LEVELS OF QUESTIONING

The photograph "Coal Breaker Boys" was taken in Kingston, Pennsylvania, between 1890 and 1910. It is available in the American Memory Collection Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, from the Library of Congress.

KNOWLEDGE(LEVEL1)

• When was this picture taken?
• Where was this picture taken?
• List,define,tell,label

COMPREHENSION(LEVEL2)

• What is happening in this picture?
• Why are these boys dressed like this?
• Describe, name, identify, discuss

APPLICATION(LEVEL 3)

• How would you describe the photograph to others?
• What caption would you write for this photograph?
• Modify, solve,change, explain

ANALYSIS(LEVEL4)

• Why are these boys here and not in school?
• What do you know about their lives based on this photo?
• Analyze,separate,compare, contrast

SYNTHESIS(LEVEL5)

• What might these boys say about their work in an interview setting?
• What might they say about their future?
• Create, construct, plan, role play

EVALUATION(LEVEL6)

• What is the significance of this photo for the time period depicted?
• Compare this photo with one of three boys from today of the same age. How are their lives similar? How are they different?
• Give opinion, criticize,discriminate,summarize

WORKS CITED

• "Questioning with Bloom's Taxonomy." Questioning with Bloom's Taxonomy. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2015.