These cartoons focus on issues that will affect students well beyond the 1990s. Analysis questions promote critical thinking and enhance cognitive skills. Issue-related activities direct students into the newspaper. This teaching guide contains an introduction chapter by the cartoonist complete with a thumbnail history of editorial cartoons and instructions on how to dissect a cartoon. This instructional guide can be used in any secondary social studies classroom to provide both the teacher and the student with a deeper understanding of their subject material.
Lessons relate to American history and culture, government, economics, geography and current events.
Each president is introduced with a portrait, biographical information, a well-known quotation and a theme of focus. This guide is both a teaching tool and a planning guide for creating a student newspaper. As a teaching tool, it provides background on the different sections and elements of a newspaper. It includes an instructional guide that requires students to go beyond a quick overview of newspaper components by analyzing the structure, language and connections of different parts of the newspaper. It also serves as a planning guide for students who want to produce their own newspaper and provides discussion opportunities related to press ethics and responsibilities.