Transcript Propaganda During the Russian Revolution

Learning Objectives:
1) To identify and analyze examples of
Stalin (and his totalitarian government)
using propaganda to spread ideas
2) To analyze popular media advertising
for propaganda techniques and logical
fallacies
**Have out your propaganda and fallacies notes**
 Given what you know about Joseph Stalin (and
his connection to the character Napoleon):
Write about (with 1-2 sentences each)…
1) How do such corrupt individuals gain the
public’s support?
2) What do you think are the most effective
persuasion/propaganda techniques and why?
3) What works to convince you personally to
believe in something or act a certain way?
…We all want to believe that we are individuals, we
think independently, and we are not easily
manipulated by those around us…
 No one is entirely exempt (free) from outside
influences
 Certainly during times of war, economic crisis,
and government instability… our likelihood of
being influenced increases…
 Such was the case for those living during the
Russian Revolution. People wanted something to
believe in! A cause to dedicate themselves to!
So what, do you ask, did Stalin use?
…First and foremost, peasants were taught the
ideals of communism…
 How
would this work as propaganda?
 How
can we connect this to Animal Farm?
***What kind of propaganda technique/logical
fallacy is being used here?
“Join the Communist Party!” (1920)
"Without a saw, axe,
or nails you
cannot build a home.
These tools are made
by the worker, and he
has to be fed" (1920)
How is this
propaganda poster
working?
But there was also propaganda against the
Bolshevik government and later, Stalin…
“The Happy Worker in [the Land of the Soviet Deputies]”
Poster is meant to mock Bolshevik pretensions to be helping
the workers they claimed to represent.
Promoting Stalin’s image, painting him in a positive light
“Long live Stalin!”
“Beloved Stalin –
happiness of the people”
 How
are these examples similar to and different
from the propaganda you created for your
project?
 Identify
modern propaganda. What posters,
billboards, and TV commercials do you see
around you? What kinds of messages do they
send? What logical fallacies do they tend to use?
 Take
out a sheet of paper and number it 1-10
 Using
your propaganda techniques and logical
fallacies notes, identify what is being used in the
following examples… (Remember, there doesn’t
have to be just one)
 If
you do not have it done tomorrow, you will be
unable to participate in the activity… 
 HUGE points for this assignment! (meaning… you
cannot be successful in the class without
completing this paper!)
 Class photo????? Yes?????