Daily Lessons for Teaching Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Chapter 1, The Silent Era Winsor McCay believed that animation should be considered art. He was extremely disappointed when he saw that other animators were using animation as a trade, rather than an art. He called this unlucky. This lesson will focus Winsor McCay's beliefs about animation as an art form.

1) 1. Class discussion: Winsor McCay said that animation "should be an art," but that other...
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