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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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Library of Congress

Loc: Bill Mauldin

For Students 9th - 10th
This online testimonial praises the works of Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who passed away in 2003. After reading his biography, view this fantastic collection of some of his greatest works.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Edmund Valtman

For Students 9th - 10th
This Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist was a specialist of the Cold war era having actually lived in the USSR at the time. View some of his most famous cartoons in this online exhibit.
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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.
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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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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Incredible Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
A massive collection of web links to artists categorized by art collections, cartoonists, black artists, female artists, male artists, ethnic artists, and native artists.
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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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Kentucky Educational Television

Kentucky Educational Television: Kentuckians in the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles of Kentuckians involved with the arts provides information about arts-related jobs and pursuits. Positions covered range from professors and graphic designers to cartoonists and sculptors.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: The War of 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines the work of two early American political cartoonists, who first came to prominence during the War of 1812: William Charles and William Elmes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Gropper

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William Gropper is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his cartoonist and social realism paintings.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Boardman Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Boardman Robinson is described here along with information on his contributions to art as a cartoonist and illustrator.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Saul Steinberg

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Saul Steinberg is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work as a cartoonist.
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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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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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Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This amazing website provides access to 200 exciting experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster, and engineer, Tim Hunkin. Each experiment is categorized and illustrated.
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International Institute of Social History

International Institute of Social History: Art to the People Albert Hahn

For Students 9th - 10th
From the exhibit at the International Institute of Social History, "Art to the People", the work of the Dutch Socialist cartoonist Albert Hahn, is examined with descriptions and images.
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Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
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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...
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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.
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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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Library of Congress

Loc: See, Hear, and Sing Animation

For Students 3rd - 8th
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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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...
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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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