EDITORIAL CARICATURE HISTORICAL CARTOON

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________ Class: _________

Create an editorial type comic to describe an historical event brought up in class / textbook. (No later than 1918 / end of WWI)
Use the examples presented in class for ideas.

The following questions require full sentence responses.

1. Use a dictionary to define the term “caricature”.
2. Use a dictionary to define the term “irony”.
3. Write a half page explanation of the comic you made. Why is it funny / sad / ironic or informative? I need to see evidence of research you have done on the subject.
4. Hand in one editorial cartoon that you have found. Explain its message in detail. Write a half page explanation of your comic.
   I need to see evidence of research you have done on the subject. (Include statistics, charts, graphs, maps or quotes from experts or historical figures.) Use the newspaper or the internet to find an example.

Possible Themes: Native land treaties, Confederation, Women getting the Vote, French / English Colonial Battles, The Fur Trade, Explorers, Mapping the country,
Immigration (Settling the West) War of 1812, Upper / Lower Canada, Past Politics, Technology, The Gold Rush, Acadian Expulsion, Fenian Raids, Rebellions, Louis Riel, Farming

EVALUATION:

· Effort / Creativeness

· Information

· Appearance

· Completeness

· Timeliness

Project Assigned _________________ Due Date ________________________

* Read over this guide sheet with your folks at the beginning of the project.

FOLK’S / GUARDIAN’S SIGNATURE __________________________________

* Have a buddy check your work before handing it in.

BUDDY CHECK SIGNATURE _________________________________________

· Hand in this sheet with your project.