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2004 Doonesbury & Boondocks Comic Strips



Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing Doonesbury & Boondocks comic strips from the 2004 campaign about Bush and Kerry for messages about issues, candidate imagery and satire.



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Unit: 2000-2008 Targeting the Spin
Kit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

High School, College

Media Type(s)

Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Opinion

Author(s)

Sox Sperry & Chris Sperry

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Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading: History Social Studies (RH), Speaking and Listening (SL)