In conjunction with our Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History exhibit, Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons from the Civil War Era, I am working with 8th grade Social Studies classes on analyzing current political cartoons using digital issues of Junior Scholastic Magazine. Students analyzed the cartoons using five questions and then looked for artists' tools such as analogy, hyperbole, irony, and symbolism used in the cartoon.
I also presented at the PTA Lunch and Learn on digital resources available to parents, teachers, and students, such as GALILEO, World Book Online, CultureGrams, NetTrekker, and GALE.
In sixth grade, we streamed a video introduction from Jackie Robinson's daughter, Sharon Robinson, to the Breaking Barriers essay contest. Students then begain brainstorming about their own barriers for the essay.
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