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3. Interrogating images

The images below show different aspects of the immigration experience:

1. Look at each image and ask:

  • Who can you see?
  • Where are they?
  • What are they doing?
  • How do you think they are feeling?
  • What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

The journey
  • Who can you see?
  • Where are they?
  • What are they doing?
  • How do you think they are feeling?
  • What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

Keeping in touch
  • Who can you see?
  • Where are they?
  • What are they doing?
  • How do you think they are feeling?
  • What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

Transportation
  • Who can you see?
  • Where are they?
  • What are they doing?
  • How do you think they are feeling?
  • What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

Female migrants
  • Who can you see?
  • Where are they?
  • What are they doing?
  • How do you think they are feeling?
  • What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

Searching for a better life
<p>‘Here and there; or emigration a remedy’, published in <em>Punch</em> magazine (London), 8 July 1848</p>

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23241802

<p>‘Here and there; or emigration a remedy’, published in <em>Punch</em> magazine (London), 8 July 1848</p>
  • Who can you see?
  • Where are they?
  • What are they doing?
  • How do you think they are feeling?
  • What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

2. Overall, what impression do you get of the immigration experience from these images?

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