Grade 8

Unit 2 Laughing Out Loud - Humorous Fiction/Essays

Activity 9:  Political Cartoons in the Classroom (GLEs: 03a, 03c, 03e, 08b, 09c, 09e, 09g, 12, 19, 22b)

CC: The teacher will provide the class with examples of political/editorial cartoons.

Web Site: 

Newspapers: Political Cartoons

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001202.shtml

CC: In groups, students will complete a cartoon-analysis worksheet that addresses what is seen in the cartoon, what the words, if any, mean, what message is implied, how effective the author is in achieving his/her purpose as a response.

Use MS Word to create a cartoon-analysis worksheet.

Word template - "Analyzing Cartoons"