Political Cartoonist
Explain what controversy means, and that so many political cartoons focus on controversial issues specifically because people have such strong and differing ideas about the issue.
4. Allow students to work with a newspaper or online to find a political issue that they feel strongly about. They should prepare a paper that contains at least 5 pros and 5 cons related to the issue, and a short one-paragraph summary of the issue itself.
5. For the creation of their cartoons, students should go through a two-step process; one, a rough draft that contains a "blueprint" for their cartoon. Guide the students through this process, helping them integrate at least 2 of their pro/con sentiments about the issue they've chosen into the cartoon. Their next step is the final draft, which should be created in pen-ink on posterboard paper.
Use the Student Print-Outs below to guide the teams in what is expected of them, what they will be learning, and how they will be graded.
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Student Hand-Out One
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Cagle Cartoons
ClassBrain & Cagle Cartoons
Current Events Project #1
By Cartoonist - Mike Lane, The Baltimore Sun
Project - Sarah Lane & Cynthia Kirkeby
Apr 28, 2004, 6:00pm
Choice For Women - March for Women’s Lives
Over a million women’s rights advocates marched through Washington on April 25, 2004 in support of birth control and sex education for women worldwide, and safe abortions. Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright were among the masses as well as thousands of college students from far and wide. Just as this was the largest crowd ever assembled for a women’s rights rally in U.S. history, protesters representing pro-life were also in abundance as evidence that we live in a country where no matter your beliefs, you have the freedom to express them.
Are you old enough to vote? Are you registered?
Are you pro-life or pro-choice? What are you basing your decision on?
Do you feel that women around the world should have access to birth control?
How old should a student be when they start sex education?
Did you have any such program available at your school?
Who do you talk to about issues related to sex? Friends? Family members? Teachers?
Have you ever participated in a rally before? If so, for what?
What does women suffrage mean?
What amendment gave women the
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