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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that political cartoons can be a powerful commentary by designing their own political cartoon to show their opinion about a current event.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Allow students to examine copies of the cartoon "I got one of 'em just as she almost made it back to the church". Provide context for the children by explaining that it was published in Greenfield, Massachusetts in March of 1965, and referred to recent police coverage of voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama. Ask children who is the character shown in the cartoon? What is he doing? Who did he "get", and how? With whom are the artist's sympathies, and how can one tell?
Step 2.
Provide copies of newspapers/articles reporting on current events.
Step 3.
Ask children to choose a topic and to read related articles. (Alternatively, children-- or the whole class-- could be assigned a topic.)
Step 4.
As a class, or in small groups, discuss the topic/s. What is the controversy? What are the differing viewpoints on the subject? Who holds the respective viewpoints, and why? What are the students' opinions?
Step 5.
Children or groups of children should adopt a perspective on the topic and design a cartoon to express their point of view.
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