POWER Paragraph Graphic Organizer with a Political Cartoon

Prompt: What is the cartoonist’s

message in this political cartoon?
Explain your response using details or
evidence from the cartoon.

Things to consider:

● What do you see in the

cartoon?
● What words are in the
cartoon?
● Is there any symbolism used in
the cartoon?
● What do the symbols
represent?

Plan in the space below using the guiding

questions. Use sentences or bullet points.
Guiding Questions

What is the message The message of this cartoon is to stand for the
Present your main idea. Provide
P an answer to the question and
of the cartoon? pledge because there were people who fought
for our rights and pledge to be there and cannot
respond directly to the prompt.
stand or deceased

What words or objects The man in the wheelchair explains the message
Offer a reason why. What is the
O point you are trying to make with
clarify the message to
the viewer?
to the viewer by showing that the man cannot
stand for the pledge because he was out in war
this topic?
defending that right
What do the clarifying
objects represent?
 Widen your information. What’s
your proof? Give specific Which words or The teacher says “let me introduce you to
information about the cartoon /
W provide evidence to support your
objects seem to be
the most significant?
someone who cannot stand because he was
defending that right.”, and the man in the
point. Why? wheelchair because it shows that the man
cannot stand because he was out fighting in the
war and got an injury and cannot stand to the
pledge because of that

Explain how or why what you

think is the cartoonist’s message What issue or event the cartoon deals with people who do not stand
and the proof in the cartoon are
E connected.
does the cartoon deal
with? How does that
for the pledge of allegiance because people
fought for us to be able to stand for our pledge
relate to the in the war and many are no longer here today or
cartoonist’s message? cannot stand for the pledge

Does the cartoon the cartoon conveys this desired message by

Restate your main idea. What do
R you really want the reader to
convey the desired
message?
having people stand for the pledge of allegiance
because there are many people who can no
know?
longer stand because they were in war fighting
for our right and pledge to be able to stand for
the pledge of allegiance

Write your paragraph on the back of this paper.

The message of this cartoon is to stand for the pledge because there were people who fought for our rights and
pledged to be there and cannot stand or die. The man in the wheelchair explains the message to the viewer by showing
that the man cannot stand for the pledge because he was out at war defending that right. The teacher says “let me
introduce you to someone who cannot stand because he was defending that right.”, and the man in the wheelchair
because it shows that the man cannot stand because he was out fighting in the war and got an injury and cannot stand
to the pledge because of that. The cartoon deals with people who do not stand for the pledge of allegiance because
people fought for us to be able to stand for our pledge in the war and many are no longer here today or cannot stand for
the pledge. The cartoon conveys this desired message by having people stand for the pledge of allegiance because there
are many people who can no longer stand because they were at war fighting for our rights and pledge to be able to
stand for the pledge of allegiance.