Writing Assignment Instructions Visual Documents and Artifacts Visual documents include photographs, films, paintings, and other types of artwork. Because visual documents capture moments in time, they can provide evidence of changes over time. Visual documents include evidence about a culture at specific moments in history: its customs, preferences, styles, special occasions, work, and play. Like other primary source documents, a visual document has a creator with a point of view — such as a painter, sculptor, or film maker. Even photographs were created by photographers using film and cameras to create desired effects. Your Writing Assignment involves analyzing visual primary sources, in particular, political cartoons or propaganda. Please see the list below for instructions. First, review all of the images listed in the outline below “Writing Assignment Sources”. Second, choose ONE of these documents and write an essay using the questions below. Third, submit your essay as an attachment in the link titled “Writing Assignment” under the Week 7 Module by Sunday of Week 7 Your essay should be a minimum of 2 full pages of text, in 12 point Times New Roman font, and double spaced. Your essay should address the following questions: What event or belief is the cartoon depicting (Time period? Exact event?)? Explain the message of the cartoon. What was the creator’s purpose? Why What symbols does the cartoonist use (it may help to make a separate list of everything you see in the cartoon)? Why? What special interest groups would agree/disagree with the cartoon’s message? Why? How does the cartoon depict gender? Race? Class? Ethnicity?