Zoom-In on RulesZoom-In on Rules

What do this image tell us about What do this image tell us about rules and government?rules and government?

Examine the painting carefully. Determine Examine the painting carefully. Determine what you see and what questions you what you see and what questions you might ask to get the “big picture”.might ask to get the “big picture”.

What do you seeWhat do you see

Describe who you see in this image.Describe who you see in this image.

Where do you think this image was Where do you think this image was taken?taken?

What new people or things do you What new people or things do you see?see?

What time period does this What time period does this painting represent?painting represent?

Make a hypothesis about Make a hypothesis about what is happening in this what is happening in this picture.picture.

What new things do you see?What new things do you see? What do you think happened What do you think happened

before the event in the painting?before the event in the painting?

What new evidence supports or shifts your What new evidence supports or shifts your hypothesis? hypothesis?

Why do you think this painting was created?Why do you think this painting was created?

Christy, H. C. (ca. 1960). Christy, H. C. (ca. 1960). Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States.Scene at Signing of the Constitution of the United States. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs

How did your How did your perception of perception of the image the image change as you change as you saw more of the saw more of the image?image?

• What questions did the image leave you with?

Understanding the “big picture”Understanding the “big picture”

• How are Good Rules and Government made?

Examine these historical documents to determine how Examine these historical documents to determine how they help us understand how good rules are created.they help us understand how good rules are created.

Library of Congress. (n.d.). Transcript of the "Hay Draft" of the Gettysburg Address. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Gettysburg Address

The Gerrymander. A New Species of Monster. Library of Congress: American Memory

Franklin, B. (1754). Join or Die. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs

Widdows, F. (n.d.) . The Constitution! H. De

Marsan. No. 60 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.]. Library of Congress: American Memory, America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets