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In order to understand how propaganda operates and which techniques are concretely put into practise, we will look closer into some examples taken from three different fields of public communication:
Target Audiences: youth, parents, teachers; age 13 and up. Key Theme: To understand propaganda, it is important that young people learn to understand why certain campaigns manage to convince them. In this lesson, learners look at some examples of propaganda and create their own version.
These lessons provide an opportunity for teachers to use a new framework for teaching about propaganda. Where traditional methods typically focus on identifying propaganda techniques, this approach encourages critical thinking and reflection. It explores contexts in which societies can become vulnerable to extreme messages,
Lesson Plan 2 Propaganda Techniques. Students identify four different techniques of propaganda found in entertainment and advocacy. Rationale. Non-profit activists use propaganda to bring attention to their causes. Propaganda techniques are designed to attract and hold attention by activating strong emotions and promoting either-or thinking to ...
Concepts and Activities for Exploring Propaganda These activities introduce four important themes that help students recognize, understand, and analyze historic and contemporary propaganda in its many forms.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL RESOURCE AND EDUCATION CENTER OF FLORIDA – HOLOCAUST LESSON PLANS Lesson Title: Nazi Germany 1933-1941 – Propaganda techniques that were used to enhance its effectiveness. 2. List claims made against Jews in excerpts from written Nazi propaganda. 3. Identify visual examples of Nazi propaganda and recognize
For this activity, teachers may use the documents in this lesson plan or may allow students to bring in suffrage propaganda they discovered in the course of independent research. Teachers may refer to the following websites for background information about the suffrage movement: National Women’s History Museum: Crusade for the Vote
