Maria is writing an informational text about the history of her town. She wants to show readers the way her school playground looked twenty years ago. Which graphic would be the best for Maria to use?

a. flowchart
b. photograph
c. timeline
d. graph

b. photograph

A photograph would be the best graphic for Maria to use as it will provide readers with a visual representation of the school playground from twenty years ago.

The best graphic for Maria to use to show readers the way her school playground looked twenty years ago would be a photograph (option b). Photographs provide visual imagery and convey a clear representation of how the playground actually looked at that time.