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Interpreting Political Cartoons

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1 Interpreting Political Cartoons
drawings that express views on important political or social issues uses images and words to convey a message about a political event, person, or issue in the news uses symbols to represent those ideas

2 Symbols Used in Political Cartoons
peace - dove, olive branch, victory sign United States - Uncle Sam, flag, stars and stripes, shield Democrats – donkey Republicans – elephant death - vulture, skeleton with shroud, skull and crossbones, grim reaper love - heart, Cupid, Venus money - dollar bill or dollar sign heroes or good guys - wear white villains or bad guys - wear black

3 TACOS Time (When was this created? Occasion?)
Action (What’s happening?) Caption (What textual clues are included?) Objects (List everything item you can identify.) Summary (what is the message of this cartoon?)

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