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COMPARING PICTURES

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DIRECTIONS: Study the two pictures that show the signings of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Your teacher might provide the pictures or you might find them online at Scanned Originals of Early American Documents [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_downloads.html]. Click the High-Resolution Downloads button.

1. Write two things that the pictures have in common.

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2. Write two things that are different about the two pictures.

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3. Write a sentence to describe how the men are dressed in both pictures.

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4. Write a sentence describing the two men standing at the desk in the picture showing the signing of the Constitution.

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5. Look at the picture showing the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What word would you use to describe the mood in that picture? Why might that be the mood?

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