1. Bell Ringer Have your Zinn WWII reading out on your desk Take out a red pen Answer the following questions in your notebook: What is PROPAGANDA? What is the purpose of propaganda?

3. Printed by the Government Printing Office for the War Manpower Commission

4. The Government was well aware of the demoralizing effects of racial prejudice; consequently, it promoted posters, pamphlets, and films highlighting the participation and achievement of African Americans in military and civilian life.

5. Bell Ringer Interpret the message behind this WWII recruitment poster from Britain:

6. Agenda 1.Bell Ringer/ Zinn 2.Group presentation of Propaganda Posters – Complete 3 photo/document analysis handouts. – Graded on: Presentation & Completion of Analysis. 3.Analysis of recruitment tables and numbers during WWII. – Graded on Group Work & Completion of Handout

7. At the beginning of the war, African Americans could join the Navy but could serve only as messmen. Doris ("Dorie") Miller

9. Produced by the General Motors Corporation, 1942

12. These young men and women thought that FINALLY they would come home to respect and gratitude for their service.

13. World War II took the United States out of the depression and lots of African American men and women into the military service.

15. The end of World War II brought thousands of young servicemen back to America to pick up their lives and start new families in new homes with new jobs.

17. Bell Ringer Identify the INTENDED AUDIENCE each poster is trying to recruit. What is each audience group PROMISED in these images?

18. Agenda 1.Bell Ringer 2.Recruitment Numbers 3.Story of Black Soldiers in WWII. 4.The Beginnings of Jazz in WWII- To what extent did WWII and jazz music show a change for the good of society?