DBQ DESERTS

Photograph Analysis
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Step 1. Observation
Study the photographs below for a few minutes. Form an overall impression of each photograph and then read the caption that goes with each photograph. Don't worry about words you don't understand.  Just skip them and try to get the general meaning of the caption.

Photograph #1
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 Photograph #2
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Photograph #3

 

 

Step 2. Inference
A.  How is the desert changing in Photograph #1?

B.  In what part of the world does the boy in Photograph #2 live?


C.  In what part of the world do the people  in Photograph #3 live?

D.  Based on what you have observed in the photographs, list two things that the people and the  plants in the photographs have in common.  Example:  They all live in a desert in different parts of the world.

Observation #1

Observation #2

 

Step 3. Questions
A. What questions do these photographs raise in your mind about things that are happening in the deserts of the world today?

B. Where could you find answers to your questions?

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