{"id":2839,"date":"2019-08-20T07:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2019-08-19T19:50:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:50:56","slug":"teaching-contemporary-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/teaching-contemporary-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Contemporary Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Propaganda is a word that usually brings to mind historic posters and speeches used to convey political messages, especially during wartime.\u00a0 According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Propaganda is “Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.” As<\/span> educators<\/span><\/a>, we need to<\/span> recognize that propaganda exists today<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> prepare<\/span><\/a> our students to be able to<\/span> analyze<\/span><\/a> information to<\/span> identify<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> contend<\/span><\/a> with propaganda in its various forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mind Over Media<\/span><\/a> is a one-stop site designed to provide teachers and students (ages 11 and up) with the tools to recognize and respond to modern-day propaganda. The site not only provides<\/span> lesson plans<\/span><\/a> and general information about propaganda but also serves as a place to<\/span> curate examples<\/span><\/a> which provides you with an opportunity to<\/span> examine propaganda, rate its potential impact, and comment on it<\/span><\/a> allowing a chance to share interpretations with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Modern<\/span> lesson plans<\/span><\/a> abound about<\/span> propaganda<\/span><\/a>. Some are topic-specific, from commercials to<\/span> political ads<\/span><\/a> to<\/span> proliferation of hate<\/span><\/a> to<\/span> dogfighting<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\u00a0Civics<\/span><\/a> connections<\/span><\/a> are plentiful. There are even units available that explain how to<\/span> redefine<\/span><\/a> our teaching about propaganda.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students learn best from applying what we have taught them. Teach students to create<\/span> posters<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> commercials<\/span><\/a>, or some other type of medium that relays a message. Games are also another way for students to show what they know. <\/span>Propaganda by AGLOA.org<\/span><\/a> is a question and response game with versions for elementary through high school. You can play the online version <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> Bad News<\/span><\/a> is an online game that places students as the creators of disinformation, and the<\/span> object of the game<\/span><\/a> is to gather as many followers as possible without losing too much credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Propaganda is not new. As educators we need to recognize that contemporary propaganda is prevalent every day for our students and adjust our teaching accordingly. Remember to check out the previous posts in our TeachersFirst<\/span> media literacy blog series<\/span><\/a> and our<\/span> media literacy collection<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Propaganda is a word that usually brings to mind historic posters and speeches used to convey political messages, especially during wartime.\u00a0 According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Propaganda is “Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.” As educators, we need to recognize that … read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[173,142],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom-application","tag-classroom","tag-digital-citizenship"],"modified_by":"Karen Streeter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}