Session Five: Monday March 19, 2018
Buffalo Editorial Cartoon Contest Session with Adam Zyglis
The Buffalo News invites your students to sharpen their wits, put pen to paper and create an editorial cartoon for our 24th Annual Editorial Cartoon Contest. Make it a class project!
Editorial Cartooning is a great and unique way to teach English Language Arts and Social Studies while giving your students a chance to interpret cartoons for the NYS Assessments. The best political cartoons convey an opinion on a current event in the form of a cartoon.
There are three categories for entry.
• The general category will have three divisions, broken down by grade.
• The Best Local Cartoon category is for grades 5-12.
• TR Site Informed Citizen Award
Once again, the TR Site will be part of this year’s contest and will present its Informed Citizen Award!
Our hope is to encourage greater civic awareness and participation, especially among young people. The Informed Citizen Award recognizes students who examine issues of 1901 that continue to resonate today.
— Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
http://buffalonews.com/corporate/community/education/editorial-cartoon-contest/
Editorial Cartooning is a great and unique way to teach English Language Arts and Social Studies while giving your students a chance to interpret cartoons for the NYS Assessments. The best political cartoons convey an opinion on a current event in the form of a cartoon.
There are three categories for entry.
• The general category will have three divisions, broken down by grade.
• The Best Local Cartoon category is for grades 5-12.
• TR Site Informed Citizen Award
Once again, the TR Site will be part of this year’s contest and will present its Informed Citizen Award!
Our hope is to encourage greater civic awareness and participation, especially among young people. The Informed Citizen Award recognizes students who examine issues of 1901 that continue to resonate today.
— Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
http://buffalonews.com/corporate/community/education/editorial-cartoon-contest/
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TR Site Political Cartoons Presentation
Using Political Cartoons in your Classrooms 5:30-7pm
What is an editorial cartoon?
~Newspaper editorial cartoons are graphic expressions of their creator’s ideas and opinions. In addition, the
editorial cartoon usually, but not always, reflects the publication’s viewpoint.
~Editorial cartoons are based on current events. That means that they are produced under restricted time
conditions in order to meet publication deadlines (often 5 or 6 per week).
~Editorial cartoons, like written editorials, have an educational purpose. They are intended to make readers think about current political issues.
~Editorial cartoons must use a visual and verbal vocabulary that is familiar to readers.
~Editorial cartoons are part of a business, which means that editors and/or managers may have an impact on what is published.
~Editorial cartoons are published in a mass medium, such as a newspaper, news magazine, or the Web.
~Editorial cartoons are tied to the technology that produces them, whether it is a printing press or the Internet.
For printed cartoons, their size at the time of publication and their placement (on the front page, editorial page,
or as the centerfold) affects their impact on readers. The addition of color may also change how readers respond
to them. Editorial cartoons differ from comic strips.
~Editorial cartoons appear on the newspaper’s editorial or front page, not on the comics page. They usually
employ a single-panel format and do not feature continuing characters in the way that comic strips do.
~Editorial cartoons are sometimes referred to as political cartoons, because they often deal with political issues.
What tools does the editorial cartoonist use to communicate ideas and opinions with readers? Caricatures are drawings of public figures in which certain physical features are exaggerated. Caricatures of Richard M. Nixon often show him as needing to shave.
Stereotypes are formulaic images used to represent particular groups. A stereotypical cartoon mother might have messy hair, wear an apron, and hold a screaming baby in her arms.
Symbols are pictures that represent something else by tradition. A dove is a symbol for peace.
Analogies are comparisons that suggest that one thing is similar to something else. The title of a popular song or film might be used by a cartoonist to comment on a current political event.
Humor is the power to evoke laughter or to express what is amusing, comical or absurd.
How can an editorial cartoon be evaluated?
~A good editorial cartoon combines a clear drawing and good writing.
~A good editorial cartoon expresses a recognizable point-of-view or opinion.
~In the best instances, the cartoon cannot be read or understood by only looking at the words or only looking at
the picture. Both the words and the pictures must be read together in order to understand the cartoonist’s
message.
~Not all editorial cartoons are meant to be funny. Some of the most effective editorial cartoons are not
humorous at all. Humor is only one tool available to editorial cartoonists.
Editorial cartoons provide a window into history by showing us what people were thinking and talking about at a given time and place. Today’s editorial cartoons will provide the same record of our own time.
Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History:
Ohio State Opper Project
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Cagle Political Cartoons
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
The Pan-Am Expo Enrichment:
From May 1 to November 2,1901, Buffalo, N.Y. hosted the Pan-American Exposition, which highlighted the cultures and achievements of Western Hemisphere nations. Taking place not long after the Spanish-American War, the Exposition was also a reaffirmation of the friendship and mutual interests shared by the countries of North, South, and Central America. It was also a great opportunity to showcase exciting new technology.
From May 1 to November 2,1901, Buffalo, N.Y. hosted the Pan-American Exposition, which highlighted the cultures and achievements of Western Hemisphere nations. Taking place not long after the Spanish-American War, the Exposition was also a reaffirmation of the friendship and mutual interests shared by the countries of North, South, and Central America. It was also a great opportunity to showcase exciting new technology.