Do Now: Analyze this picture

Analysis • Make him look like a leader • Simple – not a lot to

remember • Eye contact • “I” lower case• Out of the darkness comes a

new leader • Celebrity Endorsement• Hitler lost, but got 13 million

votes (Not bad for someone who just became a citizen and never held political office)

“In the Beginning Was the World”How would you title this picture?

• In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

• The same was in the beginning with God.• All things were made by him; and without him

was not any thing made that was made• In him was life; and the life was the light of

men

What is different about Hitler’s Face? What do you see in the Audience? What does this say about Hitler?Nazi MOVEMENT (Not party) Talk is cheap – but you know its working

What is Propaganda • Biased information designed to shape public opinion and

behavior • True, partially true, or blatantly false • Selectively omits information • Simplifies complex issues and ideas for mass consumption • Plays on emotions (hopes and dreams)• If your campaigning for office you will not give a whole speech,

just a slogan • Not all propaganda works – If you have a radio show, but no one

has a radio – you will fail • DOES NOT transform people into mindless robots

– Might not agree with Hitler on the Jews, but like his other ideas• All started in World War I

Thoughts on Propaganda

• “Propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan”

-Adolf Hitler

Quote by Goebbles

• “The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never again escape from it.”

• If you keep tell an outrageous lie long enough people will eventually believe it

Nazi Propaganda Activity

• Get into groups of 3 • Each group will receive 3 pieces of Nazi

Propaganda • In your groups analyze each piece and fill out

the chart • Be prepared to present your poster (if we have

time)

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