12 Good Places to Find Historical Images to Spark Inquiry

Here are twelve good places to discover historic images to trigger inquiry.The vast majority of the images that you will discover in the collections listed above are public domain or Creative Commons-licensed images. That said, you need to constantly confirm the usage rights prior to downloading any images from the galleries..

Historic photographs, sketches, maps, and paintings can inspire all sort of history questions. That is why for more than a decade Ive utilized and recommended images from
Todays Document from the National Archives to prompt class discussion as the intro to U.S. and World History lessons. There are dozens, possibly hundreds, of other similar galleries on the internet today. A list of some of my favorites is included below.

Not just are historical photos, paintings, sketches, and maps helpful as discussion beginners in a classroom, theyre also helpful in prompting fun research study questions. An example I shared a couple of weeks back is found in asking, what type of vehicle was Harry Lyon being in this picture? A contemporary image can also be beneficial to influence research study concerns. Case in point, I often utilize the following picture with the following timely, “which former Vice President of the United States owned this home?”

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