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Steve Rogers ([personal profile] heroic_jawline) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2016-03-04 02:12 pm
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20th Century American History, Friday, March 4, 2016

"We've now hit World War II," Steve said, "and since this is kinda my area of expertise, we're going to devote a couple of classes to it. Today we're going to talk about propaganda and the rise of authoritarian regimes in Europe."

Guess who'd spent his insomniac nights reading about Super Tuesday election results, kids.

"Some of these images and ideas are pretty disturbing," Steve warned as he passed out various pieces of Nazi, American, British, and Japanese propaganda.

"My question to you is, why did this work? What does it tap into for people that makes images like this so effective? What can we learn about the different countries based on what their propaganda was aimed at stirring in their populations?"

After the discussion, he started up a DVD. "And for something a little lighter," he said, looking slightly rueful, "a selection of propaganda films I was in."

Enjoy your teacher in black and white and tights!