Political Cartoon Project

Instructions: 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. You must cite these sources within the body of the paper and provide a works cited page for EACH PICTURE. NO WEBSITES. MLA or Turabian format is acceptable. This project needs to be 2000 words. For each of the pictures, there are 3, you are to provide a historical analysis for each picture. Your analysis needs to include the following elements: 1. INTRODUCTION: a. provide a short 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. 2. BODY: a. Describe what you see in the picture. Also, include the author or publisher of the picture, if there is any. b. Historical context: what was going on that prompted the cartoon? c. Argument 1: Present the CAUSES. d. Argument 2: Present the EFFECTS. e. Argument 3: Present the LONG – TERM OUTCOMES 3. CONCLUSION: a. Restate your thesis b. Restate or summarize your main points c. Provide YOUR REASONING AS TO WHAT THE PICTURE MEANS TO YOU. Sources: The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America 1900 – 1918 by Ruth Rosen. ISBN: 978-0801826658 Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes and American Society, 1938 to the Present by Jeffery K. Johnson. ISBN: 9780786465644 America: A Narrative History, by Shi and Tindall. 10th edition. ISBN: 9780393265965 American Perspectives vol II.