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What can you see?: People

Look at the pictures below and see if any interest you. If you find one that you like, there are several ways you can choose to write about the picture:

  • You can freewrite for 20 minutes about everything you think of while looking at this picture.
  • You can write in detail about one particular idea, memory or thought that you are reminded of by the picture.
  • You can describe the person in the picture in detail and speculate on what they might be thinking, where they might be from, what situation they might be in, or what they might be feeling.

Click on the numbers below the photographs to view larger versions of the pictures.

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Photos 1,2 & 3 used by permission from Images of the World.
Photos 3, 4, & 6 are public domain photos from the Images of American History collection
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