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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates, Hillary Clinton
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about Hillary Clinton and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Stimulating Symbolism
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about symbolism and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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The Gulf Oil Disaster
Students take a closer look at the Gulf oil spill of 2010. In this global issues instructional activity, students analyze political cartoons related to the crisis. Students discuss their impressions of the crisis and U.S. energy policies.
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Political Cartoons and Dr. Seuss
Students study political cartoons by Dr. Seuss. They create their own political cartoons on a current event.
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Political Cartoon Interpretation - (1886) American Imperialism
High schoolers analyze political cartoons. In this American Imperialism lesson, students examine "The Cuban Melodrama," and write their own interpretations of the political cartoon.
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Political Cartoon
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students respond to 25 short answer questions that require them to analyze the political cartoon titled "America When Feminized."
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The Birth of the American Empire as Seen Through Political Cartoons (1896-1905)
High schoolers explore the concept of political cartoons. In this political cartoons lesson, students examine political cartoons from different time periods in American history and respond to questions regarding them.
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Olympics and Politics: Let the Games Begin!
Let the games begin! Use political cartoons to analyze current events regarding the Olympic Games. This worksheet includes two cartoons depicting the 2008 Beijing Olympics, background information to help with analysis, and talking points...
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Jokes, Quotations, and Cartoons in Economics
Humor offers a great tool teach the basics of economics to scholars via video clips, satire, and political cartoons. Individuals create their own economic humor to present to the class—with the assistance of Daryl Cagel's online...
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The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk
Have you ever listened to a song that had a deeper political meaning to it? Every examined a work of art with layers of meaning? Pupils analyze the drawings of Arthur Szyk. They research the deeper meaning of several artistic cartoons...
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Editorial Cartoons: Poverty/Environmental Justice
Pupils analyze political cartoons. For this political cartoon lesson, students analyze an editorial cartoon to develop an understanding of the historical context, symbolism, visual composition, and satire of the cartoon regarding poverty...
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American Imperialism
Critical analysis skills can be built in a variety of ways. Using editorial cartoons (both domestic and foreign) learners will consider how American Imperialism was perceived during the late 19th century. Critical thinking questions,...
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Cold War Conflict in Vietnam: The Vietnam-Era Presidency
Comparing and evaluating various media types is a great way to build critical analysis skills. Learners read about the Vietnam era presidency, specifically the foreign policy established by Johnson and Nixon. Then they compare several...
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Primary Source Worksheet: Udo J. Keppler, “Next!”
Standard Oil's stranglehold on the US government is the subject of a 1904 political cartoon. Kids use the questions on the provided instructional activity to prompt their analysis of this primary source.
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Editorial Cartoon Lesson Plan
Students consider the role of editorial cartoons on American politics. In this editorial cartoons instructional activity, students discover the history of the cartoons in America, analyze some cartoons, and then draw their own cartoons...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: China, Tibet and the Olympics
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the Olympics in China and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Loaded with Symbols
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the Christian Right support of President Bush and respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Dissecting a Toon, Empowering Women
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about working women and respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing a Familiar analogy
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon that requires them to interpret analogies in cartoons and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Fat Cats Living off the High Hog
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon that uses an idiom to convey its meaning. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Analyzing Election Cartoons
Young scholars are introduced to the history of political cartoons and examine both historical and modern examples. They analyze a cartoon that expresses an opinion about a current event different than their own and develop an original...
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Public Views of Lincoln
Students write a letter in the voice of Abraham Lincoln. In this history lesson, students interpret the way the public viewed Lincoln during various times by examining political cartoons and images. Students write a letter in the voice...
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The Way Editorial Cartoons Work
Twelfth graders interpret visual language found in political cartoons.
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Interpreting Primary Sources: Cartoons
In this analyzing primary sources worksheet, students examine 3 political cartoons of their choice and respond to 4 short answer questions regarding each of them.