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UNDERSTANDING SYMBOLS

UNDERSTANDING SYMBOLS. Social Studies Success Spirals . IT IS THORS-DAY. Key Components for Analyzing Political Cartoons. Symbols Words and Images Distorting Reality (Bias) Stereotypes Background Knowledge (Current Events- political or Entertainment).

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UNDERSTANDING SYMBOLS

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  1. UNDERSTANDING SYMBOLS Social Studies Success Spirals

  2. IT IS THORS-DAY

  3. Key Components for Analyzing Political Cartoons • Symbols • Words and Images • Distorting Reality (Bias) • Stereotypes • Background Knowledge (Current Events- political or Entertainment)

  4. Today we’re going to talk about how Symbolism is used in Political cartoons “You can make my body go to school but my soul will be outside running through sprinklers”

  5. First of all...what is a Symbol? Not sure? A symbol is an object, (in our case a picture), that is used to represent something more than just the object itself.

  6. Symbolism • Cartoonists will use simple objects to stand for larger concepts or ideas. • Symbols are often the building blocks of a particular cartoon. • Some symbols are famous • Symbols work as a kind of shorthand and make it possible to pack a great deal of meaning into a cartoon.

  7. Can you think of some symbols?

  8. Throughout the rest of the day we are going to be looking at various symbols and what they stand for! Hope you can draw!

  9. That’s all for now!

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