This puts my Dr Zeuss book collection (mail ordered by my mom when I was quite young) into a new light! I wonder now if my mother knew that Dr Zeuss was an anti-Hitler voice…Thanks! This is a great piece you have assembled!
Sometimes my favorite lessons each year are the ones I don’t even have to teach. The material just does it’s own thing and I just guide the students. When we are learning about the World War II in Europe, one of the first things they learn about is neutrality and the build up to the war in 1940 and 41. The students learned about the Neutrality Acts and how most Americans wanted nothing to do with foreign affairs as early as 1935 and as late as the summer of 1941. The students also learn that there were very few who spoke up against Hitler and the Japanese onslaught. They also learn about the political cartoons of one Dr. Seuss.
Most students are stunned to find out that Dr. Seuss was a political cartoonist who came out very early against Adolf Hitler and the isolationist movement, which at that time was…
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