To determine the effects of cartoon-embellished programed text materials on student skill performance and student attitudes towards instruction and subject material, a random sample of 85 students in a course on audiovisual materials were selected as research subjects. Research procedures included: (1) pretest for skills and attitudes; (2) random…

Discusses a method for assessing attitudes using cartoons as projective devices and suggests that graphical humor might be used successfully in constructing alternative methods for measuring attitudinal ambivalence. (MH)

Investigates the strong newspaper heritage in early animation, citing two principal figures in newspaper comic strips which were the predecessors of animated cartoons. (MH)

Examines single-frame cartoons appearing in three well-known periodicals beginning in 1952 and analyzes the sex role humor in an attempt to produce social indicators. Compares sex role content in the humor media with sex role content within other media such as short stories and television. (MH)

Describes possible applications of political cartoons to historical analysis and history teaching on the college level, and presents a history of political cartoons since 1800. A brief guide to sources of political cartoons for American, English, and European history courses is included. (Author/DB)

Assessed male (N=60) and female (N=60) responses to pictorial humorous sexual material in relationship to degree of sexual expression and personal satisfaction with sexual behavior. Results showed persons with active and satisfying sexual expression enjoyed sexually explicit cartoons and showed less preference for aggressive themes. (LLL)

Approaches the topic of responsible pet care through the use of cartoon strips. Provides a two-page cartoon layout that can be duplicated for classroom use. Poses questions for possible discussions and investigations. (ML)

The Water in Africa Project was realized over a 2-year period by a team of Peace Corps volunteers, World Wise Schools (WWS) classroom teachers, and WWS staff members. As part of an expanded, detailed design, resources were collected from over 90 volunteers serving in African countries, photos and stories were prepared, and standards-based learning…

Explores the use of cartoons as a means of teaching American culture and demonstrates how a discussion of the cartoons can be carried out. Examples are given of the presentation of cartoons in the regular classroom. (FB/Author)

Reprint from American Education, August-September 1969.

A unit on cartoons was used in a high school economics course. Students studied the symbolism used in cartooning, the background factors that form a basis for the cartoon, techniques and approaches used by various artists, and the validity and significance of messages offered by cartoonists. (AM)

Analyzes drawings and photographs of Blacks from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, commenting on the racial and social attitudes they reflect. Several examples are included in the text. (GC)