Cartoons of a Civil Society
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
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.