MSNBC has some excellent resources for use in the social studies classroom. The Week in Political Cartoons and the Week in Pictures are useful for reviewing the week’s news stories with students. Both of these sections of MSNBC’s websites are also running reviews of the year in cartoons and pictures. All of the cartoons and photographs are displayed in slide show format. Some of the slide shows are narrated.

Applications for Education
After viewing the slide shows, students will have a model for creating their own “week in review” presentations. Rather than just duplicating what they find on MSNBC, have students create a week in review of local news stories that weren’t covered the by the national and international media outlets.