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What are some of your favorite cartoons?
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What are some of your favorite cartoons?
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This mini-lesson features Disney animator Britney Thoreson, who guides students through the history and science behind some of their favorite cartoons. In the activity, Moving Pictures, students learn how to animate their own drawings.
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Blank Paper (8.5 x 11")
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1 per student |
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Pencil
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Scissors
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1 per student |
After you complete the lesson and activity, try this extension.
What was the first cartoon?
What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have about cartoons?
After you complete the lesson and activity, try this extension.
The first cartoons told stories using only pictures. They had no words at all. Think of a story that you can tell using only pictures. It can be a story you’ve heard—like "Cinderella" or "The Three Little Pigs." Or it can be your own story. What pictures could you use to tell the story? Draw your pictures in a cartoon strip, where each picture is in a box. Show it to a friend. Can they tell your story from the pictures you drew?
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