Week+of+March+14

Please share a current events story ** OR ** your analysis of a political cartoon (your choice) for the week on this page. To add your post to this page, click the "Edit this page" button on the top right of the page, add your post, and then click "save." Be sure to refresh before typing and try not to type at the same time as someone else so you do not overwrite someone else's text. You are encouraged to comment on someone else's post. Please be sure to add your name before your comment and change the font color.
 * Current Events - Week of March 14 **

1. Article/story date: 2. News link (URL): 3. List three of the most important or compelling pieces of information for this story or article (in your own words): • •  •
 * News Stories -** this [|link] will be a helpful resource for locating current events articles about **Asia**.
 * Please copy and paste this template into the section next to your name below: **

4. Choose one of the following options (copy/paste only the option you choose): Option 1. Why is this story significant? How do the events in this story affect the people of this region or the rest of the world? Option 2. Ask thoughtful questions that you would like to explore further based on reading this article. Option 3. Include a quote that you found interesting in the article and discuss it.

1. Paste in cartoon and provide link (URL): 2. Choose one of the following six techniques used by the cartoonist and explain how the artist used this technique. Please identify which cartoon elements you're analyzing and make specific reference about how this element is used in the cartoon. (You do not need to copy/paste the table.) 3. What overall point do you think the cartoonist making? (Please write at least one complete sentence.)
 * Political cartoon -** these links ([|link 1], [|link 2], [|link 3]) may be a helpful resource for locating political cartoons - look for those connected to **Asia**.
 * **Symbols:** What objects are used as symbols? What do they symbolize? || **Caricature:** What features or expressions are exaggerated or distorted? What point does this make about the person/people? || **Exaggeration:** What objects or ideas are exaggerated? What point is made by exaggerating/distorting them? ||
 * **Stereotypes**: What generalizations are presented? How do these add to the point of the cartoon? || **Humor**: This could be a variety of things - often a play on words, using a famous line or slogan from another context, etc. || **Irony:** Does the cartoon present irony (what you would expect to be true is different from what is true)? If so, describe it and the point it makes. ||

Christina:

Corina:

Nate:

Billy:

Sean:

Carter:

Molly:

Smythe:

Connor:

Josef:

Ali:

Ben:

Katie: