply information verification strategies to social media posts, and develop strategies for becoming critical consumers and sharers of social media.

Peaceful demonstrators gather in Ferguson, Missouri, in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death.

Lesson

Students begin thinking about civic engagement in terms of their own passions and identities as they are introduced to the 10 Questions Framework.

High school students participate in class.

Unit

This unit uses the 10 Questions Framework to explore two examples of youth activism: the 1963 Chicago schools boycott and the present-day movement against gun violence launched by Parkland students.

Facing History and Ourselves Bullying Summit September 29th 2012 in Los Angeles CA

Lesson

Students evaluate the differences among news accounts about Ferguson, develop strategies for verifying news and information, and understand the challenges facing journalists as they cover complex, fast-moving events.

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Image Analysis Procedure: “Absconded from the Household of the President of the United States"

At a Glance

Language

Subject

Supporting Materials

You might also be interested in…

The 1968 East LA School Walkouts

California Grape Workers’ Strike: 1965–66

Memphis 1968

10 Questions for the Present: Parkland Student Activism

#IfTheyGunnedMeDown

The Impact of Identity

The Power of Images

Preparing Students for Difficult Conversations

Social Media and Ferguson

Getting to Know the 10 Questions

10 Questions for Young Changemakers

Verifying Breaking News

Image Analysis Procedure: “Absconded from the Household of the President of the United States"

At a Glance

Language

Subject

Supporting Materials

You might also be interested in…

The 1968 East LA School Walkouts

California Grape Workers’ Strike: 1965–66

Memphis 1968

10 Questions for the Present: Parkland Student Activism

#IfTheyGunnedMeDown

The Impact of Identity

The Power of Images

Preparing Students for Difficult Conversations

Social Media and Ferguson

Getting to Know the 10 Questions

10 Questions for Young Changemakers

Verifying Breaking News

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