Context and Essential QuestionOnce the Cuban Missile Crisis was officially over, the new task of the Cold War was to establish new norms and open dialogue between the two super powers. Although still decades from the ending of hostilities, Kennedy and Khrushchev did establish a hot line between the White House and the Kremlin and began discussions on a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Political Cartoonist “Herblock” addresses the seriousness of tensions of the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as the mutual agreement that nuclear war must be avoided at all costs.
Essential Questions: Do Americans respond differently to political cartoons than they do the written word? Can cartoons instigate international diplomacy? Source:
Block, Herbert. "Editorial Cartoons of John F. Kennedy." Editorial Cartoons of John F. Kennedy. Web. 11 Aug. 2015. <http://www.jjmccullough.com/jfk.htm>. |
"Let's Get a Lock for this Thing"
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