Propaganda techniques in the classroom
Every technique page ends with worked examples and a classroom prompt, and every poster in the archive carries discussion questions. The materials below gather them into units you can print.
Lesson plans
Grade band, duration, objectives, procedure, assessment, and the standards each plan maps to.
- Analyzing a wartime poster Grades 9–12 · One 50-minute period
- Make your own poster Grades 6–12 · Three 50-minute periods
- Propaganda in advertising Grades 6–12 · One 50-minute period, with homework
- Propaganda or persuasion? Grades 9–12 · One 50-minute period
- Spotting techniques online Grades 9–12 · Two 50-minute periods
- The seven techniques of 1937 Grades 6–12 · Two 50-minute periods
- The tobacco doubt campaign Grades 9–12 · Two 50-minute periods
- Two sources, one event Grades 9–12 · One 50-minute period
Standards
The materials are mapped to the media-literacy standards of the states that require instruction.
- DelawareMedia literacy standards in all grades (SB 195, 2022).
- New JerseyInformation literacy in all grades (S588, 2023).
- TexasMedia literacy across the K–12 curriculum (SB 226, 2021).
- CaliforniaMedia literacy in the curriculum frameworks, all grades (AB 873, 2023).
- IllinoisA media literacy unit in every high school (HB 234, 2021).