Now that you have finished the investigation and learned about a variety of forms of propaganda it is your turn to create.
Here are a list of topics that you may choose from for the message/focus of your piece:
Choose a medium for your piece:
Provide a written explanation of your piece. Within this written explanation you should gather 4-6 primary sources that are the same medium that you chose (if you chose do make a poster, find 4-6 posters). Using these 4-6 primary sources of propaganda AND research on the topic you chose, explain how your form of propaganda is an accurate representation of the Chinese style of propaganda AND how your message is one that would have been conveyed by the Chinese. You may use these questions to guide this portion of your assignment, but you do not have to answer them directly:
Was the message something that would be approved by the Chinese?
Was the message something easy enough for people to understand?
Does the presentation maintain the Chinese image or understanding of events/people?
What events or people does your piece intend to promote/demote?
What symbols are present in an image? What prose/imagery is used in verse?
Why have you selected those symbols, chosen that prose, used that imagery, etc.?
The last connection that needs to be made is which portion of the IB curriculum does my piece of propaganda reflect? Is it a representation of the building of a cult of Mao, direction of a social/economic goal, a demonstration of the impact of a policy on women, a piece related to foreign policy? Be explicit and specific in your language when creating the connection between the piece, your primary sources, and the IB curriculum you believe is best reflected by your piece.