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Cartoons for the Classroom: Berryman, Roosevelt, and the Teddy Bear
Do your historians know the story behind the teddy bear? Background information clues learners in to the context of a political cartoon, which depicts Teddy Roosevelt on his famous hunting trip. They will read about renown cartoonist...
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Leaks and Gossip: Examining WikiLeaks Through Political Cartoons
Use political cartoons to spice up a discussion on national security! Two cartoons, one by Normal Rockwell in 1948, the other a parody of Rockwell's by Chuck Asay in 2010, depict the dangers of leaking information. Background information...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: When Women Toon In
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze political cartoons about women by women. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Seasonal Symbols
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze political cartoons featuring Santa Claus as a symbol. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Leaks and Gossip
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about media leaks and gossip and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Berryman, Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the origin of stuffed teddy bears and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Parables Extension Worksheet: the Sower and the Two Builders
In this parables instructional activity, students retell the parable of The Sower and The Two Builders, write their own parable, draw pictures, and more. Students complete 7 activities.
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Sentences That Describe Pictures - 3
A simple multiple choice worksheet, this resource deals with identifying emotions from body language and facial expressions. Learners are given three drawings of cartoon characters and they must decide whether each one is feeling happy,...
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Remarkable Ratios
In this ratios worksheet, students examine pictures of 12 cartoon characters. Students solve 12 problems in which a ratio is written to show the number of characters with certain attributes compared to the total number.
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Walt Disney
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Walt Disney and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Scarterfield: Want to Learn How to Draw Cartoons?
This site offers free step-by-step lessons on how to draw various types of cartoons including animals, characters, cars, Christmas, Disney, Manga, Superheros, landscape, and much more. General information about drawing cartoons is...
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Loc: Cartoon America
includes political illustrations, gag cartoons, Online collection that includes comic strips, illustrations, animation, and caricature.
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Learn How to Draw With Gary Harbo
Create your own world of crazy cartoon creatures. Illustrator Gary Harbo provides simple step-by-step instructions for drawing some unique characters. Each month a new character-drawing activity goes live on his website.
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Uncle Fred: Draw and Color
This site shows children step-by-step how to draw many different "Cartoony," characters created by Fred Lasswell.
Library of Congress
Loc: See, Hear, and Sing Animation
The Library of Congress takes a look at the wacky world of cartoons, beginning with George Melies, who demonstrated that objects could be animated in film with a series of drawings, each drawn with slight changes.
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Animation Meat: Model Sheets
You can print out a variety of your favorite cartoon characters and begin practicing creating your own animations.
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Fun Brain:diary of a Wimpy Kid
Click through the pages and read this web version of the best selling novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. Read straight through each day, or click on any day in the calendar feature to go straight to that entry. The main...
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Free Graphics
Create your own world of crazy cartoon creatures. Illustrator Gary Harbo provides simple step-by-step instructions for drawing some unique characters. Each month a new character-drawing activity goes live on his website.