Quick Cartoon Analysis
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTAP/ LESSON 6.2OPENERQUICK CARTOON ANALYSISUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Quick Cartoon Analysis”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/1PurposeThis activity will reinforce your understanding of imperialism—the ideas, beliefs, and actions that one group uses to justify and hold control over the others—and help you understand colonialism.Process1.Take a couple of minutes to examine this illustration.Source:Keppler, Udo J. “From the Cape to Cairo.” Puck Magazine. New York: J. Ottmann Lith. Co, 1902. https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.25696/2.Complete the image analysis chart.NoticeDescribe the people, objects, actions, and/or symbols that you see.What do you think is happening in this image?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT AP / LESSON 6.2 OPENERQUICK CARTOON ANALYSIS2ReflectWhat does the image caption tell you about this image?How does the arrangement or presentation of text and objects included in the image reveal what the author might think or feel about this topic?QuestionWhat do you wonder about when you look at this image? This might include questions such as: Who? What? When? Where? Why and/or how?3.If this cartoonist wrote one sentence about imperialism instead of drawing this cartoon, what do you think that sentence would be?4.Which group of people would be likely to disagree with this cartoonist’s perspective and why?