Cartoons for the Classroom: What's Replacing Our Newspapers?

What is happening to print media? Use this political cartoon analysis handout to facilitate pupil exploration of the online-media takeover and the decline of newspapers. Background information gives them context, and 3 talking points guide deeper thinking. Scholars consider the possibility of future Pulitzer Prizes awarded for Tweeting, and examine where they go for their news. A linked extension worksheet has learners finding their own political cartoon to analyze.