* NEW * EDITORIAL CARTOONS

The Dirksen Congressional Center recently announced additions to the Editorial Cartoon Collection project: http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/index.htm.

The editorial cartoons and related lesson plans will teach students to identify issues, analyze symbols, acknowledge the need for background knowledge, recognize stereotypes and caricatures, think critically, and appreciate the role of irony and humor.

This month we have posted five new cartoons:

• Caption: The Republican Congressional Leadership
  http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/chron71-80.htm  #78

• Caption: The Republican Response to the State of the Union Address
  http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/chron71-80.htm  #76

• Caption: Dirksen Opposes the Consular Treaty
  http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/chron71-80.htm  #79
   
• Caption: Dirksen Records “Gallant Men”
  http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/chron71-80.htm  #77

• Caption: Dirksen and “One Man, One Vote”
  http://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/chron81-90.htm  #81

We now have a total of 118 cartoons posted!

* NEW *  FEDNET: BLACK HISTORY MONTH

The Dirksen Center is pleased to join with FedNet to produce a special feature for February, Black History Month. Drawing upon its vast collection of video clips from House and Senate floor proceedings, FedNet’s TeachingCongress website offers immediate access to more than a dozen clips on these topics: the Little Rock Nine, Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights movement, West Texas State University’s NCAA tournament basketball team, the Tuskegee Airmen, and Abraham Lincoln. Visit the site at http://www.fednet.net/tc/blackhistory.htm.