Commonwealth Cartoons

SecondaryYear 7 - 8EnglishText AnalysisSocialSport

Lesson Summary

Students will explore political cartoons that represent the creators' opinions about events associated with the Commonwealth Games. They will explore the literary devices in these texts and create a political cartoon or caricature to highlight an issue or event, and to share their opinion.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore political cartoon representations of the Commonwealth Games and Australian athletes
identify the literary devices and imagery used to convey context.

Success criteria

Students can:

explain literary devices and imagery present in political cartoons
create their own political cartoon portraying their opinion about an issue or event.

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Commonwealth Cartoons

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