1. Today, we started with the  link to the original blog post on propaganda from February 11.

2. Next, we passed out this new handout on propaganda. On the last page, are questions we used as we discussed the handout, propaganda posters, and the documentary by Dave Zirin, Not Just A Game. We watched the 12-minute clip “In the Arena.”

3. Here’s a copy of the notes that were given at beginning and during class.

4. Here’s a link to the original article from World Book Encyclopedia about propaganda that we gave you with additional examples of propaganda posters.

 

A U.S. government poster reminded Americans of the event that plunged them into war—Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. All warring nations used propaganda techniques to stir patriotism.   Corbis-Bettman

Two propaganda versions of Adolf Hitler show the German dictator from opposite viewpoints. A pro-Hitler poster, left, portrays him as a heroic warrior crowned with a halo of light. An anti-Hitler cartoon, right, pictures him as a ridiculous, loudmouthed tyrant.
U.S. Army Center of Military History; National Archives, Collection U.S. Office of War Information