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Possum Hollow Schoolhouse, Floyd County, 1910

Possum Hollow Schoolhouse, Floyd County, 1910
(Accession number: 2001.230.308)

Questions for classroom discussion

1. How many people are in the picture?
2. What do you think happened before this picture was taken?
3. What might the people in this picture be saying?
4. How does this picture make you feel? Why?
5. Compare this picture with the pictures of other schools in this section. How is it different? How is it the same?
6. Why do you think the photographer took this picture?

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