This PPT presentation can be used with young people to teach visual literacy by: (1) training the right hemisphere of the brain; (2) training for familiarity of conventions; (3) teaching abstractness and symbolism, decoding strategies, ridicule, satire, and parody; (4) helping children learn to glean abstract meaning from visual literacy; (5) training children to communicate in nonverbal ways; (6) helping children operate at higher cognitive levels through creative and critical thinking and (7) enhancing the political cognition of the young; teaching concepts of conflict, dissent, and criticism in politics.

1. Editorial cartoon Reading comprehension Teacher: Diana Díaz Finding Cultural Stereotypes in Popular Culture

2. Cultural stereotypes

9. After the students have completed the questionnaire, discuss their findings. Questionnaire