What is happening to our newspapers? In the context of the current trends of media and the ever-declining print news industry, this handout includes two political cartoons for pupils to analyze, both created by artists working for...

Difficult redistricting concepts are covered in a context that will make it understandable to your government scholars. They begin with a KWL on the term redistricting and then watch a video to answer some questions. They...

Are newspapers dying, or fighting to survive? Give your scholars access to this controversial debate using political cartoons. In this analsyis handout, 2 cartoons display the changing role of newspapers in a world of online media....

Students explore mathematics by viewing cartoons. In this math functions lesson, students read several "Peanut" cartoons on their worksheets as they solve fraction problems and compare them to the comic strip. Students utilize addition,...

High schoolers recognize visual sterotyping in political cartoons and to analyze its use. They speculate as to why political cartoons are so effective. The teacher explains that cartoonists often make use of stereotypes as visual...

Students study political cartoons by Dr. Seuss. They create their own political cartoons on a current event.

Students analyze a political cartoon, and at the same time cover the basic parts of speech, in order to view a cartoon and determine its subject, action verb, and object.

Young scholars explain that a political cartoon is very much like an editorial--both present personal opinions. Each student writes an editorial that supports the political cartoon. They must analyze the cartoon in order to write about...

Middle schoolers participate in a mock trial on the Whiskey Rebellion that took place in the state of Pennsylvania in 1794. They analyze the perspectives presented by both sides to determine whether the Whiskey "rebels" were guilty of...

Students discuss cartoons and the moral lessons they can teach. They imagine and draw a cartoon figure who could impart a lesson plan of some kind to younger Students.

In this English worksheet, learners choose the present simple. Students look at the pictures of the cartoon characters and choose the present simple that fits.

Seventh graders study events leading to, during and resulting from the American Revolution. They review elements of a political cartoon. They create and dramatize a scene from a Revolutionary War novel.

Get in the holiday spirit with winter-themed handwriting and spelling practice. Pupils trace the words for three cartoon images: reindeer, snowman, and candy cane. Another line is provided for each image that can be used for practicing...

This resource on personification provides three different approaches aimed at different levels. The first, appropriate for upper elementary, provides examples of personification, followed by an exercise that requires replacing a word in...

Use this cartoon image and the accompanying questions with your English language learners to assess their speaking level. They study the picture provided and answer the list of questions. 

Completing this PowerPoint should enable young readers to better-associate the sounds that go with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each slide has the letter with a cartoon drawing to help with recognition of the beginning sound....

Whether you are teaching a newspaper unit in language arts, covering the First Amendment and censorship in social studies, or focusing on writing ethics in journalism, a unit based on the foundations of journalism would be an excellent...

Students compare different cartoons dealing with social or political issues. They discuss the cartoons as a class. They create their own cartoon with their own message and shares them with the class.

Learners discuss superheroes, focusing first on the details of creating the character of Batman. They work in small groups to develop superheroes for the 1990s, and write stories or cartoons about their superhero's adventures on their own.

Students draw upon the visual data presented in photographs, paintings, cartoons, and architectural drawings in order to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.

In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of cartoon vegetables with big eyes. Students color the picture.

Students identify when and why quotations are used. Using comic strips and speech bubbles, they read and discuss examples of quotation marks, and in pairs write text for a cartoon on a piece of paper using quotation marks around the...

A simple multiple choice worksheet, this resource deals with identifying emotions from body language and facial expressions. Learners are given three drawings of cartoon characters and they must decide whether each one is feeling happy,...