In my class for every unit I teach I include a lesson on analyzing political cartoons/images. I use the SOAPS method, which stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker/Significance. This gives students the opportunity to delve into critical analyzing the meaning and purpose behind in this instance propaganda and gives insight on what Japanese and American governments desired in their use of art/images. By juxtaposing Japanese and American propaganda there is certainly going to be differences and similarities. At the end of each unit when students are asked to reflect on the entire unit they usually never fail to reference the images we analyzed in class. I feel using War Without Mercy will complement my unit on WWII.
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