NAME(S): Willem Huntley

PERIOD: 6

Black Boy—chapter 5
Propaganda Project

Propaganda (definition) noun--information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to

promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

A Propaganda campaign is the systematic use of propaganda targeted toward a specific group.

Some infamous examples of propaganda were targeted towards Jews in Nazi Germany and
African Americans during the Jim Crow Era. At some point in history, most races and/or
religions have been singled out as the targets of propaganda.

I. Re-read Wright’s description on page 130-131 of the Ku Klux Klan newspaper cartoon. This
is an example of propaganda

Some propaganda techniques include:

Emotional appeal (i.e. fear): Appealing to the emotions of your audience. For example, when a
propagandist warns members of his audience that disaster will result if they do not follow a
particular course of action, he is using fear appeal.

Glittering generalities: A glittering generality device seeks to make us approve and accept
without examining the evidence; Glittering generalities include phrases such as “We believe in”,
“fight for”, and “live by virtue”. They also include words about which we have deep‐set ideas,
such as civilization, Christianity, good, proper, right, democracy, patriotism, motherhood,
fatherhood, science, medicine, health, and love.

Testimonials: Famous people or figures who will appear trustworthy speak to the audience

Transfer: Transfer is a device by which the propagandist carries over the authority, sanction, and
prestige of something we respect and revere to something he would have us accept. This is a
technique that is commonly used in war-time propaganda. E.G. “Your country needs you to…”

Bandwagon: The basic theme of the bandwagon appeal is that “everyone else is doing it, and
so should you.ʺ
Name‐calling: The name‐calling technique links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol. The
propagandist who uses this technique hopes that the audience will reject the person or the idea
on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of looking at the available evidence.

Unwarranted extrapolation: making huge predictions about the future on the basis of a few
small facts.

Pictorial symbolism: The use of symbolic images to create a positive or negative feeling. For
example, the old Soviet Union flag depicted the hammer and sickle as symbols of power.

*Most propaganda uses multiple techniques to convince the audience.

II. Your task: With ONE partner or alone, create an advertising poster that either demonizes, or
glorifies a specific group, and attempts to compel people to do something, or not to do it. Your
poster must be school appropriate, and must NOT deal with race, ethnicity, religion or politics.

NAME(S):
PERIOD:

Black Boy—chapter 5
Propaganda Project

Propaganda (definition) noun--information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to

promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

A Propaganda campaign is the systematic use of propaganda targeted toward a specific group.

Some infamous examples of propaganda were targeted towards Jews in Nazi Germany and
African Americans during the Jim Crow Era. At some point in history, most races and/or
religions have been singled out as the targets of propaganda.

I. Re-read Wright’s description on page 130-131 of the Ku Klux Klan newspaper cartoon. This
is an example of propaganda

Some propaganda techniques include:

Emotional appeal (i.e. fear): Appealing to the emotions of your audience. For example, when a
propagandist warns members of his audience that disaster will result if they do not follow a
particular course of action, he is using fear appeal.

Glittering generalities: A glittering generality device seeks to make us approve and accept
without examining the evidence; Glittering generalities include phrases such as “We believe in”,
“fight for”, and “live by virtue”. They also include words about which we have deep‐set ideas,
such as civilization, Christianity, good, proper, right, democracy, patriotism, motherhood,
fatherhood, science, medicine, health, and love.

Testimonials: Famous people or figures who will appear trustworthy speak to the audience

Transfer: Transfer is a device by which the propagandist carries over the authority, sanction, and
prestige of something we respect and revere to something he would have us accept. This is a
technique that is commonly used in war-time propaganda. E.G. “Your country needs you to…”

Bandwagon: The basic theme of the bandwagon appeal is that “everyone else is doing it, and
so should you.ʺ

Name‐calling: The name‐calling technique links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol. The
propagandist who uses this technique hopes that the audience will reject the person or the idea
on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of looking at the available evidence.

Unwarranted extrapolation: making huge predictions about the future on the basis of a few
small facts.

Pictorial symbolism: The use of symbolic images to create a positive or negative feeling. For
example, the old Soviet Union flag depicted the hammer and sickle as symbols of power.

*Most propaganda uses multiple techniques to convince the audience.

II. Your task: With ONE partner or alone, create an advertising poster that either demonizes, or
glorifies a specific group, and attempts to compel people to do something, or not to do it. Your
poster must be school appropriate, and must NOT deal with race, ethnicity, religion or politics.
Im bad at art but here ya go