Week 4 Discussion Assignment: Thomas Nast Cartoons
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– American History
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Essay
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Week 4 Discussion Assignment: Thomas Nast Cartoons
This week’s discussion asks you to think and write about the set of cartoons by Thomas Nast available on Globalyceum. You should read the Background and view the cartoons before participating.
Discussion questions:
What view of the Chinese and Chinese immigration is Nast advocating? To what extent are his anti-Irish and anti-Tweed feelings involved?
Your answer or answers to these questions should present details from your examination of the cartoons. While you may mention information from the other Globalyceum material this week, your focus should be on your analysis of the primary sources and what you learned from them. There is no need provide detailed descriptions of the cartoons, since all of the other students will have viewed them as well. Instead, use details from the images as evidence to support your answer to the discussion questions.
