On this page is a large and growing number of Fitzmaurice cartoons produced during the Great War that you can use as historical evidence to research a specific topic, or even multiple topics, during the wartime period.

For those of you who would like to have a structured research project, here is one that you can do: choose three of the cartoons below and complete the following steps for each cartoon you have chosen:

  • Research the historical context and meanings that make up the cartoon’s content.
  • Define Fitzmaurice’s intention in publishing the cartoon.
  • Using a digital imaging program, colour the cartoon.
  • Produce a digital page that contains all of the features above.

Pick Your Fitz – 1

Pick Your Fitz 1: Getting the Kaiser’s Goat

Pick Your Fitz – 2

Pick Your Fitz 2: Hunting for a Chancellor

Pick Your Fitz – 3

Pick Your Fitz 3: Running Out of Material

Pick Your Fitz – 4

Pick Your Fitz 4: The War Dance

Pick Your Fitz – 5

Pick Your Fitz 5: Introducing the Final Scenes

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