{"id":42739,"date":"2026-10-12T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?p=42739"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:53:57","slug":"identify-the-technique-2026-election-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/identify-the-technique-2026-election-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the Technique- 2026 Election Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I&#8217;m sharing this resource sent to me by the creators.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Frank Baker<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Semblen collects the 2026 Senate and House campaign ads from the public ad archives, Meta and campaign YouTube channels, and marks the exact words where a persuasion technique is at work (loaded language, name calling, appeal to fear, glittering generalities and others), with a one-line explanation of each. It shows every side of each race and who paid:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/semblen.com\/races\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/semblen.com\/races&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1791910386223000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3d7-OfLAij10NQSEMKA9G1\">https:\/\/semblen.com\/races<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Two things built for classrooms:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211; A daily challenge for Media Literacy Week (Oct 26-30): two real ads a day, one from each side, built around the same technique. Students guess, then compare with the analysis. <a href=\"https:\/\/semblen.com\/challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/semblen.com\/challenge&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1791910386223000&amp;usg=AOvVaw00Vkgx0Yd0IxWYskt1GGj1\">https:\/\/semblen.com\/challenge<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211; A free 45-minute lesson where students check the machine&#8217;s work and disagree with it, with reasons: <a href=\"https:\/\/semblen.com\/classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/semblen.com\/classroom&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1791910386223000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3uUDoi1AgQBje4WAEtdJbx\">https:\/\/semblen.com\/classroom<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It&#8217;s a model and it makes mistakes, which the lesson leans into. 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