They take on the role as caption writer for the JFK official library.
Can your students write the caption for this exploding cigar cartoon?
Starting with no knowledge about the cartoon they speculate its meaning.
You then build up their knowledge by creating a living graph about the Bay of Pigs campaign.
Finally they return to the cartoon to write a decent caption explaining the cartoon’s meaning.
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