Running Head: REFLECTION FOR THE NARRATED PRESENTATION

A Reflection on the Narrated Presentation: WWII Strategies for Patriotism, Economics, and Change Martha M. Hill FRIT 7235 Georgia Southern University

NARRATED PRESENTATION A Reflection on the Development of a Narrated Presentation America has always been a society of visual stimuli and how media

influences and shapes our actions and attitudes. It was no different during the years of WWII, when family structure, economics, patriotism, and safety were compromised through the possibility of war on our native soil, and when the enemy threatened our livelihood and our American dream. With the use of propaganda, America created another weapon or tool that was used to promote patriotism, warn of impending dangers, and to change the dynamics of women in the home, in the workplace, and in military servitude. In this reflection, I further explored the concept of propaganda that I planned in my Instructional Unit and the influence it had for change in the United States. I chose to utilize posters that were prevalent during the 1940s when America was involved in the war effort of Allied vs. Axis Powers. These posters would relate to my students content theme within my Instructional Unit, which was the 5th grade Social Studies Standard for the Unit of WWII. I decided to narrow my focus of my MS PowerPoint presentation to the instructional goal of learning and showing understanding of propagandas use and effect on America, its citizens, and the economical stability during the WWII years. The students will eventually pursue a creative project-based demonstration of replicating a propaganda poster and the production of a Prezi or PowerPoint to accompany and further enhance knowledge gained.

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Using the program from Microsoft PowerPoint, I developed a presentation that displayed the actual propaganda posters of WWII, and organized these to tell a story of a country coming together for the better good of an entire nation and world. Never has there been a concerted effort to involve all citizens; be it children, women, elderly, destitute, or those with extreme wealth. With many questions concerning safety and the provision of supplies for our military and those that remained at home, it is important for my intended audience, 5th grade elementary students, to become immersed in the media messages of these graphic posters, and to understand how it affected Americans as a whole during the years of World War II. I believe that my 5th grade students would find the presentation to be beneficial to their research and planned project, as they can observe the different messages of the posters and how it shows the progression of empathy, fear, and determination for a better world. This presentation will follow guidelines in Georgia Performance Standards and in Common Core expectations for the students and for the instructional teacher within the instructional units of Social Studies, Art, and Communicative expectations.

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Bibliography

www.google.com http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/forstudents/ww2-history/at-a-glance/propaganda-posters.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powe rs_of_persuasion_intro.html