Transcript Political Cartoons in Utah History and Current Events

Political Cartoons in Utah
History and Current Events
The Utah War
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Bell Activity
Your word is “civilian”
Find the word on your grey study guide and
complete the following information for the word.
Find the definition using a glossary.
Use your own knowledge and experience to
complete the rest of the definition.
Where should your backpack be?
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
civilian
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition:
Draw a picture of it:
Sentence:
Synonym/
Example:
Antonym/NonExample:
Does your work look something like
this?
Word:
civilian
My Understanding: 4 3 2 1
Definition: a person who is not part of
the military
Sentence: Civilians are often casualties
of war.
Synonym/
Example: noncombatant
Antonym/NonExample: soldier
Draw a picture of it:
Today we will learn about
Political/Editorial Cartoons
• History Objective –
We will interpret
current and historic
political cartoons to
learn about the
temperament of the
period in question.
• Language Objective –
We will analyze a
cartoon with our
groups and write our
own summary and
response to a political
cartoon.
• Behavior Objective – We will collaborate
with our groups to understand our cartoon.
The Importance of Political
Cartoons to History
• Political Cartoons play
an important part in
telling the history of
a given period of time.
• They help us
understand the
events, people,
prejudices, attitudes,
culture, concerns, fears, and so
on of a particular time period.
A Brief History of Political
Cartoons
• People have been
expressing opinions
with pictures for a
long time.
• This ancient
Egyptian picture
shows a noble as a
mouse and her
servants/advisors
as cats.
Political Cartoons in
America
• This picture was
created by
Benjamin Franklin
when the British and
the French were
preparing for the
French & Indian
War.
• It later became a popular symbol
for the American Revolution.
The Influence of Political
Cartoonists
• Some of the artists who
have created cartoons in
the past still influence the
present.
• Thomas Nast popularized
the use of the elephant
and donkey for the
Republican and
Democratic Parties.
• Even our modern image
of Santa Claus was
influenced by Thomas
Nast.
How Do Political Cartoons
Work?
• Political cartoons try to
communicate powerful
ideas.
• They often use humor to
make a point.
• They incorporate events
of the period in an easy
to understand format
that most people can
relate to
even if they
don’t read
well.
How do Political Cartoons
convey information?
• Symbols, caricature,
drawings and
exaggerations used by
the cartoonist point out
themes and problems
of any given time
period.
Let’s try to analyze the meaning
of a current political cartoon.
Historic Political Cartoons
• Understanding historic
political cartoons is
more difficult, but
provide insights into
the temperament
of the time.
• If you don’t get
the symbols that
are being used,
a little research
will help.
Steps to analyzing a political
cartoon, past or present.
• Identify the characters, symbols and objects
in the cartoon.
• Look for clues, cues, and details that will give
further meaning.
• Identify the main idea of the cartoon by
reading the captions and putting the
message into your own words.
• Identify any bias the cartoonist might
have.
Terms to Know
• Symbolism - an object used for or representing something
else
• Caricature - a picture ludicrously exaggerating the features
of persons or things
• Captioning and labels - a title or explanation for a picture or
illustration, especially in a magazine
• Analogy - a similarity between like features of two things, on
which a comparison may be based
• Irony - the use of words to convey a meaning that is the
opposite of its literal meaning
• Juxtaposition - an act or instance of placing close together
or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
• Exaggeration - the act of exaggerating or overstating
Let’s look at some cartoons
from Utah history.
• Open your books to page 151 and look at the
cartoon on the page.
• Let’s go though the steps to analyze this
cartoon.
Utah: The Struggle for Statehood
Reformation
What did Brigham Young call for
the Mormons to do?
To War
Why did Pres. Buchanan send
troops to Utah?
How did this look to outsiders?
In the Meadows
Describe the Mountain
Meadows Massacre, and what
happened after it.
Cold War & Peace
How did the attitude of the
soldiers change about the Utah
War, and how did the Utah
Militia harass them?
Current Events
• On the test, you will analyze a political
cartoon from the era of the Utah War.
• We are also going to do a current event
assignment in which you will choose a
modern political cartoon.
• First summarize what the cartoon depicts,
explaining the people, symbols, and so on.
• Then respond and give your opinion of the
cartoon, its message, the bias of the author,
and so on.