Background information from ABC-CLIO American Government -- sample political cartoons
More cartoon samples from the Library of Congress collection
From Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911, American Memory Collection, Library of Congress
More political cartoon resources from the American Memory Collection, Library of Congress
Flickr Creative Commons - free copyright-friendly images
Practice images
Hillary Clinton Hillary writing.jpg
John McCain mccain.jpg
Barack Obama obama.jpg
Create single-cell to books of cartoon panels.
Use the visuals available through the site or upload your own visuals.
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Created with Animoto. (long video...can be adapted for 30-second version)
Photos were selected from Flickr Creative Common collection using key words such as Bill of Rights, speech, protest, NRA, court, courthouse, trial, jury, press, newspapers, religion, church, etc. A couple of other visuals were pulled from Microsoft Clip Art.
The music was selected from the Animoto collection. Any copyright-friendly mp3 music file may be uploaded and used.
To create a video in Animoto, you must register. If you use a school email address, you can participate in the educators' program and get a pass to be able to create longer videos. More information about using Animoto..
To create a video, it is a 3-step process.
1. Select and upload copyright-friendly photos or visuals. 10-12/13 for 30-second free version. Longer version can use more files.
2. Select a music file from the site or upload a copyright-friendly file of your choice.
3. Click Finalize and the program takes over for you! This process takes a few minutes. There is a timeline you can watch or you can move onto other things and come back later. You will also receive an email indicating that your video is ready to use.
Click here to see this sample about the Bill of Rights review for secondary level.
Here are some more Social Studies-related Animoto samples:
Tibet - Views of Tibet & the Olympic protest. Used in 9th World Geography to introduce overview, discuss current events.
Free At Last - Civil Rights review. Used in 8th grade.
Texas - Overview of geography, cities for use in 7th grade. Was created as demo to show process. Could easily be adapted for regions, countries, etc.
Here is an example of a student-produced (group of students) PhotoStory in which they discuss their findings about American Symbols.
How about using PhotoStory to explain Jacksonian Democracy?
Here is a incomplete PhotoStory about Jackson and some of the issues during his presidency.
Need some help with PhotoStory?
Mark states visited or studied or ?
Interactive recognition practice of States.
Interactive recognition practice of countries in Europe.
Interactive mashup of political maps & satellite physical maps from Google.
Currently available for US, Canadian and UK locations.
View it in auto mode or interactive mode.
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