Focus: Language Arts, Social Studies

Sample 8

Focus: Language Arts, Social Studies

Your students will benefit most from this activity when it is correlated with your curriculum.

Learning Activity: Propaganda Techniques

Scenario: The word propaganda refers to any technique that attempts to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of a group, in order to benefit the sponsor. The purpose of propaganda is to persuade.

Materials: One Computer with Internet access

URL: http://www.marcopolo-education.org

·  Select read*write*think

·  Choose Student Materials

·  Click on Persuasion Map

CMAP (Concept Mapping software)

Step #1:

Brainstorm different propaganda techniques used in advertising versus politics.

Option: Open a new CMAP to compare/contrast these propaganda techniques.

Step #2:

Select a topic, issue, or theme that can serve as the basis for a persuasive essay.

Step #3

Select Persuasive Map from the Student Materials section of read*write*think.

Step #4

Complete your persuasive map for the topic, issue, or theme under consideration.

Performance Task:

Create a persuasive ad campaign for a hypothetical product whose target audience is high school students.

Differentiation Based on: / According to Students’:
Readiness
(Background Knowledge and
Ability Level) / Interest / Learning Profile
(Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences)
Content
Process
Product

Training and document offered and designed by Gerri Marshall, Alyssa Rosenthal, and Joyce Nerlinger

Christina School District

Special Thanks to Dr. Chris Moersch (LoTi) and Wendy Modzewelski (DCET)