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Activity 1

Teaching Activity number 1

Duration:

45 Minutes

Standards:

Standard 1A The student understands domestic policies from Nixon to Carter Assess the efforts of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations to combat recession and inflation. [Compare and contrast differing policies]

Standard 1C The student understands major foreign policy initiatives. Examine the U.S. role in political struggles in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships] Evaluate the reformulation of foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships]

Standard 2E The student understands how a democratic polity debates social issues and mediates between individual or group rights and the common good. Evaluate the continuing struggle for e pluribus unum amid debates over national vs. group identity, group rights vs. individual rights, multiculturalism, and bilingual education. [Consider multiple perspectives]

Objectives:

Materials:

Lesson Plan:

Show the cartoon “MoscowOlympics” to the class. Ask the following questions:

  1. What is the event or issue about that inspired the cartoon?
  2. Are there any real people in the cartoon? Who is portrayed in the cartoon?
  3. Are there symbols in the cartoon? What are they and what do they represent?
  4. What are some of the symbols and icons you believe are common in political cartoon?
  5. What is the event or issue about that inspired the cartoon?
  6. Are there any real people in the cartoon? Who is portrayed in the cartoon?
  7. Are there symbols in the cartoon? What are they and what do they represent?
  8. What are some of the symbols and icons you believe are common in political cartoon?