Objective:
I can evaluate and analyze media selections.

What do you already know about a political cartoon? What is it's purpose?

When we look at political cartoons we want to pay attention to three aspects.

1. Content:
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why
Who is in the image and what does it represent?

2.
What methods does it use?

Types of Methods

• caricature: exaggerated feature of a person.
• symbolism: using a picture to represent something.
• stereotyping: a generalized character trait of a group of people.
• irony: contradiction.
• sarcasm: mockery or bitterness.

3. Connection
what is the purpose of the cartoon?

To analyze keep in mind...

• The date of the cartoon.- this reveals the possible event.
• the name of the author
• look for titles or captions
• identify possible historical figures or places.

In order to determine point-of-view

• Pay attention to the size and mannerisms of characters.
• the interactions between the characters
• facial expressions

Activity

Summary: what did you learn about the Civil War based on the political cartoons?