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Cartoons for the Classroom: Campaigns and Gas Pains
In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about gasoline prices and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Differing Ideas Frame a Debate
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the SCHIP Bill and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates - Fred Thompson
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about about 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates: Barack Obama
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about Barak Obama and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates, John Edwards
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about John Edwards and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Animations Help Win the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Cartooning
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze political cartoons representing the work of the 2007 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Spotlighting Government Secrecy
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about government secrecy and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking Swipes at the Auto Industry
In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the auto industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Defining the Separation of Power
In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the separation of powers in the American government and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Conflicting Constitutional Views
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about wiretapping practices by the government and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing a Familiar analogy
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon that requires them to interpret analogies in cartoons and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Borgman Challenge
For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons by Jim Borgman. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Xenophobia
In this historical events worksheet, students analyze an anti-immigration political cartoon and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Social Issues, Taking on Tobacco
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about smoking bans and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Pitfalls of Democratic Elections
For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about democratic elections that go bad. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Ben Franklin's Cartoon Contribution
In this historical events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon by Ben Franklin. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Constitutional Battleground
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about the Supreme Court and Constitutional issues and respond to 5 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Strangled by Special Interests
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about special interests groups and respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing on a Familiar Icon
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about the feature American icons. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Competition of Ideas
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze political cartoons based on anti-American sentiments. Students respond to 4 talking point questions
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Comforting the Afflicted
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about defending those who cannot defend themselves. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: B.D. Brings the War Home
In this current events worksheet, students analyze Doonesberry political cartoons and characters. Students respond to 6 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking a Stand
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze political cartoons that feature the use of persuasion and propaganda. Students respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Drawn to Freedom
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons that feature the free exchange of ideas and government criticism. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.