Political cartoons about the September 11 terrorist attacks provide an opportunity for class members to analyze the inferences embedded in the drawings.

Concepts

editorial cartoons, political cartoons

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Additional Tags

9/11 terrorist attacks, editorial cartoons, political cartoons, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• As part of a study of theme, have individuals craft an editorial cartoon that expresses their sentiments about a recent event or what they see as an author's theme in a piece of literature under study

Pros

• Each of the cartoons use the events of 9/11 as the subject but express their theme, their statement about the subject, in different ways

Cons

• None