Photo by Joel Sternfeld, 1978

“Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a frame to the world, it’s an interpretation. I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that’s going on to the left of the frame. You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. There’s an infinite number of ways you can do this: photographs have always been authored.” -- Joel Sternfeld, 2004

For HW, please take notes on the presentation below and be prepared to answer the following question:

How does the School House Rock interpretation of colonial resistance differ from that of bUSH? Compare and contrast the relative biases of each. 

HINT: add up the amount of money raised by the taxes on the colonists and compare that to the amount of money the "Peace Force" cost the British, for example. 

Feel free to watch this at 1.25x speed!

A few questions to think about, courtesy of bETH tHE silc:

1. How significant was the amount of land gained by the British after the war?
2. Why was defense a concern for the British post-war?
3. How was living in the colonies a financial advantage compared to living in Britain (consider taxes and deficit spending)?
4. What did the British government do to attempt to compensate for the debt after the war?
5. What was the main difference between the Navigation Acts and the Parliamentary taxes? 

Note: the worksheet below is homework (if you did not complete it in class). Try your best to complete it and do not worry if your answers are incorrect. 

While watching the School House Rock video, consider jotting down a few answers to the following critical analysis questions in your notebook:

1. Who is missing from this video?
2. How is King George portrayed?
3. How are the colonists portrayed?
4. What is the apparent purpose of the taxes?
5. How is the characterization of the U.S. President contrasted with the King of England?
   

What questions do you have?

WORKSHEET:

• Click here to access bUSH3 slides

• Click here to access bUSH7 slides

Click here for an editable Google doc.

How to do the homework on Google Slides (VA). Consider the following requirements:

1. Choose 2-3 contiguous slides, more or less. Claim them before others do.
2. Leave thoughtful and thorough annotations as comments which will be awarded with the following feedback (ST, OK, NW) based on your choices below:

• → Short textbook quotes which are explained in relation to the slide content (up to ST)

• → An original analysis of images or documents covered (or not covered) in class* (up to ST)

• → Comments as pure narration (up to OK) which is the min. req't for ALL students

• Click here for bUSH3 or click there for bUSH7