Resource Title
Thin Black Lines – political cartoons and development education
Summary
Thin Black Lines brings together a wide range of cartoons from different parts of the world. It features different cartoon-styles, the work of particular cartoonists and a brief history a political cartooning. It sets out to encourage people to exploit the potential of political cartoons to stimulate awareness of global issues.
Resource Details
Description
Political cartoons can encapsulate complex issues, different viewpoints and some of the contradictions that are often part of reality. They do not simply take sides. They can be a particularly valuable resource for development education / global learning.
Each section of the book includes a collection of cartoons linked to a theme issue. It is suggested that their value as as stimulus to learning will be enhanced by building up skills in “reading cartoons”. There are also suggestions for learning activities that can be adapted to use with contemporary cartoons.
Some of the cartoons are ‘timeless’ others link to specific events and/or people in 1988 when the book was first published.
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Download Thin Black Lines PDF
- Check out the second edition, Thin Black Lines RIDES AGAIN
- Visit Tide~ Global Learning and their publications library