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Propaganda
Examining Bias and Representation in the Media
Students understand how biases can manifest in media content before considering the impact of media representation.
Introducing Media Literacy
Students explore the importance of media literacy and of being critical consumers of the media. They also begin to consider how the media people consume impacts them and society.
Disrupting the Legacies of Eugenics
Facing History shares on the history of eugenics and encourages educators to bring this important history into the classroom.
The Power of Propaganda
Students analyze several examples of Nazi propaganda and consider how the Nazis used media to influence the thoughts, feelings, and actions of individual Germans.
Where Do We Get Our News and Why Does It Matter?
Explore media bias using recent news coverage of controversial events and help students think about what healthy news habits they want to adopt.
Analyzing Nazi Propaganda
Students define propaganda and practice an image-analysis activity on a piece of propaganda from Nazi Germany.
Dogma Makes Obedient Ghosts
Consider the connection between science and human values, and reflect on how the Nazis used their beliefs to justify making mass murder as efficient as possible.
Shaping Public Opinion (Abridged)
Read about the far-reaching efforts of Joseph Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda to generate enthusiasm for the Nazi party.
Nazi Propaganda Newspaper
An issue of the antisemitic propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker) is posted on the sidewalk in Worms, Germany, in 1935.
Triumph of the Will Propaganda Film
Leni Riefenstahl's documentary-style film glorified Hitler and the Nazi Party. It was shot at the 1934 Nazi Party congress and rally in Nuremberg.