Cartoon Analysis Revision and Recap- the interwar years

Step 1: Watch the videos guides for source analysis: http://learn.stleonards.vic.edu.au/yr10history/the-inter-war-years/the-inter-war-years/

Step 2 Practise Analyses

Leonard Raven-Hill, published in Punch in 1919

1. Annotate the cartoon with observations of key features and symbols that you can see in the cartoon.

2. What do the symbols mean?

3. What is the message of the cartoon?

4. To what extent does this cartoon illustrate why the League of Nations failed?

1. Annotate the cartoon with observations of key features and symbols that you can see in the cartoon.

2. What do the symbols mean?

3. What is the message of the cartoon?

4. To what extent does this cartoon show that the German delegates are being dealt a harsh deal by the Big 3?

David Low Evening Standard, 1936

1. Annotate the cartoon with observations of key features and symbols that you can see in the cartoon.

2. What do the symbols mean?

3. What is the message of the cartoon?

4. To what extent does this cartoon blame ‘spineless leaders of democracy’ for Hitler’s rise to power?

To what extent to the cartoons demonstrate the complexity of the causes of WWII?