PPT-Satire and Political Cartoons

Represent a point of view Make an argument Aim to provoke thought about an issue Reveal cultural assumptions prevailing moods and sometimes real insights about events and trends Can be visual musical print video etc. Cartoonists use specific devises to get their message across Symbols simple pictures that are understood to stand in for ideas or groups Examples DovePeace DonkeyDemocratic Party Caricatures drawing of a person that exaggerates his characteri stics Tim Wulf. Governors State University EDUC . 7212. https://. sites.google.com/site/twulf62014/home. . What meaning can you interpret from this cartoon?. Title: . “A . plea for . Cuba” by Victor Gillam. Political Cartoons – What are they?. Political cartoons are vivid primary sources that:. offer intriguing and entertaining insights into the public mood. the underlying cultural assumptions of an age. POLITICAL . CARTOONS. Why Study Political Cartoons?. Political Cartoons show up in Newspapers, Magazines, Social Studies . Content, Standardized Tests . and Exams!!. They capture an expression of opinion . . Even light-hearted satire has a serious after-taste:. "first make people laugh, and then make them think.". Definition of Satire. A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, or scorn, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, groups and/or society itself, into improvement.. . Even light-hearted satire has a serious after-taste:. "first make people laugh, and then make them think.". Definition of Satire. A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, . U. S. History. Questions. What is this called?. Where would you find one published?. What . symbol(s) . do you see in it?. What is the . meaning. of it?. History of Political Cartoons. By the mid-19. . Even light-hearted satire has a serious after-taste:. "first make people laugh, and then make them think.". Definition of Satire. A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, . f. rom: Literarydevices.net. &. Prentice Hall . Literature. Definition of Satire. Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration (overstatement), understatement, or ridicule. It intends to improve the humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles.. Introduction & Use. What is Satire?. Artistic form in which individual or human vices, abuses, or shortcomings are . criticized . using certain characteristics or . methods.. Usually found in dramas and literature, but popping up in modern media forms such as cartoons, film, and other visual . Questions. What is this called?. Where would you find one published?. What . symbol(s) . do you see in it?. What is the . meaning. of it?. History of Political Cartoons. By the mid-19. th. Century (1800s), major newspapers in many countries featured cartoons designed to express the newspaper publisher’s opinion on the politics of the day. Political cartoons can usually be found on the editorial (opinions) page of many newspapers. . Where’s The Humor?. By Brenda Bair. Standards . GPS - SS6H7 . (. a) Describe major developments following World War I: the rise of Nazism. (b) Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.. Modern political cartoons have been around since the 19. th. Century. The increase in newspaper and magazine circulation in the 1800s provided a rich environment for the rise and use of political cartoons.. Political Cartoon Elements. Caricatures. . Symbolism. . Irony . Labeling . Sarcasm . The goals of a political cartoon are to influence . public . opinion and to depict . what is . currently going on .