The Use of Political Cartoons to Encourage Homefront Participation During WWII

Richard Clift

AHTC Summer Institute 2007

 

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Grade Level:
 
8+ (can be adapted for 5th)

Abstract:

 

Essential Question(s)/Enduring Understandings:

 

Assessment:

Previous lessons necessary:

Materials:

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/jap.htm

http://www3.eou.edu/hist06/WWIIPropaganda.html

http://web.uccs.edu/history/student%20presentations/heidi/world_war_two.htm

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/nazi.htm

http://www.wwii-collectibles.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WOC&Category_Code=jpp

http://www.psywarrior.com/JapanPSYOPWW2.html

From Documents from The Illinois State Archives 1941-1945:  Illustration in Document #4

 

Procedure:

The famous statement about they came for _____ and I was silent  . . .

Jim Crow laws

Ethnic jokes

Civil Rights slayings of the 1960Õs

The burning of African-American churches

Whites joining the Civil Rights Movement

Other examples

Enrichment/Additional:

Resources:

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