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What’s so great about the Great Lakes? - Cheri Dobbs and Jennifer Gabrys

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I see a woman with a young, sleeping child who has stopped, and a man who is walking.  There is also a dog walking the other way.
I think the woman has stopped to look at something or to take a rest.
I wonder what the dog is looking at and if he is about to chase something

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Updated: Aug. 26, 2016 Note: "What's Going On in This Picture?" will begin again for the 2016-17 school year on Monday, Sept. 12. Stay tuned. Students
1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions:

What is going on in this picture?

What do you see that makes you say that?

What more can you find?

2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and posting in the box that opens on the right. (Students 13 and older are invited to comment, although teachers of younger students are welcome to post what their students have to say.)

3. After you have posted, try reading back to see what others have said, then respond to someone else by posting another comment. Use the "Reply" button or the @ symbol to address that student directly.

Each Monday, our collaborator, Visual Thinking Strategies, will facilitate a discussion from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time by paraphrasing comments and linking to responses to help students' understanding go deeper. You might use their responses as models for your own.

4. On Friday mornings, we will reveal at the bottom of this post more information about the photo. How does reading the caption and learning its back story help you see the image differently?
More? Updated: May 27, 2016
This week's image comes from the May 6, 2016 " The Week in Pictures " post on the Lens blog. The original caption reads:

Maria Elena Carrillo, 31, held her sleeping daughter, Camilla Escalante, 3, while she spoke to her brother and sister, who live in Kansas, through the border fence separating Mexico and the United States. The through-the-fence meetings are limited to weekends on the United States side at what is known as Friendship Park, which straddles the California border with Tijuana, Mexico.

John Moore is the photographer.

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What's Going On in This Picture? | June 6, 2016

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On Mondays, we publish a Times photo without a caption, headline or other information about its origins. Join the conversation by commenting on what you see and why. A live discussion is offered that day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern.

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I see a mural painted on the border wall.

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I see a mural painted on the border wall.

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I think the dogs look friendly and tired, like the toddler. "Friendship Park

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I see dogs wanting to play with the sleeping child. Look, friend!

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I agree with the irony of a beautiful border

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I agree with the irony of a beautiful border

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Woaw, Dude.

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Consequences of Trumpet's misguided policies!!!!

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Consequences of Trumpet's misguided policies!!!!

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Two pups

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Wonder: are there two dogs or does the dog have two jaws or is there some echo effect going on with the photo?

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Wonder: are there two dogs or does the dog have two jaws or is there some echo effect going on with the photo?

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Can't take much more of this

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I see a wizard.

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H-money says:
I find it ironic that the border wall is painted like a preschool room in happy pink flowers and green grass. Are they trying to say the grass is greener on the other side?

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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All this movement is making me nauseous.

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I'm seeing moving boxes

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@BRHSCompSci

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that this works quickly

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I see a barrier
I think that the mother is tired

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I see a dog that looks like my dog Mamba

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I see a dog that looks like my dog Mamba

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This is maddening.

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I see stars!

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I see book spines

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i see a box with yellow dashes

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The mom is looking through the barrier.

Notes from our discussion
- This is interesting to consider because it brings mood into the picture.

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I see a dog looking at a fence

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I wonder if

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I see a man with a dog, and a woman holding a child.

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I see a man with a dog, and a woman holding a child.

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I think there may be a problem

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I am SO confused

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Chaos of many minds working at once

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I see a fence posing as something beautiful, but it's not. 

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I see a fence posing as something beautiful, but it's not. 

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I see a woman holding a baby. She seems afraid.

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I see stars!

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This mother & child have been caught trying to cross the border. The person in the foreground is an ICE agent.

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This mother & child have been caught trying to cross the border. The person in the foreground is an ICE agent.

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This is a park at the border. This woman is visiting with friends or relatives on the other side of the fence.

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I see a focused street scene. A woman with a sleeping baby over her shoulder stands in the background while in the foreground a man and dog go about their business. 

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I see a focused street scene. A woman with a sleeping baby over her shoulder stands in the background while in the foreground a man and dog go about their business. 

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I think this scene captures a beautiful second in a mundane day.

I wonder what role the mural plays in the scene.

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I see a woman with her child standing by what I believe is a border wall. I find it funny that the wall looks

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I see a dog being walked in the foreground, a sleeping child in the background.

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I see a dog being walked in the foreground, a sleeping child in the background.

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I think it is a peaceful day and it's summertime.

I wonder where this is located?

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I see a fence whose bars mimic nature. There are three people and a dog.  

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I see a fence whose bars mimic nature. There are three people and a dog.  

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I think the mother is being prevented from  from taking her child somewhere she wants to go.
I wonder if the toddler is scared of or interested in the dog.

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I see a kiddo sound asleep.  A dog interested in the same thing that the holder of the child

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I see two dogs and a man with a gun. The woman with the child is looking though the fence...is this part of fthe wall between the US and Mexico?

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I like the mural.  I wonder if the two people, and child, are related??

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I like the mural.  I wonder if the two people, and child, are related??

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A woman holding a sleeping child while standing at a fence.

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I think they are at a park

I wonder if they are happy

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A woman holding a child, perhaps waiting on someone on the other side.

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A woman holding a child, perhaps waiting on someone on the other side.

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I see a baby sleeping with a dog in the bottom corner.

I think that the baby is tired after a day of fun.

I wonder where they are. The flowers suggest a play area.

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I see a mom holding her child by a fence.

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I see a mom holding her child by a fence.

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I think they might be at the border.
I wonder if they are separated from family.

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I think the woman is on her phone as she's holding her sleeping child.

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I think the woman is on her phone as she's holding her sleeping child.

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I wonder who created this mural

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I see a fence hidden behind another fence that is decorated in a more festive manner.

I think the mother and child may be waiting to speak with the father through the fence.

I wonder who the person and dog are and why they were important to the photographer to include.

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I see the world.

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I see dogs, a woman with a child, a large decorated wall with heavy chain link behind it.
I think this is an immigration border wall and this woman has brought her child to see family on the other side. I think the dogs could eventually be menacing.
I wonder who she has come to see. I wonder how long the family member (friend?) has been gone.

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I think they are a public area.
I wonder if the child had a long day at a park.

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Create a new "pad" and respond to the picture here with the following prompts:

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Create a new "pad" and respond to the picture here with the following prompts:

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What do you see?

What do you think is going on?

What does it make you wonder?

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I see...

I think...

I wonder...