Media Literacy: Logical Fallacies and Propaganda in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Ads

This product offers a targeted opportunity for students to examine the powerful role of propaganda in modern political campaigns. The lesson’s even-handed approach clearly demonstrates the pervasive use of logical fallacies and propaganda by candidates and their supporters across the political spectrum. Then, students are challenged to identify patterns in the propagandizing and reasons for those patterns. Through this process, students are able to see past their own personal political preferences to an honest intellectual evaluation of the relative influence of informative and propagandized content in modern elections. Note: This lesson requires student Internet access.

INCLUDED IN THIS LESSON:

• Complete 2-Day Lesson Instructions with additional instructor background information.

• A List of the 15 Most Common Fallacies with Definitions

• Student Instructions

• Student Assignment

• Link to Political Campaign Commercials that Ooze Fallacies