Cartoons can be used as an effective teaching aid to make learning more engaging, realistic, and dynamic. They employ visual symbols, exaggeration, and humor to convey a message on a topic or current event in an attention-grabbing way. When creating cartoons for educational purposes, teachers should ensure they are age-appropriate for students and support the lesson objectives. Cartoons can help initiate discussions, motivate students, and make lessons more lively, while also providing an outlet for creativity. However, teachers must choose cartoons judiciously to avoid potentially offensive stereotypes or misrepresentations.

1. DEFINITION
• “A Cartoon Is A Design – Sketch On Stout
Paper, A Pictorial Sketch Relating To Any
Prevalent Topic On Event”.
• Cartoon Is A Type Of Audio -Visual Aid’s
Which Can Be Use To Make The Learning
Experience More Concurrent, More
Realistic And More Dynamic.

2. TYPES
 A Novel Way Of Using Pictures.
 Symbols
 Bold Exaggeration For Presenting A Message.
 A Point Of View Concerning A Personality News,
Situations.

3. Articles Needed
Chart
Pain or Pencil
Scale
Sketch
Eraser

4. PRINICIPLES
• It Should Be Suitable To The Age, Class And
Experience, Level Of Student’s.
• The Writing And Graphics Used In The Cartoon
Should Be Meaningful And Intelligible To Them.
• Cartoon Should Be Adequate Size, So That The
Detail’s Can Be Made Visible To Entire Class.
• The Symbols Used In The Cartoon Should Be Clear
Understandable.
• Cartoon Need To Be Both Amusing And
Instructive’

5. Contd…
• Student’s Must Be Actively Involved In The
Process Of Preparing Cartoon.
• Cartoon Should Be Prepared According To The
Educational Objectives And Backgrounds Of
Student’s.

6. PREPARATION OF CARTOON
• It Is A Imagination And Creativity.
• Cartoon Is More Attention Drawing And In Small
Space, Gives A Lot Of Imagination Particularly On
The Current Happenings.
• Interpreting Or High Lighting Some Social,
Political, Economical Literacy And Scientific Data.

7. Advantages of Cartoon
A Cartoon Can Be Effectively Used To Initiate
Certain Lesson.
A Cartoon Can Be Use To Motivate Student’s To
Start A Discussion.
These Are Very Good Attention Capturing Device
And Motivate The Student’s.
A Carton Can Be Used For Making Lesson Lively
And Interesting.

8. Cont...
It Is Useful In Modifying Behavior And Developing
Positive Attitude Interests Of Learners.
It Is Useful For Providing Opportunity For Self
Expression And Creativity Among Children.

9. Limitation of using carton’s in teaching
• While Using Carton’s As Instructed Aid’s, The
Teacher Should Choose Carton’s Judiously And
Discriminately As Certain Carton Can Injure The
Personal Feeling’s Of Student’s, Especially The
One’s Which Are Sarcastic And Caustic Towards
Certain Social Groups.
• Their May Be Possibility Of Misleading
Exaggeration.
• Cartoon Are Sometimes Difficult To Interpret For
Their Being Stereotyped. If Skillfully Used Carton
Despite The Danger’s Of Bias.