Transcript A. Hillman Unit Portfolio Pres

Media Propaganda &
Persuasion Throughout
History
Angie Hillman
Unit Summary
Students examine the impact of media
propaganda and persuasion throughout
history. Students will analyze
advertisements and their use of primary
and secondary sources as well as facts
and opinions to influence the sale of
products and/or ideas.
Unit Summary
They will learn to identify various advertising
techniques and then create an original product
through a presentation using several of these
techniques through a PowerPoint or video
group assignment. Upon completion they will
present it to their peers and then collect
feedback.
Students will also analyze Hitler’s influence
through propaganda during World War II.
CFQs Essential Question
Do media presentations
impact the way we think
and live our lives?
CFQs Unit Questions
 What influences you when you buy
something (peer pressure,
advertisements, color, cost, name brand,
comfort)?
 Do you believe everything that you are
told or do you go with your gut on things?
CFQs Content Questions
 What is the difference between the
following persuasive strategies and
propaganda techniques (bandwagon,
repetition, testimonial, transfer, loaded
words, rewards, glittering generalities)?
 What is the difference between a fact and
opinion?
 What is the difference between a primary
and secondary source?
Vision for Unit
By creating this unit, I want to…
 Examine advertising in daily life
 Get students thinking more about the art of
propaganda throughout history
During this unit, I want my students to…
 Analyze how they feel about advertising and
its effects on people
 Use technology to communicate with different
audiences
Project Approaches
As my students work on this project
they will…
 Connect their advertisements to real world
decisions that they make about products and
ideas
 Collaborate with peers
 Create a product that shows what they have
learned
 Share their learning with a real audience
 Make connections to Hitler’s propaganda
21st Century Learning
Students will develop higher-order and
21st century skills in this unit as they…
 Use the Essential and Unit Questions to guide their
analysis of advertisements and propaganda
 Communicate their ideas and skills of persuasion with
their peers
 Reflect on their reading, writing, research, and
thinking strategies, and modify and adapt them as
necessary
 Use project assessments to self-assess their work and
give feedback to their peers
Requests for Feedback
 Only positive nice feedback please
 Ideas on how long to spend on each
section of the unit