In our unit on political/editorial cartoons, students learned the methods employed by cartoonists to get their message across to readers: the use of symbols, labels, exaggerated features, etc. Students had many ideas for the type of content they would like to draw and what symbols they would use to convey their commentary. The cartoon that we ultimately chose to appear in the students' newspaper is illustrated here. It was drawn by Zam Zam Mire with input from her group members.
Can you see what symbols the students used and what their message was? Please comment!
Other groups also had wonderful ideas. At first, they were daunted by the art aspect of things. They were frustrated at not being about to draw their cartoons the way they imagined them. But, I explained that their assignment was to LIST the symbols or labels they would use, to describe the scenario they were illustrating and to TRY to sketch a rough rendering of it. They were scored on the concept and not the final product.
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