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Handout
Vassar College

Vassar School: 1896: A Website of Political Cartoons: Protective Tariffs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Vassar College. 1896, A Website of Political Cartoons provides a look at the controversial topic of Tariffs in the election of 1896 and the cartoons it generated at the time.
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eBook
US National Archives

National Archives: Representing Congress: Clifford Berryman's Political Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Political cartoons have informed the public and sparked debate throughout history. This ebook contains political cartoons pertaining to Congress. Students will understand the powers and responsibilities of Congress by analyzing these...
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: The United States in Afghanistan: Analyzing Political Cartoons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using videos, handouts, and online resources, students explore viewpoints on the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, interpret political cartoons and place them in the context of a political discussion about Afghanistan, and identify the...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Herblock's History of Political Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
Outstanding online exhibition featuring the works of political cartoonist, Herb Block,the creator of the phrase "McCarthyism." Spanning seventy years, this exhibit of over one hundred of his works shows why this Pulitzer Prize winner was...
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Political Bosses

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. For this investigation, students examine a political cartoon, a muckraker text, and the defense of a political...
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Website
Syracuse University

Draw Your Own Conclusions: Political Cartooning Then & ?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take a look at how wars and politics from the 1860s through the 1960s were drawn by some of the nation's most influential humorists and cartoonists.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries:drawing From Life: Caricatures and Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
A website dedicated to displaying a selection of political cartoons and caricatures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes biographies of many famous cartoonists and commentaries on the cartoonist's style and interests.
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Other

Cartoons of Thomas Nast: Reconstruction, Chinese Immigration, Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of political cartoons from the 19th century by Thomas Nast. They provide insight into prevailing attitudes on Reconstruction, Chinese immigrants, Native Americans, slavery, and during the Gilded Era.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Editorial Cartoons by Ann Telnaes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhibit at the Library of Congress tracing the career of Pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Cartoon Prints

For Students 9th - 10th
A gateway to a collection of more than 500 prints, from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, which encompasses several forms of political editorializing. A wonderfully curated collection, with images, a summary of the historical...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk

For Students 9th - 10th
Internationally known artist Arthur Szyk detailed illustrations of Jewish themes. During WWII, he drew numerous cartoons and cariacatures of Nazi Germany.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Cartoon Cornucopia: J. Arthur Wood, Jr., Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress offers a digitized collection of caricature, cartoon, and animated art. The collection is searchable and short histories of cartoonists, types of cartoons, and animation are included.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Dirksen Congressional Center: Political Cartoon Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity, designed for students in grades 10-12, will develop an understanding of the messages that political cartoons communicate with readers. They will examine political cartoon primary sources as they investigate the question,...
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Other

Fdr Project: Fdr Cartoon Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of political cartoons about the Roosevelt administration. Included are cartoons relating to the first 100 days, the Supreme Court, and Roosevelt's war years.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Herblock's Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.
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Other

Newseum: Political Cartoons of David Horsey

For Students 9th - 10th
After reading some brief biographical information on editorial cartoonist David Horsey, check out the gallery of his original cartoons from the year 1999.
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Primary
Ohio State University

Temperance & Prohibition: Prohibition Party Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
A great collection of political cartoons from the Prohibition Party which heaped criticism on both the Republican and Democratic parties concerning their lack of support for prohibition. Find out when the Prohibition Party was at its...
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Graphic
Harp Week

Cartoon of the Day: On This Day: May 13, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
Flooding along the Mississippi River system has been a problem for many states and presidents. Look over this political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast and read a little history behind the problem and see why President Arthur vetoed the...
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Primary
Other

Fdr Cartoon Archive: The Road to Pennsylvania Avenue

For Students 9th - 10th
Reading political cartoons is a great way to follow current events. This compilation of cartoons follows the selection of a Democratic candidate for president from March through June, 1932. Franklin D. Roosevelt eventually won the...
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Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: The First Political Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains two of the first political cartoons in the US. The earliest is from colonial days and is part of an editorial by Ben Franklin. The other is from 1788. Describes how they were created and discusses what they represent.
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Primary
Other

The University of Southern Mississippi: Aaec Editorial Cartoons Digital Collect

For Students 9th - 10th
The Editorial Cartoon Digital Collection contains examples of the work of member artists of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). Created primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, the cartoons reflect changes in American...

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