

At a Glance
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English — USSubject
- Civics & Citizenship
- Social Studies
Grade
6–12Duration
One 50-min class period- The Holocaust
- Propaganda
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This lesson complements the resources from Chapter 6 of Holocaust and Human Behavior to help students investigate how the Nazis used propaganda to encourage conformity and consent among the German population in response to their ideas and policies. By following a specific procedure to closely analyze several propaganda images, students will observe both the subtle and overt messages the Nazis wished to communicate to Germans through the media and what those messages suggest about the “national community” the Nazis wished to create. The observation and analysis skills students practice in this lesson will help to develop their media literacy so that they may respond more thoughtfully and deliberately to the countless media messages that compete for their attention each day.
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