RESOURCE SITES

http://www.portledge.org/MS/Mrs_mac/Truth/editorial_cartoons.htm
Understanding Editorial Cartoons
Some very good background information and links leading to other material.

http://www.founding.com/home.htm
A user�s guide to the Declaration of Independence

http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/analysis/cartoon.html
National Archives and Records Administration
         Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

http://oyez.at.nwu.edu/
US Supreme Court Multimedia Database

http://usconstitution.net/
The US Constitution On-Line.  Excellent site.

http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html
link on above site:  what�s not in the Constitution

http://www.fac.org/legal/supcourt/religion.htm
Supreme Court Separation of Church and State

http://cagle.slate.msn.com/comics/editorialcontents.asp
Place to find current editorial cartoons

http://civilliberty.about.com/newsissues/civilliberty/mbody.htm
Nice site to explore the idea of Civil liberties

http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/Punch/Punch.html
Good site full of editorial cartoons on the Irish famines
(This would be more of a world history lesson, although students could compare and contrast new and old cartoons and cartoons of other countries).

http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/
A site for opinions and the different ways they are expressed.  Also, plenty of editorial cartoons to explore.

http://detroitnews.com/AAEC/history.html
The study of political cartooning and past history.

http://library.thinkquest.org/50084/resources/lesson-objectives.html
Good site on understanding cartoons.

http://library.thinkquest.org/50084/cartoons/
Site for cartoons on Think Quest

http://library.thinkquest.org/50084/religion/
Ideas and thoughts about religion in the schools

http://www.svusd.k12.ca.us/ab3086/cartoonfacts.html
The craft of creating political cartoons

http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/ww2/anlyzcrt.html
Another site for analyzing political cartoons

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