Read an illustrated transcript of Milton Glaser's keynote address to a symposium on propaganda held in 2008, in which he muses on the purpose of art. Glaser, a celebrated graphic designer whose work is represented in major museums around...

Brief discussion of Russian war loans with examples of propaganda postcards used to pressure citizens to donate their savings to the war cause.

This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...

From the International Institute of Social History this is "The Revolutionary Committees are good" a Chinese political propaganda poster by an unknown designer, 1968.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "The commune's fish pond" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Dong Zhengyi, 1973.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "To victory, always" a Cuban political propaganda poster by Alfredo Rostgaard, 1968.

Lesson plan designed for consumer health class, that is also useful for media literacy. Contains a link to an ad for an abdominal strengthening machine that provides the basis of the lesson. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources

The following two articles were written in Germany in 1941. They discuss war production.

Students investigate ?Tokyo Rose? the name given by American GIs to nearly a dozen women of American descent who broadcasted propaganda for the Japanese during World War II. The resource consists of an audio clip of Tokyo Rose broadcasts...

Three cross-curricular lessons that pair art projects with world issues related to propaganda, violence, and cross-border tourism.

Exhibition of doctored photographs from the Stalin era titled "The Commissar Vanishes."

Art and music were not exempt from receiving Hitler's influence during the holocaust. Here you can view Nazi approved art, art considered "degenerate," art from inside the camps and ghettos, and art inspired by the holocaust. This is a...

Primary documents to use in your study of the Works Progress Administration. Find posters and narrative that will give you insights into the WPA era. Be sure to click on Collection Connections for more information and learning activities.

View the iconic "I Want You" poster, versions of which were used to recruit forces for the U.S. armed services during both world wars. Also view the poster in context, with other posters and broadsides used to send Americans to war.

Students read quotations from different "interest groups" or "lobbies" in this exercise and then perform a multiple-choice test to evaluate the credibility of each lobby group.

Explore the pros and cons of government-sponsored media in Arab states and determine whether the news conveyed by such sanctioned networks should be considered information or propaganda.