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Cartoons for the Classroom: You've Got Mail!

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As the U.S. Postal System adjusts to virtual messaging, will snail mail slowly fade away? Examine the current phenomenon with your class through this political cartoon analysis, which has background information to give context for 2 cartoons. Three talking points guide deeper thinking, having pupils consider possibilities such as government fees for virtual stamps, and no Saturday mail delivery. Learners contemplate if even e-mail is too slow for today's communicators.

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critical thinking, e-mail, mail, current events, political cartoons

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current events, critical thinking skills, e-mail, mail, political cartoon analysis, postal service, cartoons for the classroom, saturday delivery, social studies
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9th - 12th
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