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Library of Congress: Media Gallery | Women's Suffrage

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Designed to support a study of women's suffrage in the United States, a primary source document set from the Library of Congress includes images, song sheets, articles, statistical documents, political cartoon, and audio recordings...
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Newseum: Pens and Needles: The Political Cartoons of Joel Pett

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography of Pulitzer Prize winner, Joel Pett, and see many of his editorial cartoons in either Shockwave or HTML.
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Cartoons of Thomas Nast: Reconstruction, Chinese Immigration, Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of political cartoons from the 19th century by Thomas Nast. They provide insight into prevailing attitudes on Reconstruction, Chinese immigrants, Native Americans, slavery, and during the Gilded Era.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Editorial Cartoons by Ann Telnaes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhibit at the Library of Congress tracing the career of Pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Cartoon Prints

For Students 9th - 10th
A gateway to a collection of more than 500 prints, from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, which encompasses several forms of political editorializing. A wonderfully curated collection, with images, a summary of the historical...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk

For Students 9th - 10th
Internationally known artist Arthur Szyk detailed illustrations of Jewish themes. During WWII, he drew numerous cartoons and cariacatures of Nazi Germany.
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Fdr Project: Fdr Cartoon Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of political cartoons about the Roosevelt administration. Included are cartoons relating to the first 100 days, the Supreme Court, and Roosevelt's war years.
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Loc: Herblock's Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.
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Newseum: Political Cartoons of David Horsey

For Students 9th - 10th
After reading some brief biographical information on editorial cartoonist David Horsey, check out the gallery of his original cartoons from the year 1999.
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Harp Week

Cartoon of the Day: On This Day: May 13, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
Flooding along the Mississippi River system has been a problem for many states and presidents. Look over this political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast and read a little history behind the problem and see why President Arthur vetoed the...
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Indiana University

America in Caricature: 1765 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of political cartoons from 1765-1875 arranged by time period.
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US Senate

U.s. Senate: Art & History: Political Cartoons of Thomas Nast

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Nast was an astute observer of the political machinations in Washington, D.C., as well as New York City. This slideshow of his cartoons show the quarrel between the moderate Republcans and the conservatives as they tried to gain...
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Weebly: Muckraker Multi Media: Political Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
Five political cartoons that deal with uncovering unjust activities in various corporations by Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jane Addams, Samuel Hopkins Adams, and John Spargo.
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Cowles Library: Editorial Cartoons of J. N. "Ding" Darling

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of editorial cartoons created by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist J. N. Ding Darling, who was active during the first half of the twentieth century and commented on all the significant happenings and history...
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Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: 1880 Cartoon List

For Students 9th - 10th
This fabulous site compiles political cartoons from Harper's Weekly for the campaing of 1880. The cartoons are drawn by Thomas Nast, and each cartoon is thoroughly explained. A great resource.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas Joins the Battle: Cartoon, Houston Daily Post, March 30, 1896

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a political cartoon showing showing the split between those who favored the gold standard and those favoring the silver standard, and how the Populist Party took advantage of that split. Learn what this means by taking a look at...
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PBS

The War: Cartoon of G Is

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," find a cartoon of Bill Mauldin's duo, Willy and Joe, the representative infantrymen in his cartoons.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Edmund Valtman

For Students 9th - 10th
This Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist was a specialist of the Cold war era having actually lived in the USSR at the time. View some of his most famous cartoons in this online exhibit.
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Political Cartoons

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Political Cartoons."
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Niskayuna High School: Fdr Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt through the collection of political cartoons on this site.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: The Masses

For Students 9th - 10th
The Masses was a socialist magazine begun in 1911. Under the direction of Max Eastman, the magazine became an advocate of racial equality and women's rights and promoted many writers and artists. It was well known for its political art,...
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New York University: Labor Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous collections of cartoons, buttons, posters, murals, photographs, and similar artifacts, all pertaining to history of American labor, especially its drive to organize and its history of protest. Stretches back to the earliest days...
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Pbs Learning Media: Anti Chinese Movement of the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Chinese Americans were seen as threats to American society during the 1800s. This Anti-Chinese movement was one of the earlier incidents of...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Bill Mauldin

For Students 9th - 10th
This online testimonial praises the works of Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who passed away in 2003. After reading his biography, view this fantastic collection of some of his greatest works.

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