Transcript Slide 1

Discussion
• What positive attitudes or views towards immigrants
were depicted in these cartoons?
• What negative attitudes/views?
• What was difficult about analyzing cartoons?
• Based on the cartoons, what kind of a reception do you
think immigrants could expect when they arrived?
• How do you think an immigrant might react if they picked
up a newspaper and saw one of these cartoons?
• In what ways were attitudes towards immigration
different or similar to attitudes now?
Homework
• Create a political cartoon showing either your
attitude or the attitude you think most Americans
hold towards immigrants today.
• Include a caption
• Use color
• In your spiral
– Below your cartoon, write a short explanation of your
cartoon
– Be respectful
• Do not copy your cartoon from any source.