Comics and Cartoons of a Civil Society (10th Grade)
Unit of 1 Lesson
Grade Levels:
9
10
11
12
Subjects:
Language Arts
Media / Technology
Philanthropy
Social Studies
Keywords:
Issue Area:
Civil society
Focus Question
What is a world citizen's responsibility to promote and advocate for justice and kindness?
Photo Credit: Foto6 by Mabel Corales Velasquez is licensed under CC by 2.0
Unit Overview
Learners gain awareness of the attributes of justice, equity, and anti-racism in a civil society as they search for examples in political cartoons. They create cartoons illustrating an aspect of civil society, and write a paragraph of explanation about their cartoon.
Service Experience
Learners share their cartoons that communicate messages of justice and civil society.
Lessons in This Unit
Unit:
Comics and Cartoons of a Civil Society (10th Grade)
Lesson 1 of 1
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Reviewing current political cartoons related to justice, equity, and racism, learners identify how language and humor act as a form of social action. They create their own cartoons or statement promoting or showing the damage of one of these themes.