Nick+Straining's+Lesson

Nick Straining 4-C-1 Oct. 10, 2009 Objectives SWB able to evaluate and analyze propaganda posters used during WWII. SWB able to discuss how the posters differed and explain the differences. Procedure Students will use computers to search the internet and find 4 WWII propaganda posters, two allied posters and two axis posters. Using a Venn diagram and the SEA method, the students will compare and contrast the posters, evaluating the message in each poster. The students will then decide and write a short essay about which poster they found the most interesting, detailing the objects in the poster, as well as the message and overall effectiveness of the poster. Conclusion and Assignment Students will then construct their own propaganda poster that either the Allies or the Axis would have used during the war. They will then present those posters to the rest of the class and explain why they choose the Allied or Axis side.