The Hooded Man

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-hooded-man

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary designation?The Hooded Man (also referred to as The Man on the Box)
2. What is the contextual setting?Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq, during the Iraq War
3. What is the Hooded Man picture?It is a photo from the Iraq War that shows a prisoner wearing a black hood, with wires on his fingers, standing on a small box. The image is used to show the abuse that happened at Abu Ghraib prison.
4. Why did the picture shock people?The picture is very powerful because it shows a person in a hood, with wires that look like they could hurt him, and he is standing on a small box, which shows how scared and weak he feels.

Visual Semiotics: The study of visual images as signs and symbols and their interpretation.
Dehumanization: The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities.
Accountability: The obligation to accept responsibility for one's actions and their consequences.
International Humanitarian Law: Rules that limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting people who are not or are no longer participating in hostilities.