About This Webinar
Understanding how propaganda and ideology shape societies has never been more urgent. Utilizing classroom-ready primary sources, visual history testimony, and effective strategies on how to teach the Holocaust, this interactive webinar will equip educators with effective tools to teach how antisemitism was weaponized in Nazi Germany through the use of propaganda and manipulative messaging.
The session will demonstrate how to help students define these concepts, analyze their relationship, and investigate how the Nazis weaponized both historical prejudices and new antisemitic narratives to devastating effect. Participants will learn effective techniques of how to analyze examples of propaganda with their students by participating in model activities and being exposed to Holocaust survivor testimony that details the terrible effects propaganda has on its victims.
Through the exploration of how Nazi propaganda was used to disseminate antisemitic ideology and stir hatred, participants will be able to make connections to modern propaganda techniques which frequently rely on the same strains of antisemitic myths and tropes. This approach connects Holocaust history to present-day concerns by examining how propaganda exploits limited personal experience, appeals to emotion, and uses accessible media to spread dangerous ideologies. Participants will be equipped to implement immediately applicable lessons that transform students from passive media consumers into critical thinkers capable of identifying dehumanization, recognizing propaganda's warning signs, and understanding how ideologies circulate to influence individuals and groups.
This webinar is part of Share My Lesson's 2026 Virtual Conference. Join the community or register for all sessions.
