Propaganda Museum Acitivities

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Propaganda Museum Activities: 1. Pre trip activity: What is propaganda? It is information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote or prioritize a particular political cause or point of view What are some examples of propaganda? Posters, radio broadcasts, TV, advertising, speeches etc. Even the adverts which encourage you to buy Reebok, Nike goods are examples of propaganda. When we look at posters we should ask the following questions, to really help us understand it and look at the values and limitations of it as a source. Posters were very popular in the past when there was no internet to spread propaganda. You are going to be visiting the propaganda museum to analyse a variety of posters and ask the following questions. 1. What is the ORIGIN of the source? (This really means who produced it. Government, enemy, academic, warlord, CCP etc) 2. During what time period was it produced? (Look for the date, this is important so you understand the context / what else is happening at the time) 3. What is the purpose of the source? (Why was it made?) Use a verb to help you with this. Remember that most of the sources in this museum are likely to have been made by the Communist Party Once you have this information you are now able to ANALYSE it (This really means that you can say whether or not the source is useful and that you can trust it). 4. This essentially means looking at the ORIGIN and PURPOSE and saying showing that you understand the VALUES and LIMITATIONS of it. 2. Source Practice Below is an example of the type of source that you will see in the museum. Using the key questions, here is an example of how you will analyse the source. It will help if you are in a group with someone who reads Chinese and you will probably have to ask the museum workers some questions too. | Q1. What is the origin of the

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