Standards for Student Engagement: Using Political Cartoons to Understand the 1876 Election

Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.

Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.

Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.

Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.

Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.

Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.

Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.

Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.

Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.