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Common Elements of Political Cartoons…

Common Elements of Political Cartoons… . Assume a familiarity with Current Events Assume the reader recognizes Common Symbols Use Exaggerations & Distortions Use Caricatures & Stereotypes Use Allusions to Literature or History Use Labels / Captions / Text Use Irony / Sarcasm

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Common Elements of Political Cartoons…

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  1. Common Elements of Political Cartoons… • Assume a familiarity withCurrent Events • Assume the reader recognizes Common Symbols • UseExaggerations & Distortions • UseCaricatures & Stereotypes • UseAllusions to Literature or History • UseLabels / Captions / Text • UseIrony / Sarcasm • Have aMessage or Point the Author is making by using these other tools. It is not generally “fair”.

  2. Look For… Current Events Common Symbols Exaggerations & Distortions Caricatures / Stereotypes Allusions to Literature or History Labels / Captions Irony / Sarcasm

  3. Sometimes we can get the general idea even if we don’t have all of the information or background knowledge the creator expects.

  4. Historical Cartoons often present even greater challenges because of changing styles and what contemporaneous readers were expected to know or recognize.

  5. We should start with what we CAN understand or recognize, ask targeted, useful questions about the rest, and build on what we DO know with logical inferences. We do NOT just decide it’s “too hard” and give up.

  6. What Common Elements DO we recognize or understand with confidence?

  7. What targeted questions could we ask that would help us understand the rest? (Levels?)

  8. Inferences / Educated Guesses?

  9. Level One Questions Seeking Information To Help Me Understand This Cartoon: When was this cartoon created and what was going on at that time? What does the symbol in the spine of the book mean? • Level Two Questions Related to This Cartoon: • What did ‘America First’ mean to contemporaneous readers of this cartoon? • What can we infer from the various facial expressions used in this cartoon? Level Three Question Inspired by This Cartoon: How much responsibility does the U.S. share for what happens in the world? What drives people to see themselves so strongly in terms of ‘us’ and ‘them’?

  10. Write Three (3) Good • Level One Questions Seeking Information To Help You Understand This Cartoon: • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ Write One (1) Good Level Three Question Inspired by This Cartoon: 6. ______________________________ Write Two (2) Good Level Two Questions Related to This Cartoon: 4. __________________________________ 5. __________________________________

  11. “Wait For It” (Brian Adcock, The Scotland - 9/5/2013)

  12. Write Three (3) Good • Level One Questions Seeking Information To Help You Understand This Cartoon: • _______________________ • _______________________ • 9. _______________________ Write One (1) Good Level Three Question Inspired by This Cartoon: 12. _____________________________ Write Two (2) Good Level Two Questions Related to This Cartoon: 10. _________________________________ 11. _________________________________

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