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This unit on World War II propaganda was co-planned by the Eighth grade team members Theodore Schuenemann (Social Studies teacher) and Chris Thompson (Reading Teacher).

Students will analyze a piece of poster propaganda from World War II by carefully examining the colors, space used, and images to gain an understanding of how it was used to influence its audience during the time period. They will understand how propaganda was used to appeal to the emotions of U.S. citizens to influence their decisions

The web 2.0 tool that we used was wikispaces. Students conducted their analyses using a Thinkfifnity web site. We each used student samples from our own classrooms.

World War II Propaganda Unit Plan

The Unit Plan includes a portion where students respond to each other's comments about propaganda. Due to time constraints, we did not address this part of the unit.

World War II Propaganda Rubric

The Rubric assesses students for their ability to examine the purpose of a propaganda poster while gathering evidence to support their claims. Additionally, they record their overall impression of the poster based on their evidence and what they learned about propaganda during World War II. Vocabulary and grammar are included as a part of the Language Arts component of the rubric.

Student Samples (Meets Expectations, and Below Expectations with accompanying rubrics. I did not have an above expectations student sample for my class.)

Before working on the wiki, students were introduced to the lesson by learning about propaganda in class and by completing the worksheet called Using Promary Sources: A World War II Political Cartoon, which is attached to the World War II Propaganda Unit Plan.

Meets Expectations

I have included two student samples that meet expectations.





Below Expectations