Political Cartoons - September 27

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Friday, September 27, 2024

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On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Political Cartoons

ON THIS DATE

• 1066 - William the Conqueror and his army set sail on their way to conquer England.
• 1962 - Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published
• 1964 - The  Warren Commission concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1722 - Politician Samuel Adams
• 1840 - Political cartoonist Thomas Nast
• 1936 - Soul Train host and producer Don Cornelius
• 1947 - Singer-songwriter Meat Loaf
• 1972 - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow
• 1984 - Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - LISTEN
• Avril Lavigne - Complicated - LISTEN

THEME: POLITICAL CARTOONS

• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Political Cartoons in U.S. History Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Cartoons Tell the Story - Teaching with Primary Sources - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Thomas Nast - READ and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Somali Filmmaker Counters Terrorist Propaganda with Cartoons (6:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - Herb Block Foundation - Lesson Plans - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Daryl Cagle - Political Cartoons Blog - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Reconstruction - The Second Civil War - Thomas Nast Political Cartoons - READ and VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - War Letters - Photo Gallery: WWII Cartoons - READ and VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Political Cartoons and Public Debates - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Political Cartoons - Finding Point of View - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - Kennedy Library - Drawing Political Cartoons Lesson - DO
• Grades 9-12 - National Council of Teachers of English - ReadWriteThink - Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons - DO

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