What is a Political Cartoon?
It is a funny way of making a point
 Also it has many steps to it
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Step One: Know about the Topic
To make a cartoon you must know
about the topic
 Do some research…READ A BOOK!
 Talk to someone that might know the
subject
 Read a hand out
 EX: my topic is the Punic wars
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Example: Punic Wars
Who: Carthage a Phoenician colony
in Canaan and Rome
 What: 3 mass wars between
Carthage and Rome
 Were: Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica,
Spain, eastern Mediterranean, Swiss
alps, Italy and Canaan
 When:264-146 BCE (off and on)
 Why: land disputes
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Brainstorming
The pre-write is one of the most
important parts of a cartoon
 Here you Brainstorm to try to find a
point and/or a joke
 You can use any type of
brainstorming way you would like
 Final select a Idea you like the best
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Example: Punic Wars
Rough Draft
A rough draft is a Rough draft, it
should not be perfect
 A rough draft should be full of marks,
edited, and foot notes
 It may be smart to have a friend to
read it over to make sure that it is
correct, and make sense.
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Format
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It needs:
A title (top)
 The first person to talk’s word bubble
must be on top
 Name (bottom right corner
 Clear and easy to understand
 Drawings (OF COURSE!)
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Example: Rough Draft
Final Draft
This is the time for the “final
countdown”
 3:Make sure you have every thing
perfect
 2:Be careful
 1: DO YOUR BEST
 “Launch” your comic by showing it
around
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Final Draft
Credits
By Joey Baer
 Drawings by
http://www.edupics.com/coloringpage-english-soldier-in-the-romanarmy-i9428.html ,
http://ryan110gs.edublogs.org/files/
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