EDITORIAL CARTOONS UNIT 'Understanding & Enjoying Editorial Cartoons'

EDITORIAL CARTOONS – A COMPLETE UNIT
This is a unit on editorial / political cartoons, ready to teach for approximately three weeks, made up of daily powerpoints covering all aspects of editorial cartooning (see full list of content at bottom of page), culminating in explicit step-by-step teaching of paragraph and essay response writing to editorial cartoons. The package is made up of daily powerpoint lessons, step by step activities to check for understanding, annotated exemplars of paragraph and essay responses, and scaffolding handouts to assist in the practice .

Please note - the cartoons have been chosen to be on universal topics like the environment and technology and are not reliant on culture-specific knowledge of politicians and localised systems for understanding. Those cartoons included in the material that relate to historical events are accompanied with snapshot explanations and brief context details.

CONTENTS IN FULL package is
(i) Teacher Master PPT (answers for all questions on pp) / Student copy of PPT minus answers
I. Definitions and Purpose of editorial cartoons
II. Targeting
III. Prior knowledge test of cartoon commentary
IV. Prior knowledge test of key terms to be used in unit
V. Satire – purpose and impact
VI. Three case studies from history in editorial cartoon satire
VII. Application of understanding – test identifying the cartoonist’s purpose
VIII. The Techniques of Editorial Cartooning – The Visual Element
a. Exaggeration b. Caricature c. Positioning d. Symbolism e. Test on knowledge of classic symbols f. Allusion and Parody g. Analogy h. Metaphor i. Irony
j. Stereotypes k. Stereotypes, accuracy and fairness l. National stereotypes
m. Juxtaposition n. Comparing and contrasting
IX. The Techniques of Editorial Cartooning – The Written Element
a. Cartoons with no written text b. Labels in cartooning c. Dialogue in cartooning
X. Editorial Cartooning around the world
a. Censorship and taboos b. Placing limits on cartooning in democracies
XI. Writing an Extended Analysis of An Editorial Cartoon
a. Deconstructing the cartoon b. Writing the introduction c. How to write the analysis in full – pp exemplar d. Practice writing using analysis scaffold template
XII. Putting It All Together
Essay Exemplar – Annotated essay on David Low’s ‘RENDEZVOUS’ (pp. explanation and student handout for close reading)
XIII. Editorial Cartoon Analysis test – Student handout
Cartoon Analysis Scaffolding - Student Handout
XIV. Essay Writing Practice Questions – Student Handout
Essay Writing Task from Power Point Stimulus (‘Techno Generation’’) – PPT and Handout
Essay Scaffolding - Analysing an Editorial Cartoon – Student Handout