• Show how propaganda works
• Explain how propaganda played a role in the Boston Massacre
• Design a propaganda plan for OMS today (present to class)
  

1.    Interpret events using multiple sources
   
2.    Explain how and why multiple perspectives lead to a variety of interpretations of events
   
3.    Integrate visual and textual information to demonstrate understanding
   

• Intro
• http://www.propagandacritic.com/articles/index.html
• http://www-tc.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/teachers/pdf/propaganda.pdf
• http://people.howstuffworks.com/propaganda.htm
• http://www.globalissues.org/article/157/war-propaganda-and-the-media
• Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVguNJ3kLqY&list=PLA52DDCC7C976EE0B
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• http://vimeo.com/38807556
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  Propaganda Techniques! from Mr. Wasko on Vimeo.

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• Examples
• http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html
• Thinking Critically
• http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/401TOC.HTM

John Adams Scene Analysis

This is a really cool video that breaks down a scene from John Adams and the Boston Massacre scene.  It does a great job of describing the use of perspective and angle to show the peer pressure a crowd can place on an individual