Learning Technique: What's going on in this picture?

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Introduction

A technique to inspire your students inquisitiveness. By showing them a picture with links to a subject you have studied, you can check their ability to apply their knowledge to an unseen example. Alternatively, you could use this as a starter to check prior knowledge and assess if they understand the links to what you will tackle in class. Double-click on the image to change it to something relevant to you.

Instructions

What’s going on in this picture?

Discover a learning technique that helps students connect to actuality, and understand the world around them by looking at it (also) in different ways. 

You show your students a picture, with a hidden meaning linked to actuality, and ask them the following questions:

• What’s going on in this picture?
• Why do you think so?
• What else do you see?

This helps them think critically, with the support of visuals, and stimulates them in improving their communication skills. For an extra challenge, you can apply this learning technique also when teaching a foreign language, by asking your students to answer these questions in the language they are learning. 

What's going on
in this picture?

Learning Technique

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What's going on in this picture?

In this slide students just need to answer the displayed question. Their interpretations/questions/reactions are addressed in the following slides/with the following questions. 

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Why do you think so?

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What else do you see?

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Aardappeloproer

1917

Enkele Amsterdamse vrouwen zagen dat er een schip vol aardappelen in een van de grachten lag. Ze gingen erop af en plunderden het schip: hun schorten vol aardappelen. De dag erna waren er meer plunderaars. Pas nadat zes mensen door het leger werden doodgeschoten, keerde de rust terug