Political cartoons are primary source documents and learning to read them can be a challenge. Challenge the reading skills of your class with a political cartoon featuring rough and ready, Teddy Roosevelt. 

Concepts

political cartoons, george washington, abraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt, ulysses s. grant, imperialism

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask viewers to consider why the cartoonist may have chosen to present Roosevelt dressed as he is in the cartoon
• Ask class members to bring in examples of current political cartoons
• Collect the entire set of worksheets and use periodically as skill-building exercises
• Sort the worksheets by subject and incorporate into appropriate units

Pros

• The questions included on the worksheet focus readers' attention on how the artist uses details to convey a point of view
• The questions also ask readers to draw on other resources to interpret the image

Cons

• None