Download Considering types of propaganda

CONSIDERING TYPES OF PROPAGANDA
Initial Task:
*Grab a laptop, log onto wiki and open up
the types of propaganda chart.
Wednesday, October 6, 2009
Tuesday’s Game Plan
Tasks
Objectives/Learning Goals
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Understand and identify
different forms of
propaganda.
Use online resources to
access info and manage
ideas/research.
Identify and analyze
areas of intersection
regarding propaganda
strategies/forms.
Compare and analyze
the evolution of wartime
propaganda through
American history.
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Finish sharing and comparing types of
propaganda.
Email me your finished worksheet (as
an attachment)
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Introduce Classic War Propaganda
posters
Homework & Looking Ahead
Classic Wartime Propaganda (WWI through the beginning
of the Cold War)
BT Propaganda (Before TV!!!)
 Posters were the main form of
political propaganda.
 Mostly government-funded
 In the United States,
propaganda was often used
for convincing the American
people of the need to get
involved (politically, militarily)
in world affairs.
1916, WWI
Wartime Propaganda Analysis (Example)
What information is given?
What is withheld?
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Who is the target
audience?
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What emotions does this
poster appeal to?
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How is the message
“loaded?”
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What are the
implicit/explicit messages?
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How would you classify the
type of propaganda?
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WWII, following the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941
Wartime Propaganda Analysis (Example 2)
Who is the target audience?
How is the message “loaded?”
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What are the implicit/explicit
messages?
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How would you classify the type
of propaganda?
How does this poster
demonstrate a relationship
between technology and
propaganda? Is this relationship
significant? Why or why not?
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Looking ahead…..
Homework tonight:
Analyze two more classic wartime propaganda posters.
Go to the propaganda page and complete the Classic
Propaganda Analysis Assignment. Follow the directions.
Your responses need to be turned in on paper
TOMORROW!
What’s in store for Tuesday:
“Triumph of the Will” clip by Leni Riefenstahl (1935)
Moving onto contemporary wartime propaganda.