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Downloadable lesson for 07/06/08 
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Cartoon Evaluation Worksheet
For use with these lessons or with cartoons from your newspaper

China, Tibet and the Olympics

Teachers: Download the lesson and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

Learning standard: Comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations.
Grade Level: Middle grades and up.

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New lessons are posted for download every other week.

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Tooning into everyday themes


Coming 07/21/08


Tooning into the Economy: Ever heard of 'Stagflation?'


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 State of the Art

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Editorial Cartoons: The Impact and Issues of an Evolving Craft

In their December 2004 issue, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism published a series of articles looking at political cartooning and its position in journalism today. The issue is available for download as a pdf file.

Toons in books!

New, noteworthy and the editor's suggestions

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Tooning into history

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They were there

Are you studying Reconstruction? The McCarthy era? World War II? View history through the eyes of the political cartoonists.
Check the online resources here.

 Meet YOUR cartoonist

At the Herald

jimmorin.jpgEditorial Cartoonist Jim Morin has been at The Miami Herald since 1978 and was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His cartoons appear in The Miami Herald five days a week.

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More Cartoon Resources

Stop laughing, this is serious*

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists:



The Opper Project: Teaching history through political cartoons

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Ohio State University has launched a project that uses editorial cartoons to teach history. You'll find lesson plans, downloadable toons and much more.



Daryl Cagle's
Cartoon Index:



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