Display or share with students the Colored Scholars Excluded from School (page 1-with no caption) from the Anti-Slavery Almanac in 1839. Ask students to first reflect independently and then engage in a larger group discussion using some or all of the “questions to consider” that follow. 

Questions to Consider:

• Describe what you see.
• What do you notice first?
• What people and objects are shown?
• When do you think the image was made? 
• What is happening in this image? 
• Why do you think this image was created?
• Who do you think was the audience for this image?.
• If someone made this today, what would be different? 
• What issue might be at the heart of the image?  
• What questions emerged for you?

Following the discussion, share additional context on the almanac to help students understand where the image originated from as well as the image with the caption- Colored Scholars Excluded from School (page 2). Note that with younger students, the caption alone may be sufficient to add at this stage of discussion; or you might summarize selected content from the long description as appropriate for your group.