Propaganda Patrol

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 build media literacy, bias awareness, critical reading, rhetorical analysis, and persuasive language skills by examining a promotional-style passage. Students identify common propaganda techniques such as bandwagon, fear, and glittering generalities, then analyze how these strategies influence readers and differ from neutral, factual communication.

Learning Goals

• Propaganda Technique Identification (Grades 5-7): Recognize and label bandwagon, fear appeals, and glittering generalities within a text.
• Persuasive Language Analysis: Explain why specific phrases are designed to persuade rather than inform.
• Bias vs. Neutral Tone: Compare manipulative language to balanced, objective wording.
• Revision for Objectivity: Rewrite biased or exaggerated statements in a factual, unbiased tone.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support ELA and media literacy standards.
• Clear Technique Breakdown: Each propaganda method is listed and analyzed separately for clarity.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for media literacy units, critical reading lessons, homework, or independent practice.
• Higher-Order Thinking: Reflection questions encourage comparison, evaluation, and thoughtful reasoning.

This printable worksheet strengthens students’ ability to recognize persuasive tactics and evaluate how language can shape opinion. By identifying propaganda techniques and revising them into neutral statements, learners develop stronger critical thinking, reading awareness, and writing skills. Well suited for classroom instruction or homeschool use, this resource helps students become more informed and discerning consumers of media and persuasive texts.

This worksheet is part of our critical comprehension worksheets collection.