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Nazi Propaganda Archive
http://www.calvin.edu/
academic/cas/gpa/
ww2era.htm
Description: Read speeches translated into
English, see posters, pamphlets, and instructions for propagandists. You
can even read an article from an SS newspaper attacking Superman.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Nazi & Soviet Art
http://www.primenet.com
/~byoder/artofnz.htm
Description: While the Nazi and Soviet political
movements were undoubtedly among the most vile developments of the 20th
century, they inspired works of art which have the ability to expose some
of the best and worst that art can achieve. See them here.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
Leni Riefenstahl's Olympiad (1936)
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/
riefenstahl/olympiad/
olympiad.html
Description: Here are 21 images from the famous
Leni Riefenstahl film, Olympiad, which is considered a masterpiece of Nazi
propaganda.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (1934)
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/
riefenstahl/triumph/
triumph.html
Description: Here are 26 images from the famous
film of Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will, which is considered a masterpiece
of Nazi propaganda.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
Media Unplugged
http://library.advanced.org/
11360/welcome.html
Description: Welcome to the Media UnPlugged
website, a ThinkQuest 97 entry dedicated to prime time television. The
students who put this site together did so with the hope that, after visiting,
you'd have a better understanding of your power as an average couch-potato,
and of the mechanics, concepts, and relationships governing prime time
tv.
Comments: This is a student developed site.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
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American Media: Addicted to Scandal?
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/teachers/lessons/
990823monday.html
Evaluate whether the news media has appropriately
responded to George W. Bush's refusal to discuss whether or not he has
used illegal drugs in the past through analyzing a variety of articles
and by participating in a round-table discussion focusing on these issues.
Author: Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times
Learning Network
International Conflict and the Media
http://www.globaled.org/
curriculum/cm0.html#
fromcm5.html
Here are 24 activities investigating the role
of the media in government and conflict. The Persian Gulf War is the focus
of the examination of the realtionship between the press, public perception
of the conflict, and the resultant influence on U.S. policy. This is a
very important topic citizenship in the media age.
Author: Andrew Smith
One Pictures Changes 1000 Minds
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/teachers/lessons/
990407wednesday.html
Read and discuss the New York Times article,
"News Reports Bolster Support For Bombings," which explains how photographs
of Albanian refugees have influenced feelings towards NATO's actions in
the Balkans. Choose a photograph and write an essay explaining what you
think is happening in the photograph and how it makes you feel. Finally,
select and analyze photographs depicting events in the Balkans and create
a news photo exhibit
Author: Alison Zimbalist and Lorin Driggs
Political Advertising
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/
c/@Wmpv2OzYB_jKE/
Pages/article.html?article
@PolAdv
Access Internet sites to learn about common
persuasion and propaganda techniques used in political advertising. As
a culminating activity develop an advertising campaign for your own candidate.
Author: Aaron Willis
Propaganda Techniques in Advertising, Media,
Politics and Warfare
http://members.aol.com/
MrDonnUnits/
Propaganda.html
Learn about the meaning of propaganda and
how it has been used. Examples include the use of rock music againt Noriega
in Panama by U.S. intelligance, and in the Persian Gulf War by both Americans
and Iraqis.
Author: Lin and Don Donn
U.S. v Thomas Cooper
http://www.nara.gov/
education/cc/
cooper.html
Under the Sedition of Act of 1798, it was
illegal to criticize the government of the United States under penalty
of fines and/or imprisonment. Lawyer and newspaper editor Thomas Cooper
was arrested and tried after publishing a broadside criticizing President
Adams. Find out the outcome of this famous test of America's new democracy.
Author: John M. Lawlor, Jr
Understanding How the Gallup Poll Reflects
Shifting Concerns in the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/teachers/
lessons/
990802monday.html
Use selected Gallop Poll results to better
understand causes and effects of the concerns of Americans in different
periods within the latter half of the 20th century. Administer and analyze
a similar poll and compare what Americans in your community view as the
most pressing problems in the United States today.
Author: Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times
Learning Network
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1. Discuss the meaning and importance of a
free and responsible press.
2. Describe the roles of broadcast, print,
and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication
in American politics.
3. Explain how public officials use the media
to communicate with the citizenry and to shape public opinion.
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