Teaching With Political Cartoons in The Social Studies & Geography Classroom

Teaching with comics and/or cartoons is a great way to get students engaged in their learning process. What kid doesn't like comic strips? Teaching students how to read and create political comics/cartoons requires not only the basics of blooms such as comprehension and understanding but encourages students to reach higher by applying and analyzing the details around the topic they are exploring.

This lesson is very versatile and can be used to cover a wide range of topics related to history, current or future events within the world geography, history, civics, etc. classrooms.

Includes all that is needed:

• Samples of political cartoons with analysis.

• Cartoon strip reproducible

• Speaking and thinking bubbles reproducible

• Detailed teacher instructions including introduction, procedure, and closure/evaluation

• Resources for digital classrooms

• How to analyze political cartoons handout

• Create a cartoon plan sheet

• Tone and Mood reproducible

Note: this lesson may take up to 90 minutes depending on the ability level and work-pace of your students. 

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