Understanding Propaganda

1. What is propaganda? Give a modern example to show your

understanding.
Propaganda is information, ideas and rumours that are deliberately
spread widely so that it can help or harm a person. An example is a
famous
person
who part
recommends
a product
anstrengthen
advertisement
2. How
would
being
of a dynasty
helpinto
theto
help Woolworths
in making their company more well-known.
power
of the pharaoh?
2. Being
Why is
it
such
a
powerful
public
opinion?
part of a dynasty
wouldtool
helpin
toinfluencing
strengthen the
power
of the
It is suchbecause
a powerful
because
people
generally
believe
information,
pharaoh
by tool
having
a whole
nation
that is united
with
one
ideas
or
rumours
if
the
majority
of
people
believe
it
as
well.
Since
this
other, more people would support the pharaoh and therefore promote
information
is spread
and Upper
causesEgypt
manyboth
people
to different
back you up
his/her
position.
Also, widely
Lower and
have
and agreeand
withcultures
you, it creates
stronger beliefs
and actions
that
are
traditions
so by combining
into a dynasty
which
includes
taken
to
help
or
harm
a
person.
traditions and ways from both of these sections, it creates a new
3. country
What symbols
did pharaohs
wear to show
thathelps
they to
were
with customs
that suit everybody.
This then
powerful?
strengthen the power of the pharaoh by their approval from most
Pharaohs
expensive
and elegant
citizens
in wore
the Ancient
Egyptian
society.clothing to show that they were
rich and
including
false
beard
made from goats
hair the
3. Give
twodominant,
examples
of waysa in
which
Amenhotep
III, Ramses
(representing
the
status
of
a
god),
animal
tail
which
is
usually
Great and Hatshepsut each strengthened their power. from a
bull (representing
strength and
a gold headpiece
Amenhotep
III strengthened
his fertility),
power byUraeus,
one, marrying
women from
shaped
like
a cobras
head countries
and jutting
outtwo,
in front
of the
pharaohs
the
ruling
families
of other
and
ordering
scribes
to
forehead
(representing
magical
powers),
a
whip
(representing
power
record details of his achievements on scarabs which were then sent
and total authority)
and lastly,
a heavyAlso,
jewelled
collar
(representing
throughout
ancient Egypt
and beyond.
Ramses
the
Great
wealth and creating
a strong
reminder
power
for a society
mostly
strengthened
his power
by one,
buildingofmore
monuments
and
made
up
of
poor
farmers).
temples (including the Abu Simbel monument and temple in ancient
4. Nubia,
How iscarved
Ramses
in this
image?
Is itpharaoh
propaganda?
outIIofshown
sandstone)
than
any other
and two,
Ramses
II
is
shown
in
the
image
as
a
powerful,
relentless
figure that
being an army commander and great builder. Lastly, Hatshepsut
won every warhis
and
was by
theone,
strongest
of all
the
pharaohs.
Thisthat
waswere
by
strengthened
power
restoring
the
trade
networks
his tall, towering
figure
which two,
was compared
to the
weak,
cowering to
disrupted
by former
invaders,
funding many
trade
expeditions
figure
of
the
other
person
in
pain.
The
image
is
a
form
of
propaganda
import goods such as frankincense (incense producing) trees and
as the constructing
ideas spreadmany
from the
image including
is a positive
helps
three,
buildings,
herone
ownthat
mortuary
Ramses IItemple.
to promote himself.
(funeral)
5.
What
is
the
poem
about
Ramses
in this battle?What
Why
4. Pharaohs had
two saying
different
types
of responsibilities.
would
a
poem
like
this
be
strong
propaganda?
were they? Give one example of each.
The two
poem
is saying
thatofRamses
is the most
and
powerful
The
different
types
responsibilities
thatsuperior
pharaohs
had
were in
battle as
he won a battle
with
tworesponsibilities.
thousand and five
earthly
responsibilities
and
divine
An hundred
example pairs
of an of
men
on
horseback
just
by
his
appearance
in
the
middle
of
their
ring.
earthly responsibility was protecting the people by keeping peace
andA
poemwhile
like this
be of
a strong
propaganda
as throughout
thegods
entire
order
an would
example
a divine
responsibility
is to keep the
poem, so
everything
mentioned
abouteach
Ramses
happy
that the Nile
would flood
year.II is positive and is
compared
to
the
two
thousand
and
five
pairs
men to
on protect
horseback
5. Two of the pharaohs key responsibilitiesofwere
the
which
everything
mentioned
about
them
were
negative.
This
allows
people and to keep peace and order. How do you think
the reader might
to only have
think one
way
and to be convinced by this poem.
pharaohs
done
this?
6. IWhy
do
historians
need
to
be
aware
of propaganda
when
think pharaohs might have protected
people
and kept peace
and
studying
sources?
order by creating a powerful army that is stronger than others,
Historians need
to be aware
of faith
propaganda
when
studying
promoting
themselves
to build
and trust
between
theirsources
people by
becauselife-size
propaganda
is very
convincing signing
and cantreaties
often mislead
building
statues
of themselves,
to keepapeace
historian
find incorrect
information
untrue
conclusions
to beout
and
orderto
between
other countries
andorbuild
structures
to block
drawn.
This
then
causes
facts
that
historians
find
out
about
to
be
any enemies that could potentially destroy the dynasty.
inaccuratethe
andheight
lead to of
misjudgements
complications.
6. Estimate
the statues and
of Amenhotep
III. Why do
you think some monument of pharaohs were so large?

What
do you of
know
about
power
of the pharaoh?
My estimates
Amenhotep
IIIsthe
statues
are approximately
7.5 metres
for each statue. (My calculation: 1.7m times 4 = approx. 7.5m). I
1. What role did pharaohs play in ancient Egyptian society?
think the monuments of pharaohs were so large because they wanted
In ancient Egyptian society, pharaohs played the role of being the
to display themselves to their people as powerful figures who had the
head of the society who decided the law, directed the civil
abilities to protect the people. These towering monuments allowed
people to think that pharaohs had absolute authority and potential to