Junior detectives & Kindergarten students analyze primary sources

S-ummarize

• This is a primary source because it is a picture of that time period.
• Children with the same clothes; dirty clothing
• Taller children in the back; some are wearing gloves
• Kids are not smiling; they look like 9/10 years old.

C-ontextualize

• The location is west Virginia; in 1908
• It's not a colored pictured
• The children do not dress the same way now
• Author unknown

I-nference

• The children do not like they are doing it seems like
• Their uniforms seem to be work-related
• A lot of children in the image, seemed like they were all working
• In 1908 children were used in dirty work

M-onitor

• Why Make the children work?
• Are they getting paid? If so, how much?
• Who put them in this situation?
• How young were they when they started?
• Do they go to school also?
• Where are there parents?
• Do they have rights? 
• Are they able to spend their money? 

What step in the industry process was the easiest? Why?

Monitor-because I like to ask questions and hope to get some responses, maybe not always what I want to hear but it would be better than to stay with a doubt. I overthink things so I would prefer to know what is going on, then just jump to assumptions and be wrong. 

What step in the inquiry process was most challenging and why?

I believe it was the Summarize section. The reason for that it can be sometimes hard to elaborate on your ideas or everyone's because we all have different perspectives and opinions, mixed emotions; We could all interpret things differently, especially when observing an image like we did in class.