Paper 1 political cartoons 2 

presented by Vanessa SCULLY on March 26, 2020 

 

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Open Ended Question 

Comment on the styles of the two cartoonists. How do they use 

drawings to express their opinions? 
 

 
   
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Collaborate!​ How dated are these cartoons? 

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Draw It 

Label the cartoon below with the features : be able to explain the 
significance of the features 
 

 
   
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Gladiators in coliseum have to salute to ceased before he died. Here there is this 
notion that old people have to be sacrificed for the US to continue work. Old people 
symbolises the gladiators who are fighting with the virus and they will die fighting 
against it. 

   
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Language to express cartoonization and what do we see in what perspective, is more 
complex or simple? Or realistic or conceptual? 

   
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Famous cartoonist called Lisa Donnelly who are feminist painting.  

Breaking down the text: identify the images  

Age of children = 7-10 

Ethnicity = English speaking  

Social class of family = middle class (big room, nicely dressed) 

Gender = it is intended to be 2 girls, and they are playing with two girls and talking 
together. (stereotypically and conventionally female behaviour in the age of 7-10) 

The language is important as without the caption; it wouldn’t lose its feminist intentions 
and won’t look funny.  
Identify the cartoonist techniques and satirical techniques presented. E.g. the irony in 
little girls calling themselves sluts even though they are girls who ideally would not 
want to be a ‘slut’.    
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These following questions follow the taxonomy, whereas you move higher up the 
hierarchy you go from learning knowledge to analysis/ evaluation then the very top is 
creativity/ originality (owning the knowledge and applying the knowledge to a real-life 
situation. 

   
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Open Ended Question 

Pause the video on one cartoon that you especially find funny and explain why it 
makes you laugh. Refer to the elements of the table on the previous slide in your 
analysis of the cartoon. 

I find the woman buying the large clothing funny as it shows the large dress unable to fit 
her, despite looking at the image, the woman is clearly able to fit on that dress. The irony 
that she is unable because of gender stereotypes and that has doctrine women look and 
feel a particular way in order to become a ‘woman’. The constant fear of feeling that people 
will judge her size and appearance, even if she may not be fat or skinny. The hyperbole 
used to exaggerate the customer’s size and the caricatured facial expression of shock to 
show how easily woman falls for these prejudices and easily influence their emotions and 
feelings toward how other people feel about them.  
   
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Web Content​ Liza Donnelly: Drawing on humor for chan... 

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Watch the first 30 seconds. How does Kal explain the success of 
political cartoons particularly in relation to today's world? 
 

 
   
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Collaborate!​ What are your worries/concerns about pos... 

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