Perspective in History: 

How do images shape our perspectives of an event? 

WHY are modern perspectives shaped by the past?

• What do you see in this photograph? Your perspectives?
• When do you think this happened? Why/Evidence? 
• Why did the photographer take this photograph?
• What is the message in this photograph? 
• Do you think this photograph is a reliable representation of an the event Why?

NOW – listen to the podcast entitled: ” Foot-soldier of Birmingham” by a historian named Malcom Gladwell.

http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/14-the-foot-soldier-of-birmingham

MODERN PERSPECTIVES 

• This is a modern artistic rendition (creation) of the incident in the photograph  – What would you say if you saw this without the context?  
• Is it true to the event described by Gladwell and the photograph? 
• Why has the artist represented the incident in this way?  
• What does this whole story tell you about PERSPECTIVE?