Choosing Up Sides is a multi-faceted novel, which incorporates elements of the humanities, including literature, language, and social-science. In this lesson, students utilize those aspects with the study of editorial or political cartoons.
Daily newspapers include political cartoons about current topics. Pick a few for your students to peruse and examine. Discuss how the artist shows opinion through symbols, words, and style. Then have your students come up with themes or issues from Choosing Up Sides which may be illustrated in cartoon form. Create the cartoons, and then talk about the symbols and issues used.
