The document outlines a history lesson plan that uses various visual analysis techniques. It introduces the OPTICS framework for analyzing images, which focuses on objects, people, titles, inferences, conclusions, and symbols. Students will apply this framework to analyze a painting and political cartoons. They will then partner up to use OPTICS to examine a cartoon and present their findings to the class, after which their presentation will be evaluated using a rubric. The lesson emphasizes the importance of images as historical sources and how to critically examine them.