Lesson Plan 4
Bias and Propaganda
Lesson Focus: The focus of lesson 4 is to evaluate the
difference between the information extracted from Farewell to Manzanar and the primary source photographs seen by the
American public during WWII. Students should be able to see that interpretation
of the photographs without their background knowledge of the actual living
conditions in Manzanar would be quite biased.
Time to complete: approximately three fifty minute
class periods
Grade Level: 7
Lesson Objectives:
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Student will demonstrate the ability to compare and
contrast his/her findings on a particular topic after having extracted that
information from two or more pieces of graphic or written material.
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Student will demonstrate the ability to detect bias
and identify propaganda techniques.
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Student will demonstrate the ability to summarize
information he/she receives from nonprint sources.
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Student will demonstrate the ability to compare and
contrast the treatment of a given situation or event in nonprint sources.
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Student will demonstrate the ability to make
connections between nonprint sources and his/her prior knowledge, other
sources, and the world.
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Student will demonstrate the ability to analyze
nonprint sources for accuracy, bias, intent, or purpose.
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Student will demonstrate the ability to demonstrate
the ability to evaluate how different nonprint sources influence and inform.
Lesson Procedure:
After completing Farewell
to Manzanar, students will use the completed graphic organizer from lesson
2, living conditions graphic
organizer . They should have looked for examples of all aspects of life in
the internment camp described by the author. If they wish, they can add
categories of their own to the graphic organizer.
Next, direct students to the American Memory
collection of photographs by Ansel Adams. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/aamhome.html and http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/109_anse.html
Students should use the same graphic organizer to record
information they gather from viewing the photographs.
Independent Writing Assignment:
Students write an essay using the information from the
text and from viewing the photographs. In the essay, the student should show
how bias and propaganda affected the way the American public thought about life
in the internment camps.
Writing will be assessed with a rubric.