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What are different techniques in trying to get people to think how you want them to think, vote for your candidate, or buy your product? We did a crash course in different methods of manipulation. Not only did students learn methods they could apply in our poster lesson, they learned how to identify way modern advertisers are manipulating the public. It is always good to be aware of the messages we are being bombarded with on the internet, social media, tv, radio, and even in cafes and bars. We also discussed the unrealistic portrayal that models give of what people should look like. In fact, the models do not even look the way they are shown in adds because they are photoshopped and manipulated.

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When we made our community agreements at the beginning of the class, students said a tule was Jenn has to bring in cupcakes. Jenn agreed on the condition students earned the cupcakes through classroom participation. They earned them, Jenn made them. Choices were chocolate with salted caramel icing or rainbow with lemon curd icing.

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Facing History Class Agenda and Homework

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Make Germany Pay part 2 - the Ruhr, hyperinflation and recovery

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This is the fourth chapter of Connie's book, Bread and Salt. This chapter shows the hardships a German family faced following WWI during the time of hyperinflation in addition to having to pay reparations to France. Students are welcome to check out the novel and read it as a free reading choice.

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Propaganda Posters - Click on Image to See Photo Gallery

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Propaganda Posters - Click on Image to See Photo Gallery

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Students worked in groups as advertises who had been hired by different political parties in Germany in 1933. They had to try to figure out how to convince people to vote for their party based on supplied party platforms. It became clear that the group trying to sell the Weimar Government, the SPD, had a difficult task. This was the government that signed the Treaty of Versailles and governed over Germany during hyperinflation of 1923 and the Great Depression in 1930. While they had a liberal agenda, people suffered from hunger and unemployment under their rule. Communists wanted to help workers, but the Russian Revolution was not far away and the horror stories coming out of Russia were a deterrent. The Catholic Center Party promised moral rule, but did not promise to restore the country to greatness. The Nazis' message to restore Germany to greatness, to undo the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, and to rebuild pride in the country helped Nazis gain power through elections. Although Hitler was clear in his book, Mein Kampf that he wanted world domination and to eliminate Jews and Communists, people did not take that part seriously.

Students did a great job working in groups. This is an odd project since once done, the work was immediately recycled. While the artistry was terrific, we do not want to have swastikas hanging up in the room, historic context or not. Thus we have a photo record of them here, but they are not on display.

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How did the Nazis gain power in Germany in the 1930s? They were elected. Wednesday and Thursday we examined propaganda techniques. Then students were assigned a political party to promote in the German elections of 1933.

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Hitler glorified youth, as well as himself.

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Hitler glorified youth, as well as himself.

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📹Social Democrats could say why people should not vote for the other parties, but they could not promote themselves as well since they'd been in charge during the hardships of 1919-1933.

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📹Social Democrats could say why people should not vote for the other parties, but they could not promote themselves as well since they'd been in charge during the hardships of 1919-1933.

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Midterm: What have we learned in weeks 1-5?

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Midterm: What have we learned in weeks 1-5?

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Last Test Question: Comments, feedback, compliments, complaints?

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Last Test Question: Comments, feedback, compliments, complaints?

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-I like when we do role plays and other activities that make learning fun.
-I liked looking at the songs and poems.
-We looked at too many songs and poems.
-Jenn makes great cupcakes.
-Your cupcakes were delightful! Thank you for having so much patience with our group.
-Too many sentences on this test! Aaaaaaa!
-This test was too long.
-I feel like it was too long.
-I really like this class.
-It is a fun class.
-This class is very interesting and it makes me want to learn more.
-I like this unit so far. :-)
-Not really.
Jenn's comment: I gave back half of the tests before I wrote this post. Oops.

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