Thurs. Oct 10 Loyalists and Patriots and John Adams

Good Morning,

Take a little time to fix and finish your assignment from Tuesday.

Next you are going to analyze a political cartoon.

Political cartoons are cartoons used to exaggerate a political opinion and possibly the truth. Generally political cartoons use caricatures and labels to help the reader understand the cartoon. You must take time looking and analyzing all the details of the cartoon to understand its meaning.


Print out this sheet:
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/lessons/lafollette/pdfs/cartoonquestions.pdf

Use the words on this sheet while answer the questions on the one above.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/activities/political-cartoon/cag.html
This link from loc.gov offers some words you MUST use when analyzing the political cartoon below. You don't have to use every word, but at least 3 of them.

Work in groups of 2-4 students and discuss what the cartoon means. TAKE TIME looking at all the words, images, colors. EVERYTHING in a political cartoon was put there on purpose.

Use them when analyzing this cartoon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Dawe_(attributed),_The_Bostonians_Paying_the_Excise-man,_or_Tarring_and_Feathering_(1774)_-_02.jpg







With time left start watching John Adams part 1, make Cornell Notes while watching.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0KFq1x1cZRWNWY0MWQ3NTQtOGRmMS00OTI2LWE0NTctZmI4YjMyOWU0MTdh/edit?usp=sharing