Name: ______________________ Date: __________

Women’s Suffrage Political Cartoon/Photos Analysis

Station One:
1. Quickly scan the political cartoon. What do you notice first?

2. What is your interpretation of the significant words/phrases found throughout the political
cartoon?

3. What is the message being described to the audience viewing the political cartoon?

a. List all of the different elements that you believe provide evidence to what the cartoonist
trying portray in his or her message.

Station Two:
1. Quickly scan the political cartoon. What do you notice first?

2. Why do think the cartoonist decided to portray President George Washington as part of the
message during the Women’s Suffrage movement?

3. What does the message “Did I Save my Country for this!” mean to you?

4. What evidence did you learn from this political cartoon that you might not learn anywhere else?
Explain your answer.

Station Three:
1. Quickly scan the political cartoon. What do you notice first?

2. How can you translate the message of “Choose Your Side and Everybody Pull” to current issues
taking place in the 21st century?
 3. Why do you think that the cartoonist decided to draw men to represent the women as part of his
or her message?

a. Does the meaning of this political cartoon represent an Anti-Women’s Suffrage message?
Explain why or why not.

4. What key clues do you notice in the political cartoon that help you understand the meaning of the
cartoonist’s message? Explain each clue.

Station Four:
1. Quickly scan these two political cartoons. What do you notice first?

2. What key differences do you notice between the two political cartoons? Explain your answer.

3. What elements make these two political cartoons different from other political cartoons that you
have seen in other Social Studies classrooms or in newspapers?

4. How does the mode change between the two titles?

a. Interoperate your understanding of “A woman’s place is in her home.”

b. Interoperate your understanding of “I may be your leader someday.”

Station Five:
1. Quickly scan these two photos. What do you notice first?

2. How can you relate the message in these two photographs to the film “Steal Jawed Angles” that
you watched in class? Explain your answer.
 3. What is your interpretation of the significant words/phrases found throughout these two
photographs?

4. Explain the significates to why most of these women have neutral expressions and how it relates
to the messages they are holding?

a. Are any of the women smiling in any of the two photographs? If there are explain
why you believe they are smiling.

Station Six:
1. Quickly scan the political cartoon. What do you notice first?

2. How does the woman’s actions relate to the meaning to the message portrayed in the political
cartoon?

3. What key clues do you notice in the political cartoon that help you understand the meaning of the
cartoonist’s message? Explain each clue.

a. Who is being represented in the woman’s shadow? Explain your answer.

Station Seven:
1. Quickly scan the political cartoon. What do you notice first?

2. What is the deal with the man standing by the sign outside of the building in this political
cartoon? Explain your answer.

3. What is your interpretation of the significant words/phrases found throughout the political
cartoon?

4. What is the message being described to the audience viewing the political cartoon?
 a. List all of the different elements that you believe provide evidence to what the cartoonist
trying portray in his or her message.

Station Eight:
1. Quickly scan the political cartoon. What do you notice first?

2. What is your interpretation of the significant words/phrases found throughout the political
cartoon?

3. Look closely at the husband and wife. What are their roles in the house hold? Explain your
answer.

4. What key clues do you notice in the political cartoon that help you understand the meaning of the
cartoonist’s message? Explain your answer.

Station Nine:
1. Quickly scan these two political cartoons. What do you notice first?

2. How can you relate the World War II political poster on the left to the meaning of political cartoon on
the right? Explain your answer.

3. What words/phrases stood out to you after looking at the ladder in the political cartoon on the right?
Explain your answer.

4. What evidence did you learn from this political cartoon that you might not learn anywhere else?
Explain your answer.