iTeach Louisiana TEPC 5400 Cumulative Course Project

 Good morning, class, and welcome to our class blog! Each week, you will visit this website to find a new post that will give a preview of what we will be studying each week, along with a daily activity or question that you will need to answer for class credit. To submit a response, log in to your wordpress account, and comment on the post as a direct reply to the activities, or as a response to other student comments. Let’s get started!

Week 1: Introduction to Propaganda & War

Monday: Watch the video [Seventeen Techniques Of Propaganda] and write a short paragraph on which technique of propaganda you believe is the most effective.

In-class discussion: What are some examples of each technique and how is it used in the world today of politics, sports, advertising?

Tuesday: Read Article #1 and Article #2 about art and propaganda. How can art be used as propaganda? Is is more effective by using art?

Choose a poster from the Library of Congress Website [Here] about World War I posters. Write a short paragraph where you analyze color choices, words, fonts, images, and symbols that would persuade a certain view toward the war? Who are the targets of the propaganda Submit your work by the 2nd of February and be prepared to analyze your poster.

For example:

1. Which side created this poster?

2. Why use an image of a woman?

3. Why is she wearing white?

4. Why is she holding a sword?

Is this image effective? Would a different image be more effective in the stated purpose of the poster?

Wednesday: Watch the video of pre-World War II Nazi propaganda.

What is the video trying to convey?

Questions for class:

1. How do the Nazis use dress in their propaganda?

2. How do the Nazis use symbols in the propaganda?

3. Would this style of propaganda be effective in modern America today?

Look at this poster -Why do you think it appealed to Germans? Who were its targets in German society?

Write a short paragraph on this topic: Why was Nazi propaganda so effective in convincing Germans to go along with it?

Thursday: Watch a video put out by the post-World War 2 US military.

In-class discussion: Who is the intended target of the video and why? What images and symbols are seen here? Is this similar to the one yesterday by the Nazis? List the similarities and differences.

Write a short paragraph comparing the effectiveness of Nazi propaganda and this video distributed by the United States.

Friday: The final day of the course. Since we are all sophisticated thinkers, able to sift the subtleties of modern life, is propaganda still something that can be effective? Where do you see propaganda today?

Ukraine & Russia video

Russian video - Who is its target? Is it effective?

Article about Russia's use of the Z symbol. How is it seen by Russians? By Ukrainians? By the West?

Another interesting article about Ukraine's Azov Regiment.

In-class discussion: What are some similarities in the above that you saw throughout the week? What are some differences?

Weekend assignment: This is an assignment for individual students. Choose a conflict (real or fictional) and create a propaganda poster for one side. Choose a technique of propaganda from the first video on Monday and incorporate it into your poster. Be prepared to do a breakdown analysis powerpoint presentation in class, along the lines of Tuesday's.

Stay tuned this weekend's post where I will break down the propaganda of Star Wars to show you an example of this type of analysis. There we will look at the age old question - was the Empire really the good guys.