Try It

Are you ready to use primary sources as evidence to support an argument? First things first: take a close look at the photographs below. The first one shows really old radios on display in a store. The second one shows President Franklin Delano Roosevelt making a radio broadcast.


black and white photograph of radios displayed in a store-front window
Image credit: Library of Congress
 black and white photo of President Franklin Roosevelt sitting at a desk with microphones
Image credit: Library of Congress

Now that you've taken some time to study the photographs, read the four historical claims listed below about radios in the 1930s.



Now, we’re going to look at a photograph of American soldiers wearing gas masks in France during World War I. First, study the photograph carefully and look for clues.

steroscopic black and white photograph of soldiers wearing gas masks
Image credit: Library of Congress