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Political cartoon from 1946 using the statue of liberty to express the policies on immigration at the time.
Political cartoon from 2017 using the statue of liberty to express the policies on immigration at the time.
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Format
Format
Political cartoons found on websites can be projected on large screen or as a handout with full citation
Complexity
Complexity
Low
The complexity is simple in the graphics in order to produce a more complex teacher lead discussion around current immigration sentiments.
Potential Use
Potential Use
Students view both cartoons to compare and contrast the policies viewed by the media from 70 years ago.
Open a dialogue as to what circumstances were we coming out of as a country to merit such a fierce protectionism and correlations that may be influencing the current climate expressed in both cartoons.
- Is immigration a basic human right?
- Is it a solution for basic human rights?
Citation:
Immigration Act of 1917. (n.d.) [Cartoon]. Retrieved from, https://woodstockwhisperer.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Immigration-Act-of-1917-2.jpg
Fascism Political Cartoon. (n.d.). [Cartoon]. Retrieved from, investingbb.com http://www.investingbb.com/fascism-political-cartoon.html
Immigration Act of 1917. (n.d.) [Cartoon]. Retrieved from, https://woodstockwhisperer.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Immigration-Act-of-1917-2.jpg
Fascism Political Cartoon. (n.d.). [Cartoon]. Retrieved from, investingbb.com http://www.investingbb.com/fascism-political-cartoon.html
Standards
Standards
California Model School Library Standards http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn
Standard 3 Students use information
3.2 Draw conclusions and make informed decisions:
a. Analyze information from multiple sources and identify complexities, discrepancies,
and different perspectives of sources.
3.3 Use information and technology creatively to answer a question, solve a problem, or
enrich understanding:
a. Explain how meaning is conveyed in image and sound and recognize that many
media messages are constructed to generate profit, influence viewers, or both.
b. Analyze design elements of various kinds of media productions and identify media
messages that have embedded points of view.
i. Use common organizational patterns, such as logic, analogy, compare and contrast,
problem and solution, cause and effect, to inform or persuade.
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