One question that you may have at this point, is how did regular Germans go along with the horrible and crazy ideas of the Nazi party? How were entire populations of people convinced to hate the Jews or view Hitler as a good guy? How could the Germans see train after train coming into the massive camp of Auschwitz and accept what was going on? One reason comes down to propaganda like this in which Hitler is shown as a godlike savior to his people:
What is propaganda? It is defined as "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."
It gets used all the time, and all countries use it to persuade their people to believe or act in a certain way, even now!
For example, here is another propaganda poster, but this one was meant to convince Americans that the Nazis and the Japanese were villainous enemies that could attack at any moment.
The messages in ads that people see every day have an enormous influence on beliefs. How else does behavior get influenced? Education. For today, I would like you to watch 2 cartoons that were made during the war. This Disney cartoon attempts to explain how Nazi's brainwashed people from the time they were young and in school. It is about 10 minutes.
Next, watch this shorter cartoon based on the 3 little pigs. Remember that it is made by the Allies to convince people to act in a certain way. Guess who the Big Bad Wolf is!?
After you see the videos, complete this ASSIGNMENT to compare them. You can have until tomorrow to complete it if you need the time. After this, I will introduce your final project that you can work on starting Friday.
Thank you!
Have a good day!
Mrs. C
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