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Imperialism Political Cartoon Assessment
Purpose: To fully understand the concept of imperialism.
Goal: To create a political cartoon to illustrate the imperialism that led up to WWI.
Assignment: Create a political cartoon to illustrate imperialism used throughout the
world. Cartoons should deal with two of the three following optional topics:
1. Spanish-American War and Cuban Rebellion
2. Annexation of Hawaii and Texas
3. Forced modernization of Japan
Your cartoon must include:
1. Imperialism
2. Social Darwinism
Create a full-page political cartoon summarizing the topics you chose
above. Each cartoon should have an all encompassing visual to
summarize the main concepts of the chosen section. Each cartoon
should have a written summary of the overall message conveyed by
the cartoon and the topics you have chosen to analyze (5-8 sentences).
Assessment: Test Grade
How to get a 100 on this test:
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Choose and draw about 2 of the 3 topics in the optional category (40)
Draw about the 2 mandatory categories, Imperialism and Social
Darwinism
(20)
Reflect an opinion about imperialism, not merely facts, in your illustration
(20)
Write at least 5 sentences covering your 4 chosen topics, 2 mandatory
topics, and the opinion your cartoon reflects
(10)
Include color or shading in your cartoon
(10)