Propaganda and Speech

Wenatchee High School

 

 

Instructor: Mr. Kalahar                       Room #: 204

Preparation Period: Third                    Phone #: 663-8117 (voice mail)

Home Phone: 663-2278 (not after 9:00 pm please)

Email (school): kalahar.k@mail.wsd.wednet.edu

Website: http://whs.wsd.wednet.edu/faculty/kalahar/web/index.htm

 

 

Resources:                 1. Magazines                          4. Internet                            

                                    2. Television                          5. Library Resources

                                    3. Selected Readings

 

Objective: Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Status. This course is structured to inform the students of the various techniques of propaganda that are used through many different means every day. We will examine many techniques and fallacies as they apply to politics, advertising, and life. Also, this course will provide students with life skills such as a variety of speaking and listening activities. Many different models of effective speaking will be taught. Students will be able to speak to entertain, to inform, and to persuade, while at the same time becoming more familiar with the “information environment” of today’s world.

 

Grading:                     94 - 100                      A                     77 - 79                       C+

                                    90 - 94                       A-                    73 - 76                       C

                                    87 - 89                       B+                    70 - 72                       C-

                                    83 - 81                        B                      60 - 69                       D

                                    80 - 82                       B-                    under 60                     F

                                   

At various times during the course, grades will be posted. Additional grades, late work, and make-up work can be viewed from Mr. Kalahar’s website which will be updated bi-weekly. Grades can be discussed before school, after school, or by appointment, but will not be discussed during the period.

 

 

Evaluation:    All evaluations will be combined from a variety of activities to create a final grade. Each assignment is weighted evenly.

Graded Items (subject to change):

 

Late Work:    It is your responsibility to turn assignments in when they are due. NOTICE: Assignments will not be allowed to be made up, showing the benefits of daily attendance. On excused absences, assignments are due in direct proportion to the number of missed classes, except on major assignments and group work. Speeches are performed on the assigned day only!!! NO EXCUSES!! On a brighter note, some major assignments turned in early will most likely be awarded five extra-credit points, which usually comes in quite handy. This is the only way to obtain bonus points.

 

Attendance: Attendance and being on time is important in any class, and Prop/Speech is no different. I follow the school policy on tardies and attendance. Please refer to your student handbook for more information, and try not to be late or absent. For all excused absences, it is your responsibility to retrieve your homework, missed assignments, and to show me your excuse slip. I will not come looking for you, but I am more than happy to help you make-up the work if you make the effort!

 

Research: In this class there will be a variety of research activities and collaborative work. Please get used to the fact that information must be referenced and cited correctly. For example if you answer a question on a worksheet from an encyclopedia, you must cite that source or else it is considered your own. You may want that citation to look like this…

 

“Cortes, Hernan.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998.

 

Or, you need to create a PowerPoint on the reconstruction era and you have used some information from a website. You must copy down the name of the site, the URL (address), and the date you looked it up and it should appear on the PowerPoint in the following fashion…

 

“History of the US after the Civil War” http://www.ushistory.org/reconstruction.html, 15 May 2004.

 

Semester Outline

 

Unit 1: Nonverbal Communication and Speech Fundamentals

            a. Biographical Speech - 70

            b. Miscommunication Activity - 10

            c. Seinfeld - 10

            d. Body Language Activity - 10

 

Unit 2: Advertising

            a. Interview Speech - 80

            b. Targeting Youth Activities/Discussion

            c. Signal to Noise #1 - 20

            d. Slogo Activity - 50

 

Unit 3: Stereotypes/Name calling

            a. Stereotypes Activity - 40

            b. Perceptions Discussion

            c. Merchants of Cool - 15

            d. Demonstration Speech - 80

       e. Women in the Media Newspaper - 150

 

Unit 4: War Propaganda

            a. Campaign Speech - 75

            b. Living Room Campaign/If I’m Elected - 20

            c. Faces of the Enemy (Lecture/Video)

            d. War Prop Poster – 50

            e. War Prop Test

 

Unit 4: Commercialism

            a. Persuasion Speech/Paper - 200

            b. Oratory Video

            c. Commercials/Storyboards - 70

 

Unit 5: Final Stuff

            a. Impromptu Speeches – 50

       b. Final Notebook/Speech – 250

 

* Propaganda techniques assignments throughout semester – 160

* Not all homework or daily work are represented above!

* All underlined items are formal speeches!

* All scores are subject to change!