Political Cartoons
| | From C. Frederick Risinger, retired director of professional development and coordinator of social studies education at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Ray Heitzmann, professor and teacher-educator at Villanova and a specialist on the use of political cartoons in the classroom: "Political cartoons has a unique ability to encapsulate a decade of history or a major social/political/cultural issue in a single picture." Social Education, Vol. 72, Number 6, October 2008, NCSS |
| t's No Laughing Matter - Analyzing Political Cartoons | "What makes funny cartoons seriously persuasive?
Cartoonists' persuasive techniques do. All cartoonists have access to a collection of tools that help them get their point across. Some of these techniques work 'behind the scenes.' You might not even notice them unless you know what you are looking for. In this activity, you'll get to take apart real-world cartoons--and learn how to spot the methods behind the message."
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| | The Editorial Cartoon Collection Project | "The editorial cartoons and related lesson plans from The Dirksen Center will teach students to identify issues, analyze symbols, acknowledge the need for background knowledge, recognize stereotypes and caricatures, think critically, and appreciate the role of irony and humor."
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| | | | Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997 | | The Digital Library of Georgia provides the collection of Clifford H. Baldowski (Baldy. His cartoons on the Vietnam War and the tensions of the Middle East are very useful to classroom teachers. |
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| | | Learning by Cartooning | | Donna Sharer, a teacher at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, developed this project with her history students in 2004. |
| | The Opper Project | | 100 years of United States History in cartoons along with an Editorial Cartoon Analysis Worksheet, Symbols Worksheet, and Characature Worksheet can be found here. |
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