Political Cartoon Research Project

History 1301

Directions: 

• Your submission needs to include the following: 
• Double space, 1” Margins, 12 pt Times Roman font, 
• no spelling errors, no passive voice. 
• you need to consult: 1 PRIMARY SOURCE AND 3 SECONDARY SOURCES for each of the pictures. No websites (some academic such as .edu and .org are acceptable.)
• You must cite these sources within the body of the paper 
• supply a works cited page for EACH PICTURE. MLA or Turabian format is acceptable. 
• This project needs to be 2000 words. 
• For each of the pictures, there are 3, you are to supply a historical analysis for each picture. 

Your analysis needs to include the following elements: 

1. INTRODUCTION: 

• provide a brief introduction with a clear thesis statement in which you state WHAT THE PICTURE REPRESENTS AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT BASED ON THE PICTURE. 

1. BODY: 

• Describe what you see in the picture. Also, include the author or publisher of the picture, if there is any. 
• Historical context: what was going on that prompted the cartoon? 
  • **Use your sources to tell a story…. ****
  • Tell me: who, what, where, when, why, how about the background about the situation.  
  • Tell me: what were the effects and long-term outcomes       

1. CONCLUSION: 

• Restate your thesis 
• Restate or summarize your main points 
• Provide YOUR REASONING AS TO WHAT THE PICTURE MEANS TO YOU and what this picture meant to the people in the PAST.

PICTURES

1.  “The Critical Period”

2.  Westward Expansion / Manifest Destiny

3.  “Bleeding Kansas.”