Use current political cartoons from the local newspaper and make an overhead transparency to show the students. Go to a computer lab and look at some other examples of political cartoons on a website that you, or the computer lab technician, have bookmarked. This site has various political cartoons that students can view. Pick a few and discuss them. Students need to draw a picture or capture one from the internet and paste it into their file and write a caption over the picture.
Students can print when done.
The assignment can be graded complete or incomplete to make it less subjective for the teacher. English Students continue reading their books. Students will go to the computer lab to finish their political cartoons. Critique three other political cartoons and write your impression of them in your journal. History Students will discuss Bias in the Media today.