PROPAGANDA CE.5C

Warm Up Tuesday Q: How can voters be better informed before elections?

Strategies for evaluating campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements for accuracy Evaluating Sources Know your sources, does the source have a political agenda, can you detect any bias in the source.

Propaganda Propaganda is information written to only show HALF TRUTHS or MISINFORMATION Used as a way to sway voters opinions This poster appeared shortly after Obama was elected. This picture wanted to make people think Obama was a Communist

Propaganda Video

Get out a piece of paper Label this C10.5 Glittering GeneralitiesCard StackingPlain Folks Name CallingBandwagonTransfer

Evaluating Campaigns by knowing Propaganda Techniques You and your Partner (The student next to you) You are going to grab one piece of campaign literature at a time. You are going to analyze each piece of literature and use Page 626 in the RED textbook to figure out which piece of literature best matches up to each type of Propaganda. First pair done gets a piece of candy. No TIES! Tomorrow, kid lost her mind this morning and I forgot….

Glittering Generalities Ad’s with idea’s or phrases that anyone can agree with and believe “I love America!” Card Stacking Ad using facts to support your position “I have done This That and The other” Plain Folks Ad that informs voters you are just like them (relate to people) “I’m just like you!” In each box, write the type of Ad you found that matches each propaganda type. -IS it Negative/ Positive -How does this ad fit with the technique you picked (sentence) -Is there a quote? -A list of facts? -A picture -Copy it down how you know and explain why it fits Name Calling When an ad tries to appeal to the people by attacking their opponent “My opponent is not good and here is why!” Bandwagon When an ad tries to appeal to the people by encouraging them to join them “You should join us!!” Transfer When your ad connects you to someone else, whether they are famous “I, Bill Clinton, support Obama for President, so should you!”

Warm Up Q: Why do political parties use Propaganda?

Propaganda From Yesterday Let’s go through some examples of real world Propaganda and decide what type it fits Glittering Generalities Ad’s with idea’s or phrases that anyone can agree with and believe “I love America!” Card Stacking Ad using facts to support your position “I have done This That and The other” Plain Folks Ad that informs voters you are just like them (relate to people) “I’m just like you!” Name Calling When an ad tries to appeal to the people by attacking their opponent “My opponent is not good and here is why!” Bandwagon When an ad tries to appeal to the people by encouraging them to join them “You should join us!!” Transfer When your ad connects you to someone else, whether they are famous “I, Bill Clinton, support Obama for President, so should you!”

What type of Propaganda is this?

Create your own Propaganda Poster You are going to create a political Propaganda poster about ME!! Use the information about me to either create a NEGATIVE Propaganda Ad or a POSITIVE Propaganda Ad You must base it off one of the 6 types of Propaganda Posters Blue: Pg. 283 Red: Pg. 626 Ground Rules Do not personally attack me as a person Use the information I am giving you to create an ad Remember! Propaganda has a purpose and that is to SWAY your opinion about something!!!! Keep everything clean and school appropriate You do not have to draw pictures (although they help) but the space should be USED well!

Dictator Evans Is registered for the draft but has no military experience Has a steady girlfriend Graduated from Old Dominion with a degree in history and has been teaching for 2 years Plays video games such as Destiny, FIFA, NHL, Halo Has Voted in every election and loves America Voted on the following laws: Outlaw PS4 and use Xbox only Corporal Punishment (beat bad students) Improve School lunches Extra homework for failing students Believes in texting in class Must have a B- average to play sports Outlaw baseball as a sport Once playing lacrosse he hit a kid so hard he flipped over and had to be helicoptered off the field. He laughed about it. He hates all people that own cats Believes in child labor and having them work in fast food industry Wants to banish Rap music from the United States and make country the official anthem music He was arrested in 2010 for running too many red lights and speeding Hopes to fix America’s economy by putting people back to work! Ground Rules Do not personally attack me as a person Use the information I am giving you to create an ad Remember! Propaganda has a purpose and that is to SWAY your opinion about something!!!! Keep everything clean and school appropriate You do not have to draw pictures (although they help) but the space should be USED well! Can be NEGATIVE or POSITIVE Rubric Color: 15 Neat: 20 Effort: 20 Detailed: 15 Matches a propaganda idea: 30

Glittering GeneralitiesCard StackingPlain Folks Name CallingBandwagonTransfer