World History
Here is Joe Sacco explaining how he developed a 24 panel cartoon showing the first day of the Battle of Somme.
He published it as a book in 2013. It's stunning in its black and white detail. Sacco notes in the video below how the loss of life struck him. In the first hour of the battle, 10,000 British soldiers were killed.
His 24 panels outline the moment the soldiers went over the top and started to get cut down.
I may order the book and unfold the panels in the hallway outside of class and have the students make observations about each panel.
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World History
Joe Sacco's Wordless 24-Panel Cartoon of Battle of Somme's First Day
Here is Joe Sacco explaining how he developed a 24 panel cartoon showing the first day of the Battle of Somme.
He published it as a book in 2013. It's stunning in its black and white detail. Sacco notes in the video below how the loss of life struck him. In the first hour of the battle, 10,000 British soldiers were killed.
His 24 panels outline the moment the soldiers went over the top and started to get cut down.
I may order the book and unfold the panels in the hallway outside of class and have the students make observations about each panel.
- Battle Of Cannae
One of the most devastating battle losses in history happened in 216 BC. The Roman Republic suffered a huge military defeat at the hands of Hannibal in the Second Punic War. The Encyclopadiea Britannica notes of the battle, "The Romans, with 80,000 men,...
- Battle Of Nu`uanu
The Battle of Nu`uanu was fought in the late 18th century on the Hawaiian island of O?ahu. It was the battle that allowed Kamehameha I to annex the entire island of O'ahu. Wikipedia notes of the battle, "The Nu?uanu Pali was the site of one of the...
- Battle Of Beaumont Hamel
Battle of Beaumont Hamel. The recent losses of the Ohio National Guard in the Iraq War have hit Northeast Ohio hard. However, by comparison to many past wars, the losses are light. In the American Civil War and World War One, entire regiments of men from...
- Low Tech, High Engagement With Primary Sources
Here's a great way to work with cartoons. My AP World kids are working on the causes of World War II and reviewed the six steps to war for homework (Rearmament, Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, and Poland). For this activity,...
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Next Wednesday is Digital Learning Day. Fourteen of my students and I have been invited by the Alliance for Excellent Education to take part in a panel discussion at the Newseum between 1-2:30 pm. The panel is being proctored by our...