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Posters American Style: Line and Movement
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To communicate effectively, posters must grab your attention and deliver a message, often in a matter of seconds. Poster activist Felice Regan discusses the ...  More ...
 
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Posters American Style: Relationship to Paper
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To communicate effectively, posters must grab your attention and deliver a message, often in a matter of seconds. Poster activist Felice Regan discusses the ...  More ...
 
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Posters American Style: Typeface
Posters American Style: Typeface (4th Grade - 12th Grade)
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To communicate effectively, posters must grab your attention and deliver a message, often in a matter of seconds. Poster activist Felice Regan discusses the ...  More ...
 
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Posters American Style: Vietnam
Posters American Style: Vietnam (4th Grade - 12th Grade)
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Using posters as a starting point, this section explores the images inspired by the war in Vietnam. Some of these images are downloadable JPEG files and a Re...  More ...
 
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Posters American Style: Essay
Posters American Style: Essay (5th Grade - 12th Grade)
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This site explores the process of making the messages of commerce, propaganda, and patriotism evident through a visual medium. In this section, curator There...  More ...
 
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It's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons
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In this activity for students, from the Library of Congress Learning Page, take apart real-world political cartoons and learn how to spot the methods behind ...  More ...
 
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Posters American Style: Big Brother and the Holding Company
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Using posters as a starting point, this section explores the images inspired the San Francisco sound of the 1960s, specifically Janice Joplin's musical caree...  More ...
 
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Posters American Style: 60s Rock and Roll
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Using posters as a starting point, this section explores the images inspired the San Francisco sound of the 1960s. Some of these images are downloadable JPEG...  More ...
 
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Meet the Napster
Meet the Napster (6th Grade - 12th Grade)
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This resource, from CNN news online, tells the story of Shawn Fanning, the 18-year-old college student who created the music file-sharing program called Naps...  More ...
 
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Metallica Sues Napster
Metallica Sues Napster (6th Grade - 12th Grade)
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This resource, from business news source Forbes.com, discusses the legal and copyright issues surrounding Napster, the software that allowed computer users t...  More ...
 
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