April 30, 2020 Political Ads

Learning Target: I can explain how Donald Trump's presidential campaign used Facebook ads in a way that had never been done before.

Warm Up: Directions: After looking at today's political cartoon students should ask themselves if they are ready for the sheer number of political commercials that are coming soon.

Political Cartoon: Fear of Political Campaign Commercials

Opening: Directions: The students will watch the video of our opening meeting.

The links show in the video of opening meeting are included below. Students may look at them if they wish. However, students are not required to do anything with these links.

Video: Opening Meeting

Trump Ads Will Take Over YouTube’s Homepage on Election Day - Bloomberg

'I'm not losing to Joe Biden': Trump reportedly cursed at his campaign manager and threatened to sue him over damaging poll numbers - Business Insider


Work Session: Directions: The students will watch video with questions, "Secret Weapon." A link to the transcript of this video has been provided. If students want they can follow along by reading the transcript or using it to look back for answers to the questions.

Video: Secret Weapon - 60 Minutes Transcript


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Standard(s): MA6.CN.1 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

a. Identify and build media arts skills that support a variety of career options, higher order thinking, problem-solving, creativity, cultural experiences, and historical events in a global learning context.

MA6.CN.2 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

a. Identify and describe trends in the media arts and communicate how the issues of time, place, and culture are reflected to increase innovation and quality of work (e.g. bridging cultural differences, interdisciplinary study, differing perspectives).

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