KIDS AND CARTOONS

Helping Young Students Understand Editorial Cartoons

Reproducible lessons

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   Order Code: HS216    ISBN : 9781575960661
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Dividing and conquering the elusive world of editorial cartoons into themes elementary students can appreciate, this unusual guide begins by presenting six popular comic strips which provide lessons in courage, honesty, and wisdom.

Subsequent units introduce editorial cartoons, with step-by-step instructions to help students understand elements the cartoonist uses in political and social commentary: symbols, exaggeration and caricature, and humor and irony. The 12 lessons include questions and activities to help students interpret cartoons—from “Join, or Die” to a commentary on TV violence—and to produce their own.

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Copyright

1998

Size

8½" x 11"

Publisher

MindSparks

Pages

59

Grade

4–6

ISBN

9781575960661

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