Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Rhetorical Landscape: Editorials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on editorials including understanding their purpose and analyzing them. It provides links to analyzing an editorial handout, "Writing an Editorial" tutorial, and "PBS NewHour: Student Voice" essays.
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Other

Newseum: Pens and Needles: The Political Cartoons of Joel Pett

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography of Pulitzer Prize winner, Joel Pett, and see many of his editorial cartoons in either Shockwave or HTML.
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.
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.
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Tales From Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Lamb, with the editorial help of her brother, Charles, rewrote twenty of Shakespeare's plays into stories for children. This is a copy of the tex which introduced Shakespeare to many people of all ages throughout the nineteenth and...
Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Lampooning Injustice: Paul Conrad and Civil Rights

For Teachers 11th
In this lesson, 11th graders look at the work of Paul Conrad, a political cartoonist, who often explored issues around civil rights, including Brown v. Board of Education and school desegregation. Includes background information for the...
Website
Other

Efa: Editorial Freelancers Association

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is for freelance journalists who have narrowed their selected field to editorials and editorial columns. Newly combined with the Editorial Freelancers Association, this site contains materials from both organizations.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Two Lesson Unit: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students identify facts and opinions in a newspaper article and understand how facts support opinions in an editorial. With free login, users have...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on comparing and contrasting through which young scholars compare and contrast two non-fiction articles and two editorials, and write a compare and contrast essay. With free login,...
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Editorial Essay Example

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of an editorial essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Other

Cowles Library: Editorial Cartoons of J. N. "Ding" Darling

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of editorial cartoons created by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist J. N. Ding Darling, who was active during the first half of the twentieth century and commented on all the significant happenings and history...
Primary
Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: Exchange Between Horace Greeley and Lincoln, 1862

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source excerpts from New York Tribune editorial letter written by abolitionist Horace Greeley followed by a response from President Abraham Lincoln published in the New York Times, 1862.
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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University of Iowa

The Editorial Cartoons of j.n. 'Ding' Darling (1876 1962)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection celebrates the work of journalist Jay N. "Ding" Darling. Twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for syndicated editorial cartoons, you can browse his collection by topic, people, or events. Includes biographical information and...
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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.
Interactive
TES Global

Tes: Tens and Units Visualizing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore base ten by bundling ten crayons at a time and then counting groups of ten without counting each individual crayon.
Handout
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Getty Vocabularies Editorial Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th
These documents contain information about editorial practice for the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN), the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), and the Cultural Objects Name Authority...
Website
New York Times

New York Times: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site is the online version of the New York Times, which provides coverage of important news stories from both the United States and abroad.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Oliphant's Anthem

For Students 9th - 10th
A Library of Congress online exhibition of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, Pat Oliphant. View over sixty cartoons and see why he is known as one of the most influential editorial cartoonists in America.
Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner:workshop 4: Teaching Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The fourth workshop [58:24] features the classrooms of two teachers: sixth-grade language arts teacher Jenny Beasley and fifth-grade teacher Jack Wilde. Both are teaching units on persuasive writing that allow students to write about...
Website
Other

Next Step U: Helping Students Find the Right Path

For Students 9th - 10th
The Next Step Magazine offers comprehensive resources on life after High School. Individuals can explore articles, college/university planning, career exploration, and life skills.
Website
USA Today

Usa Today: Money

For Students 9th - 10th
USA Today's Money section covers the very latest in domestic and world economic news. Coverage also includes in-depth articles and editorials.
Article
Other

Edmunds: Suspension Basics I: Shake, Rattle and Roll

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents the first of a four part editorial on suspension importance and basics with information on modifications.
Article
American Academy of Family Physicians

Aafp: Effectiveness, Adverse Effects, and Safety of Medical Marijuana

For Students 9th - 10th
This editorial from the American Family Physician journal addresses the effectiveness, adverse effects, and safety of medical marijuana.