Propaganda
Spreading of ideas, allegations, or rumors to further one’s cause or damage another cause, particularly from a government.
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Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - More than a LieThe Introduction described some slanders as not merely lies but "malignant new myths" that link "classic anti-Jewish slanders with contemporary anti-Israel politics." How do such myths become weapons in a war of words? What power do words have to turn neighbor against neighbor? Nowhere have these questions been more heatedly debated than on college campuses, places where young people traditionally encounter new ideas and are encouraged to challenge old truths. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 10:50 |
Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Rumors, Lies, and the MediaWhen Adolf Hitler came to power in the 1930s, he used "the blood libel" and other myths to justify the Holocaust. Julius Streicher, a staunch member of the Nazi party and the publisher of the magazine Der Stürmer, gave life to those charges. | Facing Today | 02/24/2008 - 10:53 |
Can Journalism Kill? The Case of Rwandan Hate Radio
This outline explores the connections between media, propaganda, and mass violence. During the Rwandan genocide, hate radio and music was used to incite violence and atrocities on a massive scale. Recent attempts at seeking justice in the aftermath of these tragedies have resulted in the first prosecutions since Nuremberg of propagandists. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:05 |
Dissent in the Weimar Republic: The Art of George Grosz
This outline examines the experiences of German painter George Grosz during the turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, and provides students with opportunities to interpret his paintings as a means to deepen their understanding of the political, economic, and social tensions of the period. | Lesson Plan | 02/23/2008 - 09:35 |
Eugenics and the Progressive Era: Living Newspapers
This lesson outline invites
students to investigate the complicated history of the Progressive Era,
with a focus on the influence of the eugenics movement on public policy
and social discourse. Readings from Race and Membership in American
History: The Eugenics Movement are used in conjunction with a variety
of suggested resources and websites. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 14:52 |
Exploring Nazi Propaganda and the Hitler Youth Movement
This lesson outline intends to look at different forms of Nazi Propaganda, and to use the German Propaganda Archive,
housed at Calvin College, to explore how the Nazis employed propaganda
within the Hitler Youth movement. | Lesson Plan | 02/24/2008 - 17:58 |
Fact Check: The Accuracy of PoliticiansFactCheck.Org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan website that monitors the accuracy of information shared by politicians. According to their website, the goal of FactCheck.Org "is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. | Facing Today | 09/24/2008 - 11:53 |
From Modern Art to Degenerate ArtIn 1937, Germany's National Socialist government seized over 16,000 modernist artworks by over 1,400 artists from German public museums and displayed over 650 of them in the Entartete Kunst, or Degenerate Art exhibition. | Publication | 02/23/2008 - 19:54 |
Germany Confronts Holocaust Legacy AnewJanuary 30th marks the 75th anniversary of Hitler taking power in Germany. At this milestone, many people seek to better understand how the Nazi Party came to power as they take stock of the ways we remember Hitler's rule today. | Facing Today | 03/14/2008 - 16:41 |
Give Me the Lesson Without the Spin(Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2008) In the editorial, "Give Me the Lesson Without the Spin," high school student Matthew LaClair recounts his experience with political and religious bias in the classroom. | Facing Today | 05/14/2008 - 16:13 |
