Understanding by Design Template for Unit of Study

De Smet TTL/ June 2002

Resource: Understanding by Design Exchange Designer: Grant Wiggins

Summary: Students will be exposed to five different propaganda techniques. This lesson will allow students to critique different samples to become better consumers. This lesson involves an activity that allows the students to create their own propaganda advertisement.

Status: draft Grade Level: 6 Timeframe: 1-2wks

Discipline: Reading Subject: Propaganda Course Title: Propaganda Techniques

Topics: Political and Commercial Propaganda

Print Materials Needed: Beacons Text, Workbook and Worksheets

Calendar: Fall 2002

Resources: (non-print)

Internet Resources: http://www.learningspace.org/teach_learn/lplan/library/jpritchard.html

http://members.aol.com/Donnpages/Sociology.html#Media

http://www.cln.org/teach_index.html

Internet Resource Links: http://hprtec.org (online propaganda quiz)

http://www.pbs.org/pov/ad/index.html (this site has several examples to critique)

http://www.openstore.com/posters

Standards Addressed: Students will use background knowledge and experience to comprehend text.

Students will distinguish fact from opinion in newspapers, magazines and other print media.

Students will draw conclusions and make inferences based on explicit and implied information.

Students will use reference tools to retrieve and manage information.

Understandings: Students will have a better understanding of propaganda techniques and how they influence consumers and elections.

Essential Questions: How can knowledge of commercial propaganda techniques help students become better consumers? How can knowledge of political propaganda help students understand campaign advertisement?

Knowledge & Skills: Students will recognize the difference in propaganda techniques. Students will understand the propaganda message. The students will be able to recognize the target audience.

Evidence: poster rubric, Beacons worksheets, poster project, online star quiz and Beacons test

Learning Activities: Create an advertisement poster that includes a propaganda technique, instructor power point presentation, reading assignment Beacons Text; pp41-47, Beacons workbook Unit 3 Lesson 3; pp 47-49.