Meet the cartoon. Quickly scan the cartoon. What do you notice first?
Men on moving trains in 1870 racing

What is the title or caption?
The Great Race For The Western Stakes 1870
Observe its parts.
WORDS
VISUALS
Are there labels, descriptions, thoughts, or dialogue? Yes, “Now then Jim No Jockeying You Know”, and “Let em rip Commodore But don’t stop to water or you’ll be beat”.
List the people, objects, and places in the cartoon. Trains, Jim and Commodore, Train Tracks

List the actions or activities.

People riding on moving trains. Trying to win a race in 1870. Also people name Commodore and Jim.

Try to make sense of it.
WORDS
VISUALS
Which words or phrases are the most significant?
Which of the visuals are symbols?

List adjectives that describe the emotions portrayed.
What do they stand for?

Who drew this cartoon?

When is it from?

What was happening at the time in history it was created?

What is the message? List evidence from the cartoon or your knowledge about the cartoonist that led you to your conclusion.

The owner of a one-acre parcel of land with a small house on it rented the property to a professor of a nearby college at a monthly rental of $500. several years later, after the professor got tenure, the parties orally agreed that the professor would purchase the property from the owner for the sum of $60,000, payable at the rate of $500 a month for 10 years. they agreed that the owner would give the professor a deed to the property after five years had passed and $30,000 had been paid toward the purchase price, and that the professor would execute a note secured by a mortgage for the balance. the professor continued in possession of the property and made all monthly payments in a timely fashion. when he had paid $30,000, he tendered a proper note and mortgage to the property owner and demanded that she deliver the deed as agreed. the owner refused because valuable minerals had been discovered on adjacent parcels in recent months, causing the value of this parcel of land to increase to 10 times its former value. the professor brought suit against the property owner for specific performance. if the court rules in favor of the property owner, what is the likely reason?

The map shows latitudes and longitudes of france. which city is located at approximately 48°n, 7°e?

Interest groups and political action committees are both types of organizations that