Grade+8+WWII

= = = = = ............................. Grade 8 ::: WWII - Propaganda: Powers of Persuasion=

.................................................................................. Mr. Graham & Mr. Kollasch
= =  ........................................................................................................ Image created at [|Wordle] using words from this definition:  / ˌprɒpəˈgændə / **Propaganda** – noun 1. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. 2. the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc. 3. the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an organization or movement Source: [|dictionary.com]

=Assignment=

===Students will compose a short essay that will analyze primary source documents from the WWII time period. Students will engage the [|research process] to uncover particular types of propaganda, and then explore the origin, purpose, value and limitations of each document. Through this endeavor students should discover and draw conclusions regarding the intent, audience, and effect of the propaganda and its persuasive powers.===

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===Students will use the [|Photo Analysis Worksheet] from National Archives (U.S). If you analyze a cartoon, poster, etc., simply replace the word "photograph" on the sheet with the type of document you examined.===

=Propaganda Resources=

This site provides definitions on the specific techniques of propaganda. They include: ad hominem, apologise, bait and switch and the big lie. Learn more [|here]. Students will use the [|Photo Analysis Worksheet] from National Archives (U.S). If you analyze a cartoon, poster, etc., simply replace the word "photograph" on the sheet and replace it with type of document you examined. ===To locate books on __propaganda__ or those that iclude __primary documents__ go to ASW Library catalog [|here] and enter each subject heading separately:=== = =
 * =SourceWatch's List of Propaganda Techniques =
 * =[|What is a Primary Source / Selected Primary Sources][ An ASW Library Web Page]=
 * =Books =
 * | ****//primary documents// | // propaganda // | World War II, 1939 - 1945** ** | ** and then tick this button:

[//When at school you will not need a password. When away from school you will need password. Passwords are posted on [|Moodle]. You will see them once you log into a class.//]
 * =Databases - ASW Library=

Read this entry in //Encyclopedia of World War II, Volume II// **here:** **[|Modern World History] ** Enter key words ** | propaganda and World War II **** | ****here:** **[|SIRS Discoverer]** Enter key words ** | propaganda and World War II **** | ****here: [|MAS Ultra] ** Enter key words ** | propaganda and World War II **** | ****here:** **[|Literature Resource Center]** Library has excellent DVD from PBS Frontline about the general topic of "persuasion" in the media and other marketing venues. It is a 90 minutes show produced in 2005. The call number is DVD 302.23 PER. Read more about the show at [|PBS]. If your pictures aren't //good enough//, //you//'re //not// close //enough////.// Robert Capa [|Photo01] [|Photo02][|Photo03][|Photo04] [|Photo05][|Photo06][|Photo07] [|Photo08][|Photo09][|Photo10] [|Photo11][|Photo12] [|Photo13] [|Photo14] [|Photo15][|Photo16] [|Photo17][|Photo18]
 * =DVD=
 * =Selected Photographs=
 * =[|Dr. Seuss] Cartoons=

[|Overview]
After reading overview select a cartoon from index links at top of page. Mr. Graham must approve your choice.

Three issues of the comic book series Vica by Vincent Krassousky produced in France during World War II. ===[|Rosie the Riveter Poster] | [|My Bumper is in the Scrap Heap]===
 * =**[|Nazi Comic Books]**=
 * =Posters=
 * =Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II=

[|Home Page] | [|Audio/Video]
From United States National Archives. Includes audio / video, including a "Bugs Bunny" cartoon.

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__From the introduction__ //"Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy. Persuading the American public became a wartime industry, almost as important as the manufacturing of bullets and planes. The Government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign with clearly articulated goals and strategies to galvanize public support, and it recruited some of the nation's foremost intellectuals, artists, and filmmakers to wage the war on that front."// ======
 * =**Nazi and East German Propaganda **=

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__From the introduction__ "Propaganda was central to Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The German Propaganda Archive includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists."====== Extensive list resources compiled by [|Mrs. Oz], a High School Social Studies teacher.
 * =[|World War II Propaganda, Cartoons, Film, Music, & Art]=