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** Brooks v. Sumner: A Congressional Boxing Match **
In this lesson you will be using Inspiration to examine a political cartoon which examines the deepening divide between North and South in the 1850’s.

You will be using Inspiration to complete a modified version of an “I See/It Means” activity on the political cartoon in the link below. You will need to identify what you believe to be __important information__ to the main idea of the cartoon (//I see//). Then explain how you think each piece of the picture you identified as important helps you determine the main idea of the cartoon (//It means//).

Click here to look at the cartoon: [|The Caning of Charles Sumner]

Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a) apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. b) create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
 * __21st century skills:__**


 * __MA Curriculum Frameworks:__**
 * USI.35 Describe how the different economies and cultures of the North and South contributed to the growing importance of sectional politics in the early 19th century. (H) **

1) Students will analyze a political cartoon using the I see/It Means strategy, incorporating it into the concept mapping program Inspiration. 2) Students will identify evidence for the deepening divide between Northern and Southern Americans.
 * __Objectives:__**