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What questions are raised by this group of photographs as a collection?

 

What do you already know about the people, the places, and the time period represented by the collection?

 

 

What else would you now like to know about the people, the places, and the time period represented by the collection?

 

 

Do you think these people seem satisfied with their lives?  Why or why not?

 

 

What hope might they have for their future?

 

 

Do they appear to be leading a good life? How can you tell?

 

 

Do they seem happy and healthy?  Why or why not? How can you tell?

 

 

What geographic area do you think these people came from before settling in the Midwest?

 

 

What might have motivated them to come to this place at this time in their lives?

 

 

What kind of lives do you think these people might have led prior to their pioneering experience?

 

 

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