This study was carried out to determine the effect of the use of cartoons on academic achievement of students in the teaching of history units of social studies course. For this, the "Intercountry Bridges" in the 7th grade Social Studies program, the unit "World War I and Mustafa Kemal in Çanakkale" were chosen and the cartoon called "Çanakkale Geçilmez" was used. The research was designed in the pretest-posttest control group experimental design (ÖSKD) model. The research was carried out as a

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... re -test and post -test on the sample composed of 70 people in two separate classes in the primary school of the Niğde province in 2011-2012 academic year. The subject is shown in the experimental group, and in the control group, the cartoon is explained without a trace in the traditional way, ie by the straight narration method. In order to measure success in the research, a four-choice multiple-choice success test consisting of 20 questions related to "World War I and Mustafa Kemal in Çanakkale" was applied. Sub-problems of the study were analyzed by SPSS program. The t test was used for analysis comments. According to the results of the analysis, it has been reached that it is effective in increasing the academic achievement of the students by watching the cartoon in teaching social studies.