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Videos: Drawing the candidates
Animations from CNN's Dan Shefelman:
Giving the right to bear arms a big bear hug
Teachers: Contact Dan Shefelman about speaking to your class about political cartooning. Visit danshefelman.com or email Dan at dshefelman@gmail.com.
There are now 135 lessons in our online library
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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.
New, noteworthy and the editor's suggestions
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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.
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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists:
The Opper Project: Teaching history through political cartoons
Ohio State University has launched a project that uses editorial cartoons to teach history. You'll find lesson plans, downloadable toons and much more.
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