Today’s Essential Question

How do ideology and propaganda work together to oppress people?

Ideology

1. a way of thinking

2. a system of ideas that organizes one’s goals, expectations and actions

Subjugate1. Conquer

2. enslave

3. oppress

How does Hitler depict Jews as a threat to humanity?

• Paragraph 1: What reason does Hitler provide for his anti-Semitism?

• Paragraph 2: How does Hitler characterize romantic relationships between Jews and non-Jews?

• Paragraph 3: What does Hitler mean by “lower the racial levels”? Why do Jews seek to “lower the racial level” according to Hitler?

How does Hitler depict Jews as a threat to humanity?

• Claim: the answer to the question

Hitler depicts Jews as a threat to humanity by asserting that they…• Evidence: quote(s) that support your claim • Link: how does your evidence prove your claim?

Ultimately, this evidence proves that… [take a word from your claim and repeat it or find a synonym]

Testimony

What were some of the visual images that Esther Clifford talks about seeing in newspapers on her way to school? What effect did seeing such things have on her?

http://echoesandreflections.org/the-lessons/lessons-components/#!/lesson/2/video/0_xf2yjwj4

What is propaganda? How does it work?

Ideology is a system of ideas. Propaganda is a tool or method used to spread a system of ideas. Propaganda usually conforms to the following methods:

• Repeats the same information over and over• Often twists and exploits the truth• Appeals to people’s emotions• Gives the illusion that most people agree with the

message• Uses accessible media (e.g. ______________)

Discussion Questions 

1. What statement is this illustration

making?

2. How is the example attempting to further

isolate Jews from the rest of the

population?

3. Which of the propaganda methods (listed

above) apply to this illustration?

4. How does this image depict the ideas

expressed in Nazi ideology, particularly

in Hitler’s Mein Kampf?

Discussion Questions 

1. What statement is this illustration

making?

2. How is the example attempting to further

isolate Jews from the rest of the

population?

3. Which of the propaganda methods (listed

above) apply to this illustration?

4. How does this image depict the ideas

expressed in Nazi ideology, particularly

in Hitler’s Mein Kampf?

Discussion Questions 

1. What statement is this illustration

making?

2. How is the example attempting to further

isolate Jews from the rest of the

population?

3. Which of the propaganda methods (listed

above) apply to this illustration?

4. How does this image depict the ideas

expressed in Nazi ideology, particularly

in Hitler’s Mein Kampf?