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http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/07/14/the-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2011-so-far/ I usually just do a year-end list on Web 2.0 Applications For Education and many other topics, but it gets a little crazy having to review all of my zillion posts at once.

The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 — So Far

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Thomas Nast's famous cartoon depicting Boss Tweed and the Tammany Ring

Cartoon Analysis

The use of political and editorial cartoons in the classroom can have multiple benefits. http://www.eiu.edu/eiutps/cartoon.php
Summary: Political Cartoons play an important part in telling the history of a given period of time.

Political Cartoons

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Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"

Ever since Upton Sinclair’s, “The Jungle” first came into print in 1906, it has been has been used by generations as a tool to illustrate the corruption of the beef industry in turn-of-the-20th-Century Chicago.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Chapter 1

Chapter 1 It was four o'clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exuberance of Marija Berczynskas. http://www.online-literature.com/upton_sinclair/jungle/1/
Reform Communism, Capitalism, and Democracy in China | Upton Sinclair's The Jungle | John Dewey and the Reconstruction of American Democracy Upton Sinclair's The Jungle : Muckraking the Meat-Packing Industry

BRIA 24 1 b Upton Sinclairs The Jungle: Muckraking the Meat-Packing Industry - Constitutional Rights Foundation

The Jungle (DL SunSITE)

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» Post-Viewing Lesson Plan: Progressive Era: Public Pressure and Government Actions Students will read sections of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and examine societal problems during the Progressive Era.

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