Historical photographs can provide rich information about the past, but students often need help learning to think of their strengths and limitations as evidence. In this lesson, students examine a contemporary photograph of a familiar scene to learn to think critically about photographs as evidence.
![Image: Photo of young students in a classroom by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899. From the Library of Congress.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_image/public/lessons/2021-08/schoolchildren%20in%20class_loc.jpeg?itok=wI7FgJYj)
Image: Photo of young students in a classroom by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899. From the Library of Congress.