Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Joseph Pulitzer

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides biographical information on Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), an American newspaper publisher. The Pulitzer Prize was set up by his will.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (1887), a book of sketches with a story.
Website
Other

Blackboard @ Sfsu: Vaudeville in Ohio

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a great description of small town U.S.A. entertainment: traveling vaudeville shows.
Primary
Other

Juggling Hall of Fame: "From Boy Juggler to Star Comedian" (w.c. Fields)

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents an excerpt from "From Boy Juggler to Star Comedian," written by American comedian, W.C. Fields. It is a very interesting account of an important part of his life.
Handout
Other

Juggling Hall of Fame: w.c. Fields: A Juggler First!

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by Rich Chamberlin in the May, 1993, issue of Juggler's World. Gives information of W.C. Fields in his early years as an entertainer.
Activity
Other

Robot Rampage Game Grammar Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Fun way to practice the verbs. Help Robot Rampage and his friends to find the right answer (you need to choose the correct sentence to keep playing) to save Verbo City. Two different levels of play: elementary and intermediate.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Cartoon Characters Wear Gloves

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever noticed that a bunch of cartoon characters wear gloves? Why is that? Vox investigates. [4:56]
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Buster Keaton

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical facts on the life of Buster Keaton,comic actor and film director in the 1920's.
eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Incognita

For Students 9th - 10th
Congreve's novel uses dramatic techniques borrowed from theatre to tell its story. The full length book is offered here in multiple formats.
Website
Other

Scarterfield: Want to Learn How to Draw Cartoons?

For Students 1st - 9th
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...
Graphic
Other

Today's Cartoon: Family Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, run by cartoonist Randy Glasbergen, features one-cut cartoons about kids, moms, dads, parenthood and family life.
Interactive
Other

Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Sidekicks

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-stanza poem describes the sidekicks of superheroes.
Article
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: See, Hear and Sing: Humor

For Students 9th - 10th
Today's comedy evolved from vaudeville (variety) shows of the 19th and early 20th centuries that included clowns, slapstick, dancers, singers, performing animals, acrobats, and magicians. This is an interactive site offering various...
Website
Other

Owl Kids: Chirp Magazine: Jokes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Frequently updated resource has many jokes, riddles, and tongue twisters perfect for kids. Scroll down to see them all and to go to different pages for more laughter.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Students Write a Newspaper

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this project-based language development lesson plan, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson plan format follows the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Scams: What's Your Ethical Viewpoint?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will identify how investment scams work, go inside an investment scam pitch, and create an ethical dilemma.
Handout
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Basic Nuclear Science Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides the ABC's of nuclear science including radioactivity and gamma decay to fission and comic rays.
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chemcomics/carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
A whole bunch of comic pages that mention the element carbon and in most cases add a little bit of information about the element's properties.
Activity
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: La Parodia Teatral en Espana

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy the history of the Spanish theatre of the nineteenth-century from a comic perspective.
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Tic Tac Toe Spelling [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
For this PDF spelling activity, choose three activities "in a row" to complete for your weekly spelling assignments. These activities include creating a comic strip using at least seven of your spelling words, write your spelling words...
Handout
Other

Oxford University Press: Oxford Dictionaries: Affect or Effect: A Visual Guide

For Students 7th - 8th
This is a dictionary entry explaining how to use affect and effect using comic pictures.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Confidence by Henry James

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the comic novel "Confidence" by Henry James. The novel follows the awkward relationship between an artist, scientist, and an inscrutable heroine.

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