Drawing on Humor for Change

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Drawing on Humor for Change

by Liza Donelly   

Why do you agree or disagree with this cartoon?

Write a paragraph explaining why you agree or disagree with the cartoon

Who is Liza Donelly?

lizadonnelly.com

Drawing on Humor for Change

Question: . What is the traditional image of women that Liza Donnelly wants to challenge? How does she show us this tradition? How does she challenge this traditional image in her

cartoons? Watch the video on the next slide and then write down your answer.

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Your answer to the question asked

Drawing on Humor for Change

Liza Donelly begins her TEDtalk with the following sentence: 'I was afraid of womanhood.' What does Donelly aim to convey with her sentence? 

What does Donnelly mean by "I was afraid of womanhood"?

Analyze:

Who is in the image and what are they doing?

What objects are present and what do they symbolize
What issue is the artist portraying?
Analyze the artistic technique 

Analyze the humor technique

What is the author's call to action?

Your response to the task

Discuss the use of symbolism, exaggeration/
distortion and  

stereotypes in this cartoon

Your response to the task

Instructions for rest of task

In all the following tasks,
consider in your answer
the type of information
 specified in the previous
two questions and include
this in what you submit.

Which global issues can you identify in this cartoon?

Which global issues can you identify in the previous cartoon?

Analyze

Discuss the authorial choices and their relevance to the global issue in this cartoon

Write your answer here

Analyze

Discuss the authorial choices and their relevance to the global issue in this cartoon

Write your answer here

Penultimate Tasks

Choose one of the following

 cartoons and analyze the authorial

 choices and their relevance to the

 global issue in it.  Make sure to

 include the number of the

 cartoon in your answer.  

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2

3

4

5

Free choice analysis. Include the number of the cartoon analyzed

Final task

Find any Liza Donnelly cartoon that we have not looked at in class or in this presentation and analyze it.  You will also need to upload the cartoon. 

Upload the cartoon you will analyze in this slide.

Provide your analysis of the cartoon here.