Using Cartoons to Infuse Creativity Into the Curriculum

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Using Cartoons to Infuse Creativity Into the
Curriculum
Have fun!

• Bonnie Cramond
• The University of Georgia

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Strategy Cartooning

• Promote figural creativity
• Express ideas in a different format
• Explore humor
• Increase interest

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Versatility

• Some Strategies
• Complete a cartoon
• Add a caption
• Put panels in sequence
• Use to learn about criteria
• Which cartoons are best? What makes them good?
• Analyze symbols Uncle Sam, dove, etc.
• Compare messages
• Express ideas
• Demonstrate understanding
• Show humor
• Introduce a topic

• Any grade
• Any subject
• Not necessary to draw
• Different levels of complexity

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You can have students complete them
http//www.cagle.com/teacher/
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Write a caption
Can you write a humorous caption for this cartoon?
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Put Frames in Sequence
Cut cartoons out of the paper and clip the frames
apart. Have student put them in
sequence. Challenge Can they be recombined in
different ways?
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Draw cartoons to represent current or historical
events
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Represent Another Side

• Here, students could research the issues on both
  sides of the Patriot Act and draw an editorial
  cartoon in answer to this one.

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Cartoons can be used to teach in different
content areas

• Cagle has lessons using cartoons to teach
  science, art, journalism, English, and research,
  too.

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And to Demonstrate Understanding of a Concept
Newtons Laws of Motion
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Inertia
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Math
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Can you write other real world problems?
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Simple Math Cartoons

• 0 8 77 7

He hasnt been the same since he got back from
France.
Nice belt!
Thanks.
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Introduce a Topic

• What problem is being illustrated?

• Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

• Bee keepers across the country have been
  perplexed by the disappearance of their bees.
  Opening up their hives, they have encountered
  missing colonies and empty hives with no real
  explanations forthcoming. The bees have simply
  disappeared. Bee keepers aren't finding thousands
  of bees laying around dead, they simply have left
  their hives and not returned. Since our
  agricultural crops are dependent on bees for
  pollination, we may be in real trouble if our
  bees and other pollinators continue to disappear.
  

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Learning Links for Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

• Cartoon Source
• http//www.classbrain.com/artteensb/publish/bee_c
  olony_collapse_disorder.shtml
• Interactive website
• http//www.helpthehoneybees.com/
• Information
• http//www.celsias.com/article/bee-colony-collaps
  e-disorder-where-is-it-heading/
• http//www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?ids
  aving-the-honeybee
• http//maarec.cas.psu.edu/ColonyCollapseDisorder.h
  tml
• Videos
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vunca1QR3nLs
• 60 Minutes http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVRBJf57
  aNp4featurerelated

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If you cant draw
Great costume!
Great Neck!
Great Costume!
Great Neck!
Bonnie
http//kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/Cart
oons
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Or, use collage or photo-editingOne way to
create a cartoon

• Choose a current event or news item.
• Try to find an absurd, funny, ironic,
  exaggerated, etc. side to it.
• Decide how to depict it.
• draw
• collage
• photoediting
• Add a title or caption.

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Some Good Sources of Cartoons for Educators

• General Education

• Math

• Higher Education by Gary Olsen
• http//www.dubuque.k12.ia.us/cartoons/
• Daryl Cagles Pro Cartoonist Index Home Page with
  lesson plans
• http//www.cagle.com/teacher/
• CSL Cartoonstock
• http//www.cartoonstock.com/directory/F/Free.asp
• National Geographic for Kids Cartoon Factory
• http//cartoonfactory.net/
• Class Brain http//www.classbrain.com/artteensb/
  publish/cat_index_19.shtml
• Andertoons //www.andertoons.com/cartoons/education
  _and_teacher

• www.trottermath.net/humor/cartoons.html
• http//www.simonsingh.net/Mathematics_Cartoons.htm
  l
• http//www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/gallery/math/in
  dex.php
• http//www.charlottemathtutor.com/htmlfile/cartoon
  s.html
• http//www.mathcartoons.com/