Political Cartoon Instructions & Rubric

Requirements:
1. One 8 X 11 White non-lined sheet of paper (you must use the full sheet)
2. Hand drawn (stic fi!ures and "#hotoshopped$ pictures are not accepta%le)
&. 'olored (%y color pencils only ( no marers) pens) crayons) water colors) etc)
*. +he BACK of the cartoon should ha,e-
a. +itle of 'artoon
%. .ame
c. /ate
d. 'lass period
0. 1t does not ha,e to %e one "%i!$ drawin!. 1t can %e a comic strip format with
multiple panels if you would lie
How do I begin to create a political cartoon?
2irst you must as yourself) "What is the issue 1 want to write a%out3$ 4 !ood way to
decide is to loo o,er your notes. What issue stands out to you3 5eanin!) was there
somethin! that shoced you) somethin! that you thin is not ri!ht) somethin! that seems
hypocritical) somethin! that you thin needs chan!e) somethin! that is emotional) etc3
6ou should write down your statement and then as yourself "why do 1 feel this way and
what should %e done3$
Question(s) to answer:
What is your specific opinion a%out somethin! we learned in class3
Why should we care3
What should we do a%out it3
Why is this important3
Who is to %lame3
What does this say a%out what you %elie,e3
Here are some lins for political cartoon e7amples-
http-88www.politicalcartoons.com8
http-88editorialcartoonists.com8cartoon8display.cfm8298&*8
http-88www.cartoonist!roup.com8search8results.php
Please note:
1t is ,ery temptin! to copy cartoons that ha,e already %een done. :ome students %elie,e
that they can tae an idea from an artist) chan!e a thin! or two) and then claim it is their
own. +his is pla!iarism and will result in a ";$ on your assi!nment. 6ou must come up
with an ori!inal idea.
Political Cartoon Rubric
6 !" #!$ %!&
5eets <asic
=e>uirements
:tudent?s pro@ect
follows all fi,e
instruction points.
:tudent?s pro@ect is
missin! a minor
point from
instructions (for
e7ample- date or
title)
:tudent?s pro@ect is
missin! a ma@or
point (for e7ample-
paper is not
8.0X11) %ut is still
completed
:tudent?s pro@ect
does not conform
to more than one
ma@or point.
Or!aniAation B
#reparation
+he political
cartoon is of
e7cellent >uality
and it is apparent
that the student
spent time in
preparin! it.
+he political
cartoon is of !ood
>uality and it is
apparent that the
student spent some
time.
+he political
cartoon is of fair
>uality and seems
rushed.
+he political
cartoon appears to
ha,e %een hastily
created and appears
messy or
disor!aniAed.
Cnowled!e B
'oncept of the
+opic
+he political
cartoon
demonstrates
hi!her le,el
understandin! of
an issue.
+he political
cartoon
demonstrates an
understandin! of
an issue.
+he political
cartoon
demonstrates
reco!nition of an
issue %ut not a
clear
understandin!.
+he political
cartoon
demonstrates that
the student is still
stru!!lin! to
understand the
issue.
'reati,ity of the
#roduct
+he political
cartoon?s style)
color) and impact
ali!n perfectly
with the students
ideas.
+he political
cartoon?s style)
color) and impact
ali!n well with the
students ideas.
+he political
cartoon?s style)
color) and impact
do not ali!n well
with the students
ideas.
+he political
cartoon?s style)
color) and impact
seem dis@ointed and
rushed.
Disual E7pression
of 1deas
+he political
cartoon is rich with
sym%olism. +he
messa!e !oes
%eyond a statement
and reflects an in-
depth opinion
answerin! more
than one of the
">uestions to
answer.$
+he political
cartoon is rich with
sym%olism. +he
messa!e !oes
%eyond a statement
and reflects an in-
depth opinion
answerin! one of
the ">uestions to
answer.$
+he political
cartoon
demonstrates little
sym%olism. +he
messa!e does not
really !o %eyond a
statement (for
e7ample "people
in 4frica are
star,in!$) and
does not reflect an
in-depth opinion
answerin! more
than one of the
">uestions to
answer.$
+he political
cartoon
demonstrates little
to no sym%olism.
+he messa!e does
not really !o
%eyond a statement
(for e7ample
"people in 4frica
are star,in!$) and
does not reflect an
in-depth opinion.