Depending on pacing, this might follow immediately after Session 1 as a group activity or at home as an individual activity. In either case, small groups of students should be working on the same cartoon. If it is a homework activity, students should use their notes to debrief in groups in class during the next meeting.

1. Each student should take several minutes to study the cartoon.

2. On notebook paper (or on a handout with the questions written on them), students should answer the following questions:
   • What current issue is this cartoon about?
   • Who are the real people in the cartoon?
   • What are the symbols in the cartoon?
   • Whose side is the cartoonist on? How do you know?

   If the students are working together in class, they should be encouraged to share information and to use available resources like newspapers and news magazines. Whether they are working together in school or at home, breakdown points should be noted so that students can say, "I didn't get the cartoon at first because ____. "

3. After about ten minutes of group discussion, lead a discussion with the whole class to make sure there is consensus.

4. After this, use political cartoons to enrich your current events discussions over the course of the school year.