Monday, January 20, 2014

Goal: Students will create their commercials applying the terms defined and discussed in the chapter  (See Blog: http://www.mycooljournalism2.blogspot.com/2013/01/advertising-part-1.html)

 II. Planning Sheet  http://www.mycooljournalism2.blogspot.com/2014/01/commercial-planning-sheet.html


III. Groups will film, edit and export their commercials including their logos and slogans.

All commercials must be edited by Monday, 1/25/14

1.2.11B - use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced Create an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.Use precise language and specific detail

Part II
PROPAGANDA
Purpose: The Propaganda WebQuest was designed to help students to view the commercial world around them with a more critical eye. Its primary function is to focus students on the varied techniques employed by advertisers in order to sway public opinion. The culminating activity of creating an illustrative advertisement employing one of the techniques introduced will further synthesize the students perception of advertising tactics. Propaganda, in this case, is primarily focused on advertising. There is some background information that includes historical governmental propaganda techniques and posters, but the primary focus of this activity is to steer the students toward the marketing that is before them every day.

 

It's not as easy as you might think to spot hidden messagesthese techniques are designed to fool us because they appeal to our emotions rather than our reason. Propaganda designers know that you are on your guard, to get around your guard they don't put one message into a piece of propaganda they put lots of messages into one piece! The more you know about propaganda techniques and how they work, the less likely it is that someone will sneak something by you. That's why it's important to understand what propaganda is and how it works.  



Use the following links to complete the WebQuest

Links:

TYPES OF PROPAGANDA
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY
PROPAGANDA INFORMATION

PROPAGANDA

Task 2:
  Define Propaganda

A. List the Dictionary Definition
B. Create your own definition by reading the information under "LINKS"

Task 3: In order to recognize and use propaganda techniques you must first identify and define these tricks of the trade:

1. Bandwagon

2. Loaded Words

3. Testimonial

4. Transfer

5. Repetition

6. Name Calling

7. Fear

8. Glittering Generalities

9. Plain Folks

10. Misuse of Statistics



Task 4: In order to prevent being fooled by an effective propaganda campaign, let's closely examine the propaganda techniques used in our ads. Evaluate your group's commercials.  Next, identify and analyze the author’s use of propaganda techniques.   Next, place each ad/ technique on a PowerPoint slide, indicate the technique used, and explain how the technique is used in each ad.

Optional:  
Task 5: Now that you understand how to spot hidden messages it's your turn to put techniques to work. Choose a persuasive(like your convincing someone to do or buy something) topic of your own to create a brochure using at least two propaganda techniques.
  

More Examples 

CC.1.2.9–10.E
Analyze in detail how an author’s
ideas or claims are developed and
refined by particular sentences,
paragraphs, or larger portions of a
text.

L.N.1.1.3
L.N.2.4.1
L.N.2.4.3

C.1.2.9–10.D
Determine an author’s particular
point of view and analyze how
rhetoric advances the point of
view.

L.N.2.3.6

CC.1.2.9–10.C
Apply appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and evaluate
how an author unfolds an analysis
or series of ideas or events,
including the order in which the
points are made, how they are
introduced and developed, and
the connections that are drawn
between them.

L.N.1.1.3
L.N.1.3.3
L.N.2.3.3
L.N.2.3.5
L.N.2.4.1
L.N.2.4.3

CC.1.2.9–10.G
Analyze various accounts of a
subject told in different mediums
(e.g., a person’s life story in both
print and multimedia),
determining which details are
emphasized in each account.

   
   

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