Yeah definitely, but as I remember it they often had historical significance, like that Ben Franklin "Join or Die" one, or Honoré Daumier's Gargantua. I do think we spent a bit too long on these, like we didn't need to write papers analyzing what are really pretty simple cartoons. But the cartoons as I remember had a bit more historical and political (at the time) significance than like a Ben Garrison cartoon or something. Also some teachers might see them as a good way to illustrate what certain people thought about political events at the time.
yeah might've been also my US history teacher wasn't afraid to be critical of the US. Not a leftist by any means, but he did teach history in a way that wasn't complete propaganda, and he did provide us with some solid insights.
Yeah definitely, but as I remember it they often had historical significance, like that Ben Franklin "Join or Die" one, or Honoré Daumier's Gargantua. I do think we spent a bit too long on these, like we didn't need to write papers analyzing what are really pretty simple cartoons. But the cartoons as I remember had a bit more historical and political (at the time) significance than like a Ben Garrison cartoon or something. Also some teachers might see them as a good way to illustrate what certain people thought about political events at the time.
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yeah might've been also my US history teacher wasn't afraid to be critical of the US. Not a leftist by any means, but he did teach history in a way that wasn't complete propaganda, and he did provide us with some solid insights.