Monday, April 6 - Introduction to Propaganda

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine propaganda techniques in advertising and the media in order to improve literal and interpretive comprehension skills, evaluate effects and make real world connections

DO NOW

Write the Definition of Propaganda in Notebooks:

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Direct Instruction

Types of propaganda - propaganda ppt

1. Propaganda in advertising
2. Propaganda in politics
3. Propaganda in the media

youtubevideo

propaganda video - in advertising

Guided / Independent

Look through magazines and find examples of the following in ads:
Bandwagon
Name-calling
Testimonials
Emotional Words

Explain in detail why each advertisement uses the kind of propaganda that you labeled it.

Closure

Review propaganda and its ties to Bias. Introduction to propaganda in the media and politics.

 Bias_and_Propaganda.ppt

Exit Pass

What type of propaganda in advertising has the biggest impact on you and why?