Session+8

Session 8: Point of View **8.1: Opener** Answer the following questions on your Session 8 page about the drawing we did in class yesterday.



1). Where did you start your drawing? Why? 2). What details did you notice in this picture through trying to draw them yourself? 3). How does this compare to an "I see/It means" activity? What is similar and different? 4). Identify bias in this picture. 5). Which do you prefer: drawing an historical picture or summarizing in words what you see? Why?
 * I started my drawing of Paul Revere's Boston Massacre by drawing the buildings first. I felt it was important to draw the buildings first because it shows what city the image took place in.
 * I noticed that the Red Coats were all in a line, making it seem as if they began the fight, I also noticed none of the colonists were carrying weapons, they were defenseless. I also noticed "Thimble" the dog in the bottom middle of the picture. Thimble was Constance's dog she had lost in the Model U.S game we played.
 * This is different from I see it means because when in order to draw everything you need to look at everything so you might see more when drawing it rather then looking over it and possibly missing a few details.
 * In this picture, my interpertation was that the British soldiers are the bad guys because they are all lined up with their guns faced at the colonists and many colonists were shot, and all of the colonists were un-harmed and defenseless.
 * I prefered drawing the historical picture because I noticed many details I normally would not have. When looking over an image some details may not jump out to me but when drawing the image you are trying to copy the image you see and try to draw everything pretty accurately so you noticed a lot more than when just looking over it to summarize the main idea of the image.

**8.2: Bias in Pictures - Comparison** Look at this picture of the Boston Massacre:



**Compare Paul Revere's engraving to Alonzo Chappel's lithograph of the Boston Massacre by answering these questions for each.**
 * **Q: What time of the day does it look like this event is occurring?**
 * A: The event looks like it is taking place at night time, I noticed the moon in the upper left hand corner.
 * **Describe the actions of the British soldiers to the right of the picture, what are they doing?**
 * A: Most of the British soldiers seem as if they are protecting them selves. Their bayonnettes are facing up away from the angry mob of colonists.
 * **Describe the crowd to the left of the picture, what is happening to them?**
 * A: The colonists on the left are armed and attacking the British soldiers.
 * **Identify Captain Preston and describe what he appears to be doing.**
 * Their are two people who look like Captain Preston, however both people are defending themselves and not harming any of the colonists. One has his bayonette in the air, and the other has his hand up as if he is telling the other British people not to attack.
 * **What could be the reason for these two very different pictures?**
 * A: It depends on what side they are for or against and how they interpert the event. If the artist was a loyalist they are going to portray the colonists as the ones who insitgated the fight, however if the artist is a Patriot he/she is going to portray the British Soldiers as the cause of the fight.
 * **If you looked at this picture how would you describe the events of the 5th of March?**
 * A: I would describe the events as the colonists instigated the British by attacking them because all the colonists have weapons in the air as if they are going to attack the British and the British soldiers are not attacking the colonists back however they are defending themselves.
 * **Do you believe this picture depicts a massacre? Why/why not?**
 * A: The picture still depicts a massacre just not as bad as the first one where the British attacked un-harmed colonists, however the colonists are attacking the British in this picture but the British are armed and can defend themselves if they wanted to.
 * **List examples of bias in this picture.**
 * A: In this picture the event is protrayed as the the colonists attacking the British Soldiers, and that the Colonists instigated the event.

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