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Topic: Propaganda Page 1 of 3 Grade/Subject Area: 8/Reading Unit Essential Questions: Unit Instructional Resources: The 8 grade standards for this unit are exactly the same as the 7th grade standards, EXCEPT students must know snob appeal propaganda in 8th grade and not in 7th. What strategies do I need to learn to effectively analyze and recognize propaganda? Prentice Hall Literature, pages 512-524, 1054 Concept: Identifying and analyzing bias in text Concept: Identifying the purpose of a medium Concept: Identifying persuasive techniques Pre-Assessment Strategy: Ask students to write down the definition of bias. Pre-Assessment Strategy: Have students think back Pre-Assessment Strategy: Show several different to the nonfiction unit where they studied the purposes of literature. Generate a list of these purposes. Then, show different media (photos, art pieces, film clips) and ask students to identify the purpose of each example. Discuss. commercials. In pairs, have students write down in their own words why each commercial is supposed to work. Then, ask them if they can give the proper name for each persuasive technique used. Vocabulary: bias Vocabulary: media Vocabulary: propaganda, bandwagon, loaded words, testimonial, name-calling, plain folks, snob appeal Lesson Essential Question: What is bias? How do you identify it in literature? Lesson Essential Question: How do you identify the purpose of a medium? Lesson Essential Question: How do you identify different persuasive techniques? Assessment: As students to read several passages. Ask them to write down if each one is biased or not and who it is biased for/against. Then, have them pick one passage and rewrite it either as unbiased or as biased for the opposing side of the argument. Assessment: Show several non-print media examples (a Assessment: Have students draw a school rule and a persuasive technique from a hat. Then, have them rewrite that rule in the form of an advertisement written in the technique they drew. Have other students read each as and guess what technique was used. Prior Knowledge: th commercial, a print ad, a painting, a sitcom clip, etc.) and ask them to write down the purpose of each example. Then, ask them to support each answer in a sentence.