Uses: copy machine, opaque projector, or transparency master for overhead projector. Scholastic Inc. grants teacher-subscribers to The New York Times Upfront permission to reproduce this Skills Sheet for use in their classrooms. ©2016 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
CARTOON ANALYSIS
For use with “Can ISIS Be Stopped?” on p. 8 of the magazine
©2015 STEVEN G. ARTLEY • ARTLEYTOONS
Analyze the Political Cartoon
1. Who or what does the figure on the right side of the cartoon represent? How do you know?
2. What is a caliphate? What do you think the figure means by a “world caliphate”?
3. What does the cartoon suggest about ISIS’s goals and tactics? Do you think this portrayal
of ISIS is accurate? Why or why not?
4. Do you think a state built on violence, terror, and religious intolerance can last? Explain.
5. What questions does this cartoon raise for you about ISIS?
JA NUA RY 1 1 , 20 1 6 • UP F R O N T M AGA ZI N E .CO M