<p> Content Theme: Propaganda in U.S. Politics</p><p>Developed by:</p><p>Contextual Paragraph for Resource Set: </p><p>Propaganda may be as old as politics itself. However, the field of modern advertising combined with the technological advent of television and the internet has allowed for the systematic marketing of political candidates on an entirely different scale. Understanding how public opinion is manipulated using various propaganda techniques is essential to an understanding of the modern political process. In addition, an awareness of the degree of propagandistic deception present in various political campaigns is an important factor in ascertaining the ethical competence of a candidate to hold public office.</p><p>Annotated Resource Set (ARS)</p><p>Teaching with Primary Sources - Annotated Resource Set 1 Resource Set Be Patriotic Why taxes are so high! San Francisco’s Future Suffrage Propaganda Impossible Occurrences Vote against those who voted to protect the lynching industry</p><p> http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/query/r? pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+ ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBE ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+ ammem/rbcmillerbib:@field(DOC ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(b ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBE @band(cph+3g04824)) R+@band(rbpe+23603000)) @band(lcmp003+48888s2)) ID+@lit(rbcmiller002029)) rk1779)) R+@band(rbpe+20803600)) +@field(COLLID+pos))</p><p>Jailed Suffragists Women not classed with Some reasons why we I cannot vote for a This Business of Putting Politics on the idiots and criminals oppose the vote for women Democrat Propaganda Market</p><p> http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/query/r? bin/ampage? bin/ampage? ammem/mnwp:@field(DOCID+@ ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBE ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBE ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBE collId=amrlm&fileName=me18pa collId=amrlm&fileName=me14pa lit(mnwp000297)) R+@band(rbpe+1300130b)) R+@band(rbpe+1300130c)) R+@band(rbpe+0760300d)) ge.db&recNum=0 ge.db&recNum=0</p><p>Teaching with Primary Sources - Annotated Resource Set 2 Annotations</p><p>Grade Curriculum Curriculum Learning Objectives Suggested Learning Suggested Links to Other Level Connections Standards Strategies Assessment Resources Content Objectives Thinking Objectives Strategies</p><p>5-12 Civics 1,2,4 Students will develop an Students will evaluate the use of Distribute the handout of Students will construct a http://library.thinkquest.org/ understanding of the major propagandistic methodology in propaganda techniques for graph displaying the primary C0111500/proptech.htm propagandistic techniques. historic and current campaigns. student review. documents and which propaganda techniques they Techniques of Propaganda History 3,4,5 Students will evaluate the ethics of Have students determine which employ. using propaganda in political technique(s) are used in each of Technology 3,4,5 Students will develop an campaigns. the primary documents. Students will employ understanding of the effectiveness propagandistic techniques in of various propagandistic Students will create a satirical Assign students fictional creating a campaign techniques on public opinion. campaign product utilizing characters running for president product. propagandistic techniques. (Spock, Wonder Woman, Bart Writing and Reading 1,2,3,4,5 Simpson, Gilligan etc.) against Students will write an Students will evaluate the use of either McCain or Obama. Have editorial to the local Students will develop an propaganda in the 2008 the students prepare a campaign newspaper promoting their understanding of how propaganda presidential campaign. commercial or political interview or political support or presents a dishonest account of campaign song for the fictional opposition to the candidates its subject. candidate utilizing the assigned based on the ethics techniques. Point out the demonstrated by their importance of factors including campaign techniques Students will evaluate the level of word choice, props, body without using any dishonesty created by the use of language and dress in message propaganda techniques. propaganda in the 2008 Students will develop an delivery. understanding of the impact of presidential campaign. technology on the use of Have the students perform the propaganda in US politics. Students will effectively argue a routines for the class while the written ethical stance on the use class identifies what of propagandistic distortions in the propagandistic techniques are current presidential race. being employed. Students will increase their understanding of campaign ethics. All propaganda techniques involve some degree of dishonesty. Have students evaluate ads released by the campaigns each week to Students will practice constructing determine how heavily persuasive editorial arguments propagandized they were and how relying on non-propaganda based dishonest they were. Display the methodology. student consensus on “terror warning” type scales for each of the campaigns each week.</p><p>Lead a student discussion: Does the level of propaganda or level of honesty students see in the above exercise impact their opinion of the candidates? How?</p><p>Teaching with Primary Sources - Annotated Resource Set 3</p>