Questions to “ponder” while thinking about your political cartoon:
1) What is the difference between an political cartoon and a regular cartoon?
2) Which event in the novel Surviving Jamestown are you going to use for your cartoon?
3) Why did you choose that event?
4) What is the message you are trying to get across to your readers?
Here are some websites to use as examples for your cartoons:
http://borchardtlibrary.edublogs.org/2012/03/09/5th-grade-political-cartoons/
http://nieonline.com/aaec/cftc.cfm
Now choose the best way to create your cartoon. You can use any program that is on the laptops or ipads OR combine the two! Be creative and follow the rubric below.
Rubric for cartoon:
(cartoon must be six frames-first frame should include the title, your name, AND an illustration)
* title (5 points)
* name (5 points)
* does your cartoon explain an event from the book in a funny or humorous way (70 points)
* every frame has a drawing and is colorful (20 points)
* spelling and grammar are correct (-1 point for each mistake)











