A DBQ for the second nine weeks Campaign

A DBQ for the second nine weeks. Campaign Propaganda: Which Strategies Would You Use? When you get your packet, write your name and class period on the top line.

一 The Hook: (page 385) Would You Vote For This Man? FACTS INFERENCES � Buttons have been a tool in political campaigns for over � A fact is something you � An inference is something one hundred fifty years. can read or see about each you can assume from a button. fact. � When you look over these buttons, you will need to write facts and inferences about them. � Read each button’s words � An inference is like reading carefully. between the lines. � Look at the pictures on each button carefully. � What are the words and pictures trying to make you think?

二 Background Essay: Timeline Turn to page 391 and follow along with the pictures as we click through history. I hate you! W A S HINGTON I hate you! Ike For President (click me!)

二 Background Essay: Vocabulary (page 391) Skim the background essay for these words and use context clues and nearby student to come up with approximation definitions. You have 8 minutes. v political campaign v propaganda v tricks of the trade v slogans v endorsements v testimonials

二 Background Essay: Vocabulary Check your definitions. Did you get close? Add as much as you need to from these definitions. v political campaign: Organized effort to win an election for public office v propaganda: Communication aimed at convincing others of a particular idea or position v tricks of the trade: Strategies or methods employed for a particular purpose v slogans: Catchy phrases conveying the goals of a campaign v endorsements: Statements of support v testimonials: Statements about a person’s idea’s worth

二 Background Essay: Listening Please follow along with your finger as I read the background essay aloud. v political campaign: Organized effort to win an election for public office v propaganda: Communication aimed at convincing others of a particular idea or position v tricks of the trade: Strategies or methods employed for a particular purpose v slogans: Catchy phrases conveying the goals of a campaign v endorsements: Statements of support v testimonials: Statements about a person’s idea’s worth

二 Background Essay: Quickthinks DO NOT GET INTO YOUR GROUPS UNTIL I’VE READ ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS! • Your group is based on your row (so no more than 4 per group). • Move your desks together and keep apart from other groups. • Re-read the background essay on page 387 and 389 together. • The group leader (the person whose birthday comes up next) will start by reading the first paragraph. • Everyone in the group will then share their first impression starting with the person to the left of the group leader. • Everyone will write one of those quickthinks in the margin of the DBQ. (YOU CAN GET INTO GROUPS NOW)

二 Background Essay: Questions Turn to page 391 again. As a group, answer the background essay questions.

二 Background Essay: Questions Check your work: do your answers have this information? • I will read the answers in the teacher’s guide out loud. • Please put a checkmark next to the ones that you feel you “got right. ” • If you need to see the teacher’s guide, come see me later.

三 Understanding the Question (page 393) 1. 2. 3. What is the analytical question asked by this mini-Q? see title page What terms in the question need to be defined? campaign, propaganda, strategies Rewrite the question in your own words. If you were a campaign manager and wanted your campaign to be informative, effective, and ethical, what techniques would you use in your candidate’s ads?

三 Pre-Bucketing – 3 Buckets (page 393) What techniques would you use? Technique #1 Technique #2 Technique #3 Technique #4 Technique #5 Technique #6

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四 Document Analysis and Questions For each document, look over the ads in the document and write at least one fact and one inference for each ad. Document A has three ads (so you need 3 facts/observations and 3 inferences) Document B has one ad Document C has two ads Document D has two ads Document E has four ads Document F has two ads For each document, you must also answer the questions at the bottom of the page. I will help you with the first question.

Which propaganda strategy was used? There are multiple answers! This is just the MAIN strategy. �Document A: Mondale and Ferraro, 1984 Testimonials/Endorsements �Document B: Ronald Regan, 1984 Stacking the Deck �Document C: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson, 1952 Plain Folks �Document D: George H. W. Bush, 1988 and 1992 Negative or Attack Ads �Document E: Obama vs. Romney, 2012 Glittering Generalities �Document F: Nixon vs. Humphrey, 1968 Guilt by Association/Coat-tailing

五 Bucketing – 5 Paragraphs Letter (page 407) What techniques would you use? Technique #1 $600, 000 Advertisement Technique #2 $300, 000 Advertisement Technique #3 $100, 000 Advertisement Some documents may use multiple strategies, so make sure you put as many documents as you can in each bucket!

六 Thesis Development and Road Map I would distribute my one million dollars as follows: , 1 y g rate st (page 407) 0 0 0 , 0 $60 strategy 2, $300, 000 strate gy 3, $ 100, 0 00

七 Essay Outline (page 409) � Grabber: Remember, you are writing a letter. How would you start a letter? Who are you writing to? � Background: Using your imagination is okay for this part. What are the strategy choices? What is propaganda? � Restating the question with key terms defined: Copy what you wrote for page 393, #3. � Thesis and road map: Turn your chicken foot into a sentence.

七 Essay Outline I would distribute my one million dollars as follows: (page 409) 0 0 0 , 0 60 t y t i r a o ch $ e t a don buy two cars for $300, 000 use $1 00, 00 0 in d wallp ollar b aper. ills for ___________________________________________________

七 Essay Outline I would distribute my one million dollars as follows: (page 409) 0 0 0 , 0 60 t y t i r a o ch $ e t a don buy two cars for $300, 000 use $1 00, 00 0 in d wallp ollar b aper. ills for I would distribute my one million dollars as follows: donate $600, 000 to charity, buy two cars for $300, 000, and use $100, 000 in dollar bills for wallpaper.

七 Essay Outline � Baby (page 409) Thesis: ____ is my number one, $600, 000 strategy. ____ is my number two, $300, 000 strategy. ____ is my number three, $100, 000 strategy. � Evidence: Bush used this strategy in 1984 (Doc A). Kerry’s slogan was “A Stronger America”. Clinton and Dole used this strategy in 1996 (Doc E). � Argument: Write about why the ad used was informative. Write about why the ad used was effective. Write about why the ad used was ethical.

七 Essay Outline (page 409) � Conclusion: “Although” statement: Write about strategies that would be a bad fit for your candidate. � Conclusion: convincing restatement of the main idea. For the reasons above, strategy 1, strategy 2, and strategy three are informative, effective, and ethical. They are informative because ____. They are effective because ____. They are ethical because ____. I recommend these for our campaign. Remember, you are writing a letter. What does a letter end with?

七 Essay Outline (page 409) �Show me your outline when you are finished. �Once I have checked your outline, you may start writing.

八 Essay Writing Day – No Talking If you need assistance, raise your hand wait for me to come to you. You may also come to the front table to scroll through this presentation for help on your outline. Good luck! がんばって! ¡Buena suerte!

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