Making a judgement

Lesson aim: To learn how to make effective

judgements about aspects of the past

Watch the following video clip...

With a partner discuss...

• Why do you think they are fighting?

• Why do you think this?

• What would make this task easier?Making a judgement...

Making a judgement

All these respected Historians agree that making a judgement is one of the most

important skills you will learn

Propaganda in World War II

What is propaganda?

A message designed to deliberately persuade or

influence people.

What makes good propaganda?

Silent conversation

Effective propaganda

Had to• Express itself well• Be memorable• Reach a wide range of people• Convince people

Lesson objectives

• I will be able to explain how the Ministry of Information used propaganda in World War II

• I should be able to explain the process of making a judgement

• I could be able to make a judgement on a question

Did propaganda work?• Read the ‘Did it

work?’ section on pages 16-17. Make a table with 3 columns. “Effective; Not effective and Helped by other factors”. List the propaganda campaigns in the correct columns.

It’s not a simple yes or no question. You need to

be able to make a judgement (supported

by evidence, otherwise it’s just a guess)

Making a judgement• To make a judgement you need to be able extract

information from evidence. Practise this skill by completing activity 2 on page 18. Use ALL the sources to help you answer the question

• Swap work with the person next to you and assess their work. Concentrate on critiquing how well they use evidence from the sources to support their writing. Write two comments-

• One thing they have done well• One way they could improve their work

Lesson objectives

• I will be able to explain how the Ministry of Information used propaganda in World War II

• I should be able to explain the process of making a judgement

• I could be able to make a judgement on a question

How effective was Ministry of Information propaganda in getting people to do what the government wanted

during the Second World War?

• You now have the skills and the knowledge to be able to answer this question effectively.

• Follow the instructions on page 19 to plan an effective answer to the question above.

• This plan needs to be good because you will be writing an answer to this question

Lesson objectives

• I will be able to explain how the Ministry of Information used propaganda in World War II

• I should be able to explain the process of making a judgement

• I could be able to make a judgement on a question

Homework• Use your plan to write an answer to

the question...How effective was Ministry of

Information propaganda in getting people to do what the government wanted during the Second World

War?