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Title: Political Cartoons


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Political Cartoons
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What are political cartoons?
  • Purpose is to try to persuade the viewer and get
    them to think the same way
  • Usually found in the editorial section of the
    newspaper, not the comics
  • Contains a political or social issue related to
    current events

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Political cartoons often use
  • Symbols
  • Donkeys Democrats
  • Elephants Republicans
  • Caricatures
  • Hyperbole or exaggeration
  • Stereotypes

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Analyzing a Political Cartoon
  • Steps for analyzing a political cartoon
  • List observations describe the objects, people,
    and actions taking place in the cartoon
  • Use your background knowledge to explain the
    symbols and people in the cartoon what do they
    represent?
  • Make an inference - what is the message of the
    cartoon?

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Caricatures
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Symbols and Stereotypes
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Stereotypes
  • http//politicalgraffiti.wordpress.com/category/im
    migration/

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Cartoon A
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Cartoon B
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  • http//papasjohns.blogspot.com/2009/07/immigration
    -political-cartoons.html

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  • http//www.cagle.com/news/Immigration06/

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  • http//www.amptoons.com/blog/2008/01/28/cartoon-im
    migrants-are-ruining-the-economy/

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