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Lesson Plans
| Topic |
| Political Cartoons in New Hampshire History |
| Focus Question |
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Boundaries |
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Technology and Science |
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Natural Environment and People |
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Nongovernmental Groups |
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Cultures, Races and Ethnic Groups |
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Material Wants and Needs |
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Politics |
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Self-Expression |
| Era |
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Beginnings to 1623 |
Different Worlds Meet |
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1623-1763 |
Colonization and Settlement |
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1763-1820s |
Revolution and the New Nation |
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1801-1861 |
Expansion and Reform |
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1850-1877 |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
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1870-1900 |
Development of the Industrial United States |
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1890-1930 |
Emergence of Modern America |
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1929-1945 |
Great Depression and World War II |
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1945-early 1970s |
Postwar United States |
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1968-present |
Contemporary United States |
| Social Studies Standards |
| History 16 |
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Elementary |
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High School |
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Middle |
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Elementary/Middle |
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| What Students Learn |
| Students will learn the contributions of particular individuals
to New Hampshire, political issues of a specific time period, and how cartoons can be used to make political statements.
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| Procedures |
In teams of two, students should take about 15 minutes to analyze
cartoons given to them and to answer questions accompanying the cartoons. Follow this up with full-group discussion
that focuses on differences in what the teams saw in each cartoon.
As an additional activity, students will analyze local, national, and international editorial cartoons from current
newspapers or magazines and from "Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index" (http://cagle.slate.msn.com/).
Finally, students will complete worksheets that address factual, analytical, and judgmental questions about each
cartoon. |
| Materials Included in the Lesson |
| Cartoons of John McLane,
R.S. Milliken, and
William H, Moses from The Man of the Hour: In Cartoon
along with questions; worksheet
for dealing with current political cartoons. (Teachers may also wish
to find personages from the era who are more closely associated with their area of the state.) |
Bibliography
Most entries listed below, as well as other teacher resources, are available through the New Hampshire Historical
Society's Tuck Library and its
museum store. Links to outside web sites are provided for the
convenience of New Hampshire educators and students. The New Hampshire Historical Society is not responsible for
content once you leave our site. |
Cagle, Daryl. "Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index"
[accessed 15 July 2000]. Available on the World Wide Web:
(http://cagle.slate.msn.com/).
The Man of the Hour: In Cartoon. Manchester: Manchester Union, 1907. |
| Assessment Tools and Techniques |
| Group discussion and completion of worksheet. |
| Credit |
| This is an adaptation of a lesson created by Timothy Tenasco, a
participant in the New Hampshire Historical Society's 1999 Summer Institute for Teachers. |
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