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Putting the Puzzle Together for your own Political Cartoon

Putting the Puzzle Together for your own Political Cartoon. Before you create your own, lets look at what are the different criteria for a political cartoon. Example cartoon: . Step 1: What is the topic?. Topic: WWII and U.S. neutrality . Step 2: Message .

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Putting the Puzzle Together for your own Political Cartoon

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  1. Putting the Puzzle Together for your own Political Cartoon

  2. Before you create your own, lets look at what are the different criteria for a political cartoon Example cartoon:

  3. Step 1: What is the topic? Topic: WWII and U.S. neutrality

  4. Step 2: Message What is the message of the cartoon? Europeans and their issues in a bed Uncle Sam (America) is in a separate bed than Europe Message: America does not want to be in Europe’s affairs/issues; they are not America’s issues Caption: Helps to explain the message

  5. Step 3: Symbols Use symbols to portray ideas Lets look at some symbols here Smell/Odor= negative image of issues-cannot put up with it Europeans have the “diseases” Separate beds= America separate from Europe (all of Europe together

  6. Step 4: Specific Individuals? Think about if you are going to use specific individuals. Europeans (Groups, not specific individuals): Russians, Germans, Italians and British Uncle Sam

  7. Step 5: Create your own! Use the guidelines above to come up with your own ideas and you are ready to create a political cartoon!

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