Implementing Common Core Standards
Knowledge of Language
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.3 and L.9-10.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
The study of the political uses and importance of informal versus formal address in European authoritarian movements will make students more conscious of the importance of word choice, both in Spanish and English.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Students will compare 1960s magazine portrayals of the Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco from the time of its construction with contemporary images culled from social media. Students will also compare Francoist propaganda in different media from the late 1950s to mid-1960s with firsthand accounts of repression by the regime.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Students will integrate what they have learned about the methods and message of nationalist propaganda with prior knowledge of Spanish-speaking cultures to create a piece of Spanish language nationalist propaganda of their own.
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