Human Interest

Here's the video we watched in class.

Thoughts to keep in mind:

1) How did Latin America change after the arrival of the Spanish? (Consider what was, and what happened after)

2) Case Example: What's the mita system? In what ways did it change? In what ways did it remain the same? 

3) How was the silver of places like Potosi connected to global events? (Think beyond trade, what else was impacted?) 

Check out these great examples of Catholic and Protestant propaganda from the era of the Protestant Reformation.

Interesting take on food history.

An interesting website with some primary source materials. It is a little US/Eurocentric.

Here's another greater site that analyzes 2 propaganda pieces. This time the subject matter involves direct responses to one another.

Check out the Protestant version of the 7-headed Anti-Christ vs. the Catholic version of the 7-headed Anti-Christ. 

Holy maloo! Talk about a modern connection to WHAP content!

Check out this article and think about what parallels exist between today's twitter indulgences and those of Martin Luther's 16th century protestant reformation.

 

This the infamous propaganda video created by Leni Riegenstahl at the behest of Adolf Hitler. It's goal was to inspire the thought that the Nazi party was legitimate and the right cause to follow for Germans living in the 1930s. 

Much of the imagery used, youth, happiness, family, heritage and culture, power, etc. are all equated with the Nazi Party.

What examples of this can you see?

Skip ahead to roughly 1:30:00 into the film to witness the big finale, the Nazi rally and Hitler's final speech of the film. It's very insightful, and truly haunting given what we know now about the time period decades later.

Make no mistake while I find this piece interesting from the perspective of a historian, I in no way support Nazi ideals.