Border Wall Cartoon Group Objectives:Upon the successful completion of this activity, you will be able to identify unstated arguments which arise from  

 

Objectives:

 

Upon the successful completion of this activity, you will be able to identify unstated arguments which arise from social and historical contexts in which the the primary text (the cartoon) which applies to them exist.social and historical contexts in which the the primary text (the cartoon) which apes to them exist.

 

Directions:

 

In your assigned groups, analyze the cartoon by Bill Bramhall. Answer the questions below , then read your group members’ answers and reply to them if your answers differ. Hold each other accountable for a complete analysis of the visual text.

 

 

 

 Question:

 

1.Based on the visual evidence, what is Bramhall’s opinion of Trump’s border wall idea?

 

2.Explain the “joke”—the section paid for by eliminating the NEA—as it seems to function in the cartoon.

 

3.What other visual elements seem important, and what do they convey?