Writing - Propaganda Scenarios
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- Published: Friday, 20 February 2015 07:51
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Great as group work while learning about propaganda. English or social studies. Includes 11 situations.
Sometimes propaganda is created in order to hide unpleasant situations. Your goal is to write a letter using propaganda techniques from a perspective you may not normally possess. You are going to take a NEGATIVE situation and make it POSITIVE. Use the scenario given or a similar scenario to get started.
- The warden wants prisoners to write about the wonderful conditions in jail
- The state wants people to demonstrate how well the transportation system works
- Soldiers are told to promote the war
- Citizens are told to write about their government’s policies
- The principal wants you to write a great review of your school after a bad day
- Salvage a failed relationship
- Your relatives want you to write about your family for a family webpage
- Your mayor wants you to write about your town, even though you know it’s not perfect
- You are a woman in Ancient Greece (or Shakespeare’s time) and you’ve been asked to write about it
- You just found out you’d be losing your job
- You’re a marginalized citizen and have been told to write about it