More cartoon samples from the Library of Congress collection

• “With an Even Hand” Brown v. Board at Fifty (Library of Congress online exhibition) The cartoons used in this activity, as well as background information about each cartoon, are featured in the “Aftermath” section of this online exhibition.
• What is done in our classrooms today will be reflected in the successes or failures of civilization tomorrow. Bill Mauldin (Cartoon published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 11, 1958)
• Inch by inch. Bill Maudlin (Cartoon published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 1, 1960)
• I’m eight. I was born on the day of the Supreme Court decision. Herb Block (Cartoon published in the Washington Post. May 17, 1962)
• Dark Laughter. Now I aint so sure I wanna get educated. Oliver Harrington (Cartoon published in the Pittsburgh Courier. September 21, 1963)
• One nation…indivisible. Herb Block (Cartoon published in the Washington Post. February 22, 1977)

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 

Create a Cartoon Activity

Say What site

Flickr Creative Commons - free copyright-friendly images

Practice images

Hillary Clinton  Hillary writing.jpg 

John McCain    mccain.jpg   

Barack Obama obama.jpg 

Create a Cartoon Activity 2

ToonDoon site

Create single-cell to books of cartoon panels.

Use the visuals available through the site or upload your own visuals.

You must create a free account. Requires an email address.

Bill of Rights Review using Animoto to create a video

Grade 8 TAKS Objective 4, TEKS 8.20B Citizenship...summarize rights guaranteed in Bill of Rights

Grade 10 TAKS Objective 1, TEKS  8.16C Government ...explain how those grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights  

Grade 10 TAKS Objective 4, TEKS 8.20 Citizenship...summarize Bill of Rights

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.

RESEARCH Product using PhotoStory 

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. 

PhotoStory4.wp3 

Need some help with PhotoStory? 

Interactive Map Fun!

States Review

Visited State Map

Mark states visited or studied or ?

States Review

Stateris 

Interactive recognition practice of States.

European Countries Review

Stateris-Europe

Interactive recognition practice of countries in Europe.

Physical Maps / Political Maps

Google Maps Transparencies  

Interactive mashup of political maps & satellite physical maps from Google.

Currently available for US, Canadian and UK locations.

Global Current Events

Yahoo NewsGlobe 

View it in auto mode or interactive mode.

Travel IQ Challenge

How Well Do You Know Your World?