Editorial Cartoons

Every year, students in grades 5-8 participate in a local writing and art contest.  There are categories in poetry, editorials and editorial cartoons.  In art class, we study editorial cartoons.  We analyze cartoons for their use of exaggeration, symbolism, irony and point of view.  Cartoons for the Classroom has an amazing selection of lesson plans for studying editorial cartoons.  There are over 200 printable cartoons with questions and explanations about them. 

I also make sure to be very careful when teaching about editorial cartoons that I find cartoons that show opinions from both political parties. 

After analyzing cartoons, the students drew their own editorial cartoons.  They chose a political, social, local or personal issue important to them. 

Hand-drawn image of a cereal box with scribbled text and "Regular Cereal" written beneath it, reflecting the style often seen in editorial cartoons.
A three-panel comic strip falls under the category of editorial cartoons, depicting a person asking "Where are the jobs?" nearby a "Borders, Going out of business" sign.
A large figure labeled "Deficit" chases a smaller figure labeled "House," which repeatedly says "work." Text below reads, "The deficit will catch up to us sometime." This editorial cartoon humorously highlights the looming financial challenges.

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