Propaganda: Mobilizing the Home Front

Why the wiki? 

Martha Campbell, Information Skills and Computer/Technology Skills, Consultant

Fay Gore, Social Studies, K-12 Curriculum, Instruction & Technology, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

This set of activities accompanies a concept-based, interdisciplinary unit about the World War II Era for 8th grade or U. S. History 11th grade. This wiki was an outgrowth of that work and focuses on 'Mobilizing the Home Front' and examines a variety of media through the lens of propaganda. Use these activities to delve into the past!

Questions on this FrontPage provide a starting point for exploring an important time in the history of North Carolina and our nation, when the pressures of fighting a world war on two fronts brought about major changes in American life and culture. Use the Sidebar Menu to navigate.

 Introduction: 

This wiki contains a sets of activities designed to explore the attitudes and conditions on the American Home Front during the World War II Era. The questions on this page help frame your exploration. Teachers may choose to copy wikipage into MS Word document to rearrange and/or delete some items. Preview all questions below, and then proceed to the other wiki pages via the Sidebar. After working through the activities on each page.  Finally, add your own questions for others to answer. Students might develop their own wiki to organize and share their findings.

Part A.

1. What is propaganda? 

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2. Who is the intended audience?
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3. What are the characteristics of propaganda?
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4. Why is propaganda used?
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5. Who uses propaganda and why?
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6. In your opinion is propaganda necessary? 
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7. What is the role of an individual? 
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8. Is propaganda good or bad? 
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9. Does anyone besides the government use propaganda? If yes, who and why?
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10. Do you see examples of propaganda in the media now?
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11. What is responsibility of the general public? 
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   12. Describe how progaganda was used as an overarching management tool to maintain focus on the war effort.

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  Part B.

1.  Does government propaganda violate basic civil rights and liberties?

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2. How do governments balance the interests of individuals against the interests of the nation?

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3. Did World War II mobilization and propaganda benefit the nation? Is wartime propaganda good or bad for a nation?

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4. Identify examples of Propaganda in the media today?

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5. Who uses Propaganda and Why?

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6. What is the citizen's role in Propaganda?

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