Create
Your Own Political Cartoon
React
to the Supreme Court's decision in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
by creating a political cartoon. For assistance in this process,
visit this ThinkQuest Site: Only
a Matter of Opinion. Once there, click on the link "Editorial
Cartoons." This will take you to an "Introduction." How
have editorial cartoons been used over the years?
After you have read the introduction, click on the link for
"How to Draw." Read that section, then in the upper
right hand corner, under Contents, click on each of
the following links and read the corresponding material: Content
of the Cartoon, Creating the Cartoon, Tools of the Trade.
(Note: There are also arrows on the bottom of the page that
are supposed to take you to the next page. Some of these do
not work, which is why we recommend that you use the index
in the upper right hand corner).
To make it more interesting, you could create the cartoon
from a different perspective. For instance, you could pretend
that you are a high school journalist in 1988, the year the
Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision
in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier.
Additional Resources:
- For
additional tips on how to draw political cartoons, click
on the link to "Techniques" in the left-hand column of
the Editorial Cartoons page.
- For
a hotlist of books and Web sites that have editorial cartoons,
click on "Resources" in the left-hand column of the Editorial
Cartoons page.
|
