1. Select a target audience 
2. Select a topic of interest - See possibilities with the examples below
3. Conduct searches to find images and/or documents about topic or use the suggested topics list 
4. Save images to my Collection or use existing saved topic lists 
5. Develop a few discussion questions related to the images 
6. Before the session, select up to 20 images and open the images in separate tabs on your computer  
7. Show each image. Resize to 100% to see the details and discuss what is seen. Each image may present opportunities to ask questions specific to the image. Some other possible questions are listed below. 
   
   
   • What do you notice or what stands out? 
   • Do you recognize anything? 
   • If there is text on or in the image, read it and ask for thoughts 
   • Has anyone been here? 
   • Does anyone remember… 
   • Has anyone seen this (object) 
   • Are there similar places, things, ideas… 

Example topics

Bars and Saloons

Boats and Ferry Boats

Bridges

Gardens

Ghost Towns

Harvest

Historic Homes

Hotels

Mines and Mining Related

Planes

Schools

Stores

Street Scenes

Tent camps

Tipis/Lodges

Tractors and Machinery

Trestles

Wagons

Note: these topics of interest were created by adding items to My Collection and then adding the items to a Personal collection.

Learn how to do this: Adding Items to a Personal Collection