Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

Level 1

Visuals

 

1. List the objects or people you see in the cartoon.

1. >8 Hands

2. >8 Slices of pizza

3. >Africa written in the middle of the pizza

 

 

 

 

Words

1. Identify the cartoon caption and/or title.

1. >Imperialism

1. Locate three words or phrases used by the cartoonist to identify objects or people within the cartoon.

1. >Africa written on the pizza

2. >European names written on hands

3. >France, Britain, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Holland  

1. Record any important dates or numbers that appear in the cartoon.

1. >There is no dates or numbers

 

Level 2

Visuals

 

1. Which of the objects on your list are symbols?

1. >Pizza with Africa on it

2. >Hands with European names on it

1. What do you think each symbol means?

1. >I think that the hands with the European hands symbolize the European countries taking from the pizza or Africa

words

1. Which words or phrases in the cartoon appear to be the most significant? Why do you think so?

1. >The words that are important are all of them because it shows how they are going to get a slice of Africa

1. List adjectives that describe the emotions portrayed in the cartoon.

1. >Some adj. about the hands is that they are dirty for taking Africa.

2. >There isn’t much we could describe

Level 3

1. Describe the action-taking place in the cartoon.

1. >The thing that is taking place here is that hands that are European countries are taking pieces of the pizza or Africa.

1. Explain how the words in the cartoon clarify the symbols.

1. >The words in the cartoon clarify the symbols by explaining who was taking from Africa. And according to the cartoon the countries that took over Africa are France, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Holland, and Portugal.

1. Explain the message of the cartoon.

2. >The message of the cartoon is that other countries the European countries are taking resources, land, and people from Africa in other words imperialism.