Teaching aids

Cartoon groups

Our grouping/lightbox functionality allows you to create groups of cartoons for teaching purposes, and then publish them on the web for your students to use. These groups can also be downloaded as PowerPoint presentations, and the BCA regularly adds teaching groups to those created by our users.

Biographies of cartoonists

The website also contains hundreds of biographies of cartoonists, such as Carl Giles, and also has video interviews with cartoonists.

Metadata/catalogue entries

When viewing a cartoon, remember to read the text to get insight into what was happening at the time the cartoon was produced.

Flexible and sophisticated searching

Searching enables you to find much more than a specific cartoon. You can find out:

what was happening on a specific day in history by seeing all the cartoons produced for major newspapers on that day.
how well known politicians and important personalities were perceived
how major events were presented and criticized
when topics or events were of concern

Ongoing development of additional resources

The BCA is always interested in supporting learning and teaching activities and assisting the sharing of information related to cartoons. If you have an idea you would like to pursue, or have used cartoons and would like to show us or tell us about your experience, please do not hesitate to contact us.