Produced 2008 — A Western Reserve Public Media Production
School-use rights: one year
Grades 8 - 10 / Language Arts
Video Library
Teacher Guide
8/10 LA
http://www.WesternReservePublicMedia.org/changemymind
Change My Mind is based on the concept that students
will be bombarded with persuasive techniques in all aspects of their
life. They need to recognize when persuasive techniques are being
used and, in turn, how students can use them to try and persuade
others. This project is directed at the persuasive writing process.
The multimedia kit is keyed to grades 8-10 language arts standards
and includes a teacher guide, five videos and a Web site.
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Appeal to Emotion considers the effects of
emotional pleas on the audience. Whether using powerful new
im-ages or words in text or speech, appeals to emotion are powerful.
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Appeal to Logic shows how rational arguments
and the use of facts, figures and statistics can help to support
one’s position.
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Appeal to Authority shows how an expert can
be used to provide credibility or importance to a product or
serv-ice. The expert can be real or perceived.
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Loaded Language deals with the concept of
purposely using connotations, or the meanings that words have
be-yond the dictionary definitions, to persuade or manipulate
people’s thinking.
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Bandwagon shows how the need to be part of
the group can be a very convincing tool of persuasion.
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