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Lesson Plan
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: How Can Big Business Make Money From Tariffs?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses and consumers during the 1880s by looking at a political cartoon, solving a short math problem, and comparing protectionism between time periods. They then...
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Article
The Washington Post

Washington Post: Special Reports: Revisiting Watergate

For Students 9th - 10th
A retrospective of the Watergate crisis, compiled from the resources of the newspaper largely responsible for first bringing the crimes of the Nixon administration to light. Includes a chronology, an analysis of key players, links to...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress, this resource documents the course of post-Civil War, post-slavery life for black Americans. Topics include education, constitutional amendments, voting rights and the many challenges African Americans faced...
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Primary
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Chinese Facts for Atlantic Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Museum of San Francisco, this is an article that appeared in print in 1874. Shows image of political cartoon. Links to lots more articles concerning the Chinese immigrant.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: One Is Silver and the Other's Gold

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars learn about the money supply and that it can affect the value of money. Students investigate this in the 1896 presidential election (Bryan vs. McKinley, Free Silver vs. Gold Standard) and examine a political cartoon that...
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Jim Crow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use primary documents and images to discover the ways state and local governments restricted the newly gained freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War. Compare, contrast, and analyze post-war legislation, court decisions...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses photographs, ephemera, political cartoons, video clips, and other documents to explore the women's rights activism inspired by the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s

For Students 9th - 10th
This set of speeches, interviews, political cartoons, and artifacts allows you to explore the rise of conservatism in these areas, as well as the critiques that were posed by activists and politicians.
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Website
Other

The Dirksen Congressional Center

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An effective site that provides non-partisan information concerning Congress and its leaders. The website includes CongressLink, up-to-date information on the US Congress; Congress for Kids, an excellent resource for younger students on...
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US National Archives

Nara: Treasures of Congress: Progressive Reform: Direct Election of Senators

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this amazing interactive site that shows you primary documents outlining the 17th amendment proposal (click on any document) for popular election of senators, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature & Composition: Satire and Humor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit focuses on satire and humor; it defines satire as a literary device used to expose follies, vices, and hypocrites to bring about change. It includes links to Gullivers Travels and Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, "The Rape of...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Civil War, a Nation Divided

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource using primary and secondary source materials to explore many facets of the Civil War from the war itself to its impact on the home front. Includes video and text downloads.
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Activity
Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Campaign Advertising

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Are you interested in exploring the world of campaign advertising? In this interactive site, you will become the campaign manager to learn the ropes of advertising in an election.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Not So Loony Toons

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how political cartoonists use symbolism, exaggeration, humor, and caricature to comment on current events. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Carrie Burnham Argued for Right to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of one of the arguments for women's right to vote.
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Handout
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: William Randolph Hearst

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography, political cartoon, and photo of Hearst, detailing his rise in journalism in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Conference of Berlin (1884 1885)

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly identifies some of the decisions made at the Conference of Berlin concerning Africa. A political cartoon about King Leopold in the Congo is provided.
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Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Fashoda Crisis (1898)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Open Door Website provides a brief description of the events leading to the conflict between British and French imperilaist desires in North Africa, in Sudan. A political cartoon is available.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cold War Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a timeline of events from 1945 to 1991. It includes photographs, and political cartoons from the events.
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Website
New York Times

New York Times: Sept. 11: One Year Later

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network provides a variety of archived news articles, lesson plans, and resources concerning the issues and events that surfaced from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Honore Daumier

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of French artist Honore Daumier known for his drawings and cartoons satirizing 19th-century French politics and society.
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Graphic
Curated OER

The Massed

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth view of Pat Oliphant's career in editorial cartooning. There are many good images of political satire about issues from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: President Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.
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Handout
Vassar College

Vassar College: William Jennings Bryan

For Students 9th - 10th
This Vassar College resource provides information about William Jennings Bryan and his run for the presidency.

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