What is a Political Cartoon?

2. What is a Political Cartoon? • It is a funny way of making a point • Also it has many steps to it

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Example: Punic Wars

7. Rough Draft • A rough draft is aRough 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.

8. Format • 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!)

9. Example: Rough Draft

10. 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

11. Final Draft

12. Credits • By Joey Baer • Drawings by http://www.edupics.com/coloring-page-english-soldier-in-the-roman-army-i9428.html , http://ryan110gs.edublogs.org/files/2010/11/Speech_bubble_600x452-1grpxu6.png