1. Propaganda
WWII and YOU

2. Propaganda
In your notes, jot down any ideas you have about propaganda:
What IS propaganda?
Does propaganda affect you in your daily life?

3. Propaganda is…
“communication aimed at influencing a community of people toward some cause or position.”
…How would you do that!?

4. How? I’ll tell you… #1: Through the clever use of language
#2: Through image and brands (TV commercials, news programs, magazine ads, even movies!)

5. Propaganda… ...is like an argument that you didn’t know you were in.
Someone is trying to convince you to think a certain way about something…and you usually don’t know it’s happening.

6. Remember…
Propaganda is ANY technique that attempts to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behaviors of a group of people IN ORDER TO BENEFIT THE SPONSOR!
The purpose is to PERSUADE!

7. 7 Kinds of Propaganda (there are others, but these are the BIG 7)
Glittering Generalities
Mudslinging
Testimonial
Bandwagon
Card-Stacking
Transfer
Plain Folks

8. Glittering Generalities
Words of praise for a product or person
Using emotional words emphasizing things like goodness or patriotism
Using emotional images like happy families or sexy people

9. Mudslinging
Trash-talking another product or person
Name Calling

10. Testimonial A famous person recommends a product
Political endorsements

11. Bandwagon
An appeal to be
part of a group.

12. Card Stacking
Manipulating information to make a product appear better than it is often by unfair comparison or omitting facts.

13. Transfer
A appeal which helps a person to imagine themselves as part of a picture.

14. Plain Folks
Appealing to regular people's values like family or patriotism

15. Advertising to Politics
In advertising, these propaganda techniques are useful to sell a product or even get you to believe something
Propaganda is neither good nor bad. It’s just PERSUASIVE.
In politics, these techniques are extremely useful to get you to believe something or participate in something.

16. Political Propaganda Today:
What is its Purpose?
What is it trying to persuade someone to think or do?
Who is the Target?
What are the Techniques?
Which of the BIG 7?

17. From Politics to War…
Here are some examples of propaganda used in World War II, by just a few of the countries involved.

18. Politics to War: World War II Propaganda
What is its Purpose?
What is it trying to persuade someone to think or do?
Who is the Target?
What are the Techniques?
Which of the BIG 7?

19. American WWII Propaganda
What is its Purpose?
Who is the Target?
What are the Techniques?

20. American WWII Propaganda

21. Great Britain WWII Propaganda
What is its Purpose?
Who is the Target?
What are the Techniques?

22. Luxembourg WWII Propaganda

23. China WWII Propaganda

24. Nazi WWII Propaganda

25. Nazi WWII Propaganda (caption: “Long Live Germany”)

26. Nazi WWII Propaganda (caption: "Youth Serves the Führer
Nazi WWII Propaganda (caption: "Youth Serves the Führer. All 10-year-olds into the Hitler Youth." )

27. Nazi WWII Propaganda (Caption: "The Jew: The inciter of war, the prolonger of war." )

28. Brainstorm: Why is propaganda useful in advertising?
Why is propaganda useful in times of war?
Why did the Nazis use propaganda?
Why did other countries use propaganda?

29. Homework Make your own Propaganda Poster It MUST:
Include at least two forms of propaganda
At least one image
Persuade someone to participate in or believe in something.
Examples:
- Persuade someone to play a sport.
- Persuade someone to believe in the importance of taking showers