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Age of Exploration Chart Matching Activity

By TxMAP Teacher

This lesson is a matching activity of various events related to the Age of Exploration in North America. Included is a chart and cards. Cut out the cards and match them with the correct European Country.

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What Were the Salem Witch Trials? Non-Fiction Book Report Project 4th Grade

By TaughtOught Homeschooling

If you are looking to explore non-fiction text structures, this "Salem Witch Trials Book Report Project" digital product for 4th-grade students is perfect. It's designed to enhance non-fiction reading comprehension and book report writing skills!

This resource includes:

  • Comprehensive Google Slides digital lesson
  • 9-page printable PDF book report flip book template

Please see the product preview for more visual details.

NOTE: You need a (free) Google account to access the digital lesson, and you will need access to the book "What Were the Salem Witch Trials" by Joan Holub to complete the digital and printable activities.

Students will dive into the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials, gaining a deeper understanding of this significant event in American history. The digital lesson guides students through key facts, timelines, and the impact of these events.

How to use this resource:

  • Have students read the book, "What Were the Salem Witch Trials?"
  • Print the book report flip book template
  • Open and present the Google Slides digital lesson
  • Follow the intuitive prompts, which will take you through each step of the book report. For example, if it's time to work on the "facts" page, there is a series of multiple-choice questions on specific facts detailed in the text that will help refresh the students' memories and comprehension. Then students can fill in the facts they found most interesting.
  • Have fun guessing the mystery puzzle between each section of the book report!

The printable PDF book report flip book template provides creative book report ideas, such as summarizing the events, using critical thinking skills, and creating a timeline. It can be used with any non-fiction book. Students will also use a book review template to evaluate the trials' significance and relevance today. Overall, this project offers an engaging way for students to explore non-fiction text structures while learning about a crucial moment in history.

The non-fiction book report flip book pages include:

   ✏book title info

   ✏rating & review

   ✏vocabulary

   ✏facts

   ✏text ideas

   ✏series of events

   ✏making life connections

   ✏what I learned

   ✏questions I have

   ✏setting & subject

   ✏interesting event

   ✏important event


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AMERICAN HISTORY, WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE:STUDY OF 20TH CENTURY WITH POWERPOINT

By Geography & Math Made Easy

A FUN WAY TO STUDY 20TH-CENTURY PEOPLE AND EVENTS!

Save yourself hours and hours of planning with this all-in-one, ready-to-use lesson.

** A zip file reader is needed to open the file**

Students will love this study! This lesson engages students with the incorporation of music, collaboration, and student autonomy and choice. All lessons can be modified for grades 6-12 to meet the learning abilities and levels of the students you teach, from class to class or year to year.

Through this lesson, students will view a PowerPoint and use the Bingo Listening Guide as the introduction to the lesson, Students will experience Billy Joel's 1989 Hit: We Didn't Start The Fire which depicts major events and people who influence the 20th Century. Then they will move on to continue to work in collaborative groups choosing which person or event from the 20th Century they wish to study, using the 20th Century Timeline Event Cards. Students will participate in research and a class presentation, then post their events on the wall to create a timeline of events.

This lesson took 15+ hours to plan, design, and tweaked.

INCLUDES

· Introduction PowerPoint (54 slides with music that can be removed)

· Detailed written instruction for the teacher: Introduction, procedure, wrap-up and
more!

· PowerPoint Bingo Listening Guides (3 variations)

· Copies of Song Lyrics - copies for groups

· Sound system to play the song by American Musician Billy Joel: We Didn’t Start the
Fire. The song can be easily found on YouTube

· 20th Century Timeline Event Cards (People & Events)

· Research material and access to the Internet

· Tape - used to place the notecards on the walls of the classroom in the form of a
timeline.

· Grading Rubric

· Exit Cards

And More!

Disclaimer:

One purchase is for the use of one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this product, please purchase additional licenses.

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Geography
U.S. History
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World History Bundle - Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games, Projects

By The Classroom Globetrotter

World History Ultimate Bundle! Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games & Projects for Your Classroom

Bring world history to life and save time with this ultimate yearlong bundle! This comprehensive collection includes over 125 engaging activities covering major historical periods, from Prehistory, Ancient Civilizations, and the Middle Ages to World War II and the 21st Century. Designed for middle school, high school, and homeschool students, this bundle provides an extensive range of resources to enhance your world history curriculum, making history interactive, fun, and memorable.

What’s Included:

  • Reading Comprehension Worksheets: This is a new product line, currently covering key historical periods from Prehistory to Ancient Greece, with more added throughout the year!
  • Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical events and figures with guided questions and in-depth analysis.
  • Worksheets & Notes: Perfect for classwork, homework, and review.
  • Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deep dives into specific historical topics, fostering critical thinking.
  • Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Fun ways to reinforce vocabulary and key historical concepts.
  • Classroom Games: Make history fun with interactive activities that engage all learners.
  • Teacher Guides & Answer Keys: Detailed guides, rubrics, and answer keys for easy lesson planning and grading.

This Bundle is Ideal For:

  • New teachers building a robust collection of classroom activities.
  • Experienced teachers seeking fresh, creative resources.
  • Homeschool families wanting structured, engaging lessons.

Stay tuned for even more resources added throughout the year as the reading comprehension series continues to expand. Check out the previews to see how these activities can enrich your classroom today!

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Bundle: Women in the U.S. Military during WWII-- Guided Rdg, PPT Lesson, DBQ's

By Christa Nonnemaker

Great resource for Veteran's Day!

Women in the U.S. Military during World War II:

* Primary Source Analysis and DBQ's

* Power Point Lesson

* Reading Assignment and Worksheet plus Bonus Page (Guided Reading)

Primary Source Analysis and DBQ's

This 27 page Primary Source Analysis and DBQ activity gives students a chance to delve deeper into the experience of women who joined the military in the United States during World War II. There are 20 primary sources and 2 DBQ prompts. After completing this resource, students will be able to determine what issues were important to society during this era and how women contributed to society. In addition, there are Document-Based Question prompts.

A Lesson Plan and other supplemental information is provided at the beginning of the resource. Students can read this on their own as a homework assignment or it can be a group activity in a classroom. It is also ideally suited for home-schoolers, college students or independent learners who want to learn more. Teachers can assign just a few sources to analyze or the entire packet. Student work time will vary dependent on the aforementioned factors.

Also included is a one-page sheet that explains what primary sources are and how to analyze them using specific questions through a process called HAPPY. Primary sources in the packet include text excerpts, photographs and posters. Each page of primary sources includes questions. There is also a page at the end for students to apply the HAPPY process to one source. DBQ prompts are also provided. An Answer Key to all the questions, the HAPPY primary source analysis process, and the DBQ’s is available at the end of the packet.

A separate PowerPoint presentation on How to Integrate Sources for a DBQ is included in the Zip file. There is also a YouTube video that provides narration for the slides. The link is included in the packet.

There is also an Easel Activity which allows students to answer the questions at the end of each primary source online. For homework purposes, Home Schoolers or for asynchronous learning, this is an especially valuable digital option .

Power Point Presentation

This 12 slide presentation about women in the United States military in World War II presents a broad and deep look at the nature of the four years between the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the end of World War II. The slides use engaging visuals including photographs and posters to convey the experiences on the home front. These visuals are primary sources that the instructor can use to further student understanding beyond textbook reading. This slide presentation is equally valuable for the home-schooled student or for those instructors who want to provide supplemental information to their students. At the end of the presentation, there is a slide that provides annotations on the websites used to access the primary sources which are featured throughout the presentation. This presentation will deepen student understanding about an experience that shaped a nation.

A digital assessment in Easel is provided for teachers to measure student understanding, retention and analysis of the material.

If you would like the PowerPoint version of this presentation, you may contact me after purchase at the email provided on the last slide or at christa@historyprims.com.

Reading Assignment

This short four-page close reading and worksheet activity provides an overview of how women participated in the military during World War II. It covers nurses and the women who supported the other branches of the military: the Women Army Corps (WAC), the WAVES (Navy), SPARS (Coast Guard), Marines and WASPs. Students can read this on their own as a homework assignment or it can be a group activity in a classroom. It is also ideally suited for home-schoolers or independent learners who want to learn more. A Worksheet with questions based on the reading is included, along with an Answer Key.

A Speech Bubble Bonus Activity page is also included! See the Preview to see the Bonus Activity.

Students will become more knowledge about the contributions of women during World War II and consider how and why there was resistance to their involvement in the military.

This is also available as a digital resource through Easel so students may complete it online.


If you like World War II historical fiction, I have written a book called Hearts of War about a Nisei soldier who served in the Military Intelligence Service and a woman who served in the Women Army Corps. In writing this book, I wanted to bring an unknown aspect of history to light. Available on Amazon or Kindle and I appreciate any reviews!

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Galveston Immigration (Texas History Comic Coloring Book)

By Beth Hammett

An overview of Galveston as the Gateway to America during 1845-1924. Follow immigrants from Europe to Galveston in dangerous conditions over rough seas as they enter the Port of Galveston to start their new lives. 23 pages of comic book style coloring frames; 11 of these pages are blank for students to write their immigration stories. Includes "Fact" box on each of the pages. Fun, engaging, and educational approach to learning about immigration through the Port of Galveston in 1845. Use for introducing skills or for assessment of knowledge.

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13 Colonies - PowerPoint with Map + Online Quiz - 5th Grade ESOL Reading Level

By Quick Assignment Central

Includes:

- 13 Slide PowerPoint that guides students through the founding of the colonies, a map of the colonies, the 3 different regions, and independance from Great Britain.
- A map for students to label.

- a link to a 15 question online quiz (using blooket) that uses the PowerPoint information.

This is written at a 5th grade ESOL level - perfect for a wide range of learners, especially ELL students.

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Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address All In One w/ Questions, Assessments & PPT

By YourTeachingDoc

Teaching students to analyze foundational US documents can be challenging! With this All in One Bundle, your students will be able to understand grade level vocabulary, analyze Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address through rhetorical devices and produce an Oral and/or Written Presentation to demonstrate mastery.

This Bundle Includes:

POWERPOINT:

*Clearly Stated Purpose

*Standards

*Learning Objectives.

*Key Terms

*Closer Read Analysis

* Key Concepts In Lesson: Main Claim of Text, Use of Parallelism, Attitude and Tone of the Speech

PRINTABLES:

*2 KIM (Vocabulary) Charts

*Extending the Lesson - For Further Study

*Unit Plan Notes

*2 Sets of Tickets Out The Door (Content Specific)

*Written and Oral Performance Rubric

*Guiding Questions

*KWL Chart

*Classroom Poster

BONUS:

EASEL Assessment that can be assigned and graded digitally!

Hyperlinks to Audio Recordings

Hyperlinks to Guided Tours (Ford Theater)

Hyperlinks to Additional Materials / Teaching Tools

I hope you enjoy this as much as my students did!

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A Million Miles Away Movie Guide and Cultural Exploration

By ARIANA PEREZ

A Million Miles Away Movie Guide and Cultural Exploration

This is more than just a movie guide this is a Complete Cultural Exploration.

Includes a Before you Watch Reading that includes the topics

of Symbolism, Michoacan, Music choice, Artists of choice for the film and relevance.

In order for students to truly appreciate the film it is crucial that they also have some background information and that they have a solid understanding of the music and cultural representations that will appear in the film.

Next there are 3 types of questioning Level A, B, C.

A is for lower level B mid and Level C is for higher levels.

There is also a coloring page for fun.

Includes answers.

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United States Government - Adapted Notes and Review

By Sign with me TOD

This product was made for students to learn the following: living and working together in America, why rules/laws are established for people to follow, the differences between towns, the meaning of government, laws, local government, services that a community provides, the difference between state and national government, democracy, voting, mayor, governor, President, who leads a state, who leads a country, Senate, House of Representatives, Congress, senators,

The notes are adapted to meet your student's individual learning needs. After reviewing and discussing the notes, there is a review packet that goes through everything that was discussed in the notes. Students will complete fill in the blank questions using a key and answering short answer questions throughout the packet. Students can complete the review independently, with support, or it can be used as an assessment as well.

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European Explorer Scavenger Hunter (No Prep!)

By Miss Yous Clues and Resources

This is a scavenger hunt using task cards that is based on European explorers that are studied in the 4th grade curriculum. Students will read about Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de León, Jacques Cartier, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Hernando de Soto, and Samuel de Champlain. This activity will have students reading about what country the explorer sailed for, what part of the Americas they explored and how their exploration affected later colonization or knowledge of the Americas. Check out the preview to see what each task card entails. Students will need to walk around the room reading the task cards. Each task card has a code word on the bottom which is the answer to the question/fill in the blank. The answer will NOT be found on that same task card. For example, the answer to task card #1 is found by reading the passage on task card #8. Students MUST record which task card they found the answer on in their answer sheet under the “FOUND CARDS #” column. That column will be used at the end for the 4 digit lock code. They will follow the clues to find the correct 4 digit code.

This activity would be a great review before assessments, as a center activity, a group activity, etc. Students will be engaged with the learning while having a fun time trying to solve all of the clues!

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What is Memorial Day minibook / reading passage and activity pages

By Sassycat Corner

Picnics, parades, and cookouts. It's Memorial Day! Do your students know what they are celebrating when they celebrate Memorial Day? This activity will help your students understand the history of Memorial Day, as well as provide some fun activities to let them celebrate. With this packet, you get... A foldable mini book with an accompanying full page passage (same text, two formats) titled "What is Memorial Day?" plus a 5 question worksheet. A passage and worksheet for "The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" The poem "In Flanders Field" and a short answer worksheet A mini research page to summarize American wars A crossword puzzle, find a word puzzle, and coloring page. Answer keys. Enjoy!

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Lesson Plan on the Civil Rights Movement

By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace

This 90-minute high school lesson explores key milestones of the American Civil Rights Movement from 1909 to the present. Using the YouTube video "Turning Points in Civil Rights History," students are introduced to pivotal events, legislation, and grassroots efforts that shaped the fight for equality.

The lesson begins with a warm-up discussion to activate prior knowledge, followed by a guided viewing of the video with fill-in-the-blank notes. Students then complete a chronological timeline activity and engage in deeper analysis through group discussion and a critical thinking task that connects historical movements to current civil rights issues. A brief review quiz wraps up the session to reinforce learning.

The included student worksheet features a variety of activities—guided notes, a timeline sort, a written reflection, and a quiz—with an answer key provided for easy assessment. This lesson not only builds historical understanding but also encourages students to think critically about ongoing struggles for justice and equality in modern society.

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Memorial Day Stations Activity

By Language Arts Excellence

This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a Stations Activity to teach students about Memorial Day. The lesson involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this engaging lesson, learning is not sacrificed; in fact, students will come away with it with a greater understanding about the importance of this holiday.

How does it work?

Your students will work to complete 4 Language Arts-based tasks about Memorial Day in order to learn more about this important holiday and about the veterans of our proud country.

  • Memorial Day Fun Facts: In the first task, students will read 8 facts about Memorial Day and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages.

  • Not to Keep: In the second task, students will perform a close reading of "Not to Keep" by Robert Frost and answer questions about the poem about a soldier who must return to war.

  • Sing it Loud: In the third task, students will read 7 passages from patriotic songs and must identify the incorrectly used homophones in each passage.

  • Word Maze: In the fourth task, students must complete a word maze and collect the letters they find along the path. Then they must input the codes from all four tasks into a final sentence and bring to the teacher to complete the activity!

Product Includes:

- Stations Activity Basics

- Preparation Checklist
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 4 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Stations Activity Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This lesson is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal for the day after Memorial Day or any time during the months of May/June.
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César Chavez: Analyzing Primary Sources

By Sarah Austin

This inquiry based lesson will vicariously draw your students into the lives, circumstances, and struggle for social justice as they engage in the analysis of three primary sources. Specifically, this resource will have students;

  • Discuss and analyze the motivations and philosophy of César Chávez
  • Understand the problems faced by farmworkers in California's central valley and beyond. 
  • Analyze primary sources related to the meaning and context of the Chicano Rights Movement.

The primary sources include;

  1. Photograph taken on December 19, 1969 outside of a Safeway supermarket in Seattle, WA (strike and boycott led by Cesar Chavez)
  2. Speech given by César Chavez to the Commonwealth Club of California on Sept 9, 1984.
  3. Viva La Causa Documentary film- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. The film shows how thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the most exploited people in our country — the workers who put food on our tables.

Materials Include:

  • Teacher Reference Guide
  • Google (10) Slide Presentation
  • Interactive Guided Notes Handout
  • Economics Chart

If you liked this lesson see other related lessons here:

  • American Japanese Internment
  • Unit BUNDLE- Reconstruction, Jim Crow & the KKK
  • Jim Crow: Separate and Unequal
  • Women's Suffrage: Iron Jawed Angels (Comparing Sources)
  • Civil Rights Movements: Then and Today
  • The Ku Klux Klan: The Past & Today
  • Proposing a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • 'The Quotable Rebel' Activity: First Day of School
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Great Americans Series of Biographies Fun History- Thomas Edison

By Iconic History

As time moves on, many great Americans who have shaped the arts, sciences, sports, and history of our nation and culture get lost in time. The Great Americans Series of Biographies and Worksheets is an easy-to-read 200-word biography of just the highlights of each subject's life designed to keep young readers engaged. The questions worksheet ensures student reading comprehension and grasp of key points. The vocabulary page introduces and explains new words, phrases, and/or institutions students may not have been familiar with. The Quotes page challenges students to write what the quote means to them. The Great Americans Series is available individually or in bundles, making great bell work. An Answer Key is provided with each worksheet.

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8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review Super Bundle 2

By TxMAP Teacher

This is a bundle of 22 different 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review Resources. Price sold separately is $56.25.

Resources include --

- STAAR abc123 Book

- Who, What, Where?

- STAAR Timelines

- STAAR 3 way Match Cards

- STAAR Quotes

- What Comes Next?

- Age of Exploration Chart Matching

- American Revolution Chart Matching
- U.S. Constitution Chart Matching

- Industrial Revolution Chart Matching

- 3 Colonial Regions Chart Matching

- Manifest Destiny Chart Matching

- Reform Movement Chart Matching

- Andrew Jackson Chart Matching

- First 5 Presidents Chart Matching

- Civil War Chart Matching

- Bill of Rights and 7 Principles of Government Gallery Walk

- Constitution Overview

- STAAR Multiselect

- STAAR Drag and Drop

- STAAR Box Check

- Graphic Organizers

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What Is? Book Series Digital Reading Comprehension Lessons Book Report Template

By TaughtOught Homeschooling

Save 20% on 15 books from the What Is? and What Was? book series. Each one includes a book report flipbook template and a comprehensive reading comprehension digital lesson (with a built-in reward system).

The books in the series include:

  1. What Was the Age of Exploration?
  2. What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?
  3. What Was the Wild West?
  4. What Was the Donner Party?
  5. What Was the Ice Age?
  6. What Was the Boston Tea Party?
  7. What Was Ellis Island?
  8. What Was the Great Depression?
  9. What Was the Plague?
  10. What Was the Titanic
  11. What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
  12. What is Climate Change?
  13. What is the Constitution?
  14. What is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19?
  15. What is the Women's Rights Movement?

This product is easy to use:

  1. Print the template (same template for every book in this series), cut along the dotted line on each page, then staple the top to create the flipbooks (students can do this on their own).
  2. Read the book (independently or as a class/group)
  3. Click through the Google reading comprehension digital lesson (no-prep required!)
  4. Students fill out the template independently/homework or as a class or group. In my class, we work on the book report template together through each section of the lesson.

The sections of the reading comprehension digital lesson and 9-page book report template include (along with the built-in reward system):

  • book title info
  • rating & review
  • vocabulary
  • facts
  • text ideas
  • series of events
  • making life connections
  • what I learned
  • questions I have
  • setting/subject
  • interesting event
  • important event
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Geography: Cult of Personality: A Lesson on Propaganda -With PowerPoint & Music)

By Geography & Math Made Easy

OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will understand what constitutes propaganda.

o The learner will understand how propaganda influences the masses.

o The learner will be able to identify propaganda, past and present.

o The learner will create a propaganda poster.

o The learner will be able to identify and demonstrate the 8 types of propaganda techniques.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

> How would you define propaganda?

> Where will you find propaganda?

> Who creates propaganda?

(More included with purchase.)

USEFUL ARTICLE:

(Included with purchase.)

VIDEOS TO FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PROPAGANDA:

(Included with purchase.)

HELPFUL WEBSITE:

(Included with purchase.)

MATERIALS:

o Lyrics sheet to the Cult of Personality by Living Color. (Included)

o A computer with speakers to play the Audio version of Cult of Personality or a way to project the 1980s video of the song. You may also purchase from iTunes if you choose not to use the links provided.

o 8 Propaganda Strategies reproducible (Included)

o Poster board or bulletin board paper cut into the size of poster boards.

o Newspapers

o A paper bag with types of propaganda techniques. Us Propaganda Techniques are reproducible. (Included)

o Magazines: preferable magazines such as National Geographic, or other environmental magazines.

o Overhead projector

o PowerPoint presentation on Propaganda (included)

o Technology to project a PowerPoint for the entire class to view.

o Markers, scissors, rulers, colored pencils, and other art supplies.

o Grading rubric (included)

PREPARATION:

o Divide students into teams of two.

o Prepare a sample of graphics to present via overhead projector.

o Gather newspapers, magazines, the Internet, etc.

o Prepare a bag of propaganda techniques.

o Prepare a bag of topics of study.

INTRODUCTION:

Ask students essential questions. Answers are provided with purchase.

o What is propaganda?

o Where will you find propaganda?

o Who creates propaganda?

o What is the purpose of propaganda?

o How does propaganda influence the world?

o What are the seven types of propaganda techniques?

At this time provide each team with a list of the 7 Propaganda Techniques and discuss the purpose of each. Explain to the student that there are various ways and techniques that companies, government, religious organizations, newscasters, etc.

USE HELPFUL WEBSITES, VIDEOS, ETC. AT THIS TIME FOR LEARNING ENRICHMENT AND STUDENTS FURTHER UNDERSTANDING

(Included with purchase.)

POWERPOINT CHALLENGE

Present the PowerPoint. Ask the students to take a look at the image. What do they see? Are there any strong words, name-calling, transfers, etc. Ask students what message is being sent through the propaganda image. Have them vote on what type of propaganda technique is being used. You may want to write each technique on the board and have them raise their hands in the voting process. Write down the number of students who voted under each strategy. Once the vote has been taken you may reveal the answer and explain why.

Tell students that in the 1980s a band called Living Colour wrote a song called the Cult of Personality addressing propaganda. Provide each student a copy of the lyrics (Included). You may choose to allow students to listen to the audio or view the video. Warning: In the 1980s,

stage bands often wore tight spandex that may not be appropriate for some ages. This song is extremely easy to find for free on the Internet.

As they listen to the song, have them write down what they think the song is saying, what types of propaganda are being used, etc.

AUDIO of the CULT OF PERSONALITY:

(Included with purchase.)

VIDEO of the CULT OF PERSONALITY:

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INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:

The learner will work in his/her group (Two per group as noted above). Make sure each team has a poster board. Explain to the class they will work in their teams to create a propaganda poster based on two entities:

(1) A topic from a magazine, newspaper, or Internet article regarding anything related to geography and culture and

(2) A type of propaganda technique drawn from the bag that the instructor will pass around the room.

For instance, a team may draw out of the propaganda technique bag “bandwagon” and may choose the topic of fracking based on an article from a newspaper. The team will create and design a propaganda poster supporting or opposing fracking using the bandwagon technique. This will require higher-level thinking; therefore, the instructor may need to assist students through the thinking process once they determine their topic.

Guiding questions may be: (You may want to write these on the board or somehow display them to help guide students)

1. After reading the article do you support or oppose (insert chosen topic)?

2. What is the propaganda technique are you using?

3. Who is the individual or character related to your topic that you are going to include in your poster?

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CLOSURE / EVALUATION:

Students will present their products to the class on propaganda techniques in today’s society and explain how it relates to propaganda and the cult of personality. Grade students using agrading rubric.

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