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The State vs. The Individual

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain the roles of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments in regards to due process and eminent domain. They apply their knowledge of the takings issue by creating a political cartoon depicting a takings event.
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Woman Suffrage

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are provided access to primary sources for a discussion of woman suffrage. They are introduced to the motivations, ideology, and organizations involved in woman suffrage. Students analyze primary documents including cartoons,...
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Weather "Toons

For Teachers 6th
Student use a variety of resources including print, CD-Rom and Internet information to study a weather process. They design a weather cartoon citing the bibliographic sources from their research.
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Blowing in the Wind

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and interpret maps, graphs, charts, tables and political cartoons. Students identify what a compass rose is and review its meaning in relation to standard directions. Students design their own weathervanes. Students...
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Comparative Folktales

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze Mongolian and Native American folktales and compare the two types. They discuss the importance of storytelling in nomadic cultures and read a story in small groups. Following the story, they answer questions and...
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A Look at the Geological History

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geological history worksheet, students draw a cartoon strip to sequence how the North American continent grew. Students use information about continental drift to sequence events of how the different continents were formed.
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I Can Be Happy for Hours Just Doing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore leisure activities. In this leisure activities lesson, students define the topic and write a paper about a leisure activity they love. Students draw a cartoon illustrating the activity and write a poem or short story...
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ESL: 'ed' and 'ing' Adjectives

For Students Pre-K - 6th
in this ESL adjectives worksheet, students read about adjective that end in 'ed' and 'ing and add the proper ending to adjectives related to a cartoon.
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The Communication Network: Keeping in Touch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read The Northern Migration and create an eight-frame cartoon depicting the means of communication between the freed people in the North and those enslaved in the South. The cartoons are displayed in a Gallery Walk.
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Animation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the field of animation to describe characters and express opinions. They view pictures of cartoon characters, clips of British animation, and read about the making of Valiant. They design their own cartoon character...
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Write to Move

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write for their classmates in order to enjoy some physical fun. Students select a category in which they can create some locomotive skills to match the chosen category. Students write a paper explaining how to complete the...
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U.S. History: Digging for the Facts

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create cartoons about the growth of the Nevada mining industry. Using notes provided on an overhead, they create their cartoons and explain them to classmates. The next day students take a quiz over the textbook material.
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Number line Character

For Students Pre-K - K
In this math worksheet, students cut out a cartoon number 10. The cartoon is colored blue and has eyes, a mouth, feet, arms, hand, and a hat.
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How Can Business Profit from Tariffs? p1

For Teachers 10th - 11th
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 in the 1980's to protectionism in the 1880's.
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Civics and Economics: The Occupation of Japan

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Pupils compare the American political and economic systems to the Japanese systems. They interpret maps, tables, charts and political cartoons in analyzing the economic and political issues involved.
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Impact of War with Asia on Asian Americans

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders identify perceptions towards Asians widely held by the American public through the analysis of political cartoons from the 1940's and 1990's
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Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explain the meaning of the Declaration of Independence. They view a political cartoon of the period, then do a writing assignment for homework. They write about how they would feel if the British were calling them traitors.
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Perspectives on Peace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read how writers, artists, political leaders, and citizens define and image peace. They find news-clippings, cartoons, photographs, or articles which illustrate the main idea contained in quotations they read.
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Blessings of a Free Government: The Louisiana Purchase in 1803

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students may take part in a multitude of activities listed such as creating political cartoons, comparison papers, and creating a portfolio to reinforce concepts and ideas surrounding the Louisiana Purchase.
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Lindenwald: Martin Van Buren

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine maps, readings, photos, drawings and political cartoons in order to describe the personality and character of Martin Van Buren as reflected by his lifestyle. They identify Van Buren's political views and political issues...
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Fish Food for Thought

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners examine the role of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Clean Water Act of 1970 after reading Lynne Cherry's, A River Ran Wild. They decide if the goals of the act were met and create a fish cartoon that...
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Stalking the Big Bad Wolf

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the perceptions of wolves in fairy tales, cartoons, and stories in this eight week series of lessons. They research wolf behaviors using books, articles, and videos in order to write a position paper. They study the...
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THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a series of drawings to show the process of how the Supreme Court does its work. The drawings may be in strip cartoon form or a series of separate illustrations.
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Meet the Recycle Guys Matching and Cryptogram

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recycling worksheet, students match the picture of a recycle guys, cartoon characters at the top of the page, with its name. They insert the proper letter of the alphabet to complete a cryptogram puzzle about recycling.

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