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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
07/06/2009
Cartoonist Steve Kelley on cartooning
Daryl Cagle interviews cartoonist Steve Kelley at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) annual convention in Seattle. The discussion turns to studying political cartooning and why it's important.
■Class discussion: Steve Kelley talks about how you need to be dialed in and informed as you go through life and that politcial cartoons are a way to do that -- to view an issue in a different way. How do you view political cartoons today? Do you understand them? Do you have trouble interpretting them? Are they something you look for in a newspaper or on an online news site?
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