1. World War I
Propaganda Posters

2. What is Propaganda?
Propaganda: form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position.
Selective facts
Loaded messages for emotion
Before WWI, propaganda was neutral and generally positive.
Elections
Report crimes
After WWI, propaganda was seen as negative.

3. WWI History
First large-scale and organized propagation effort was during WWI.
Originally started by Germany and Britain to…
Give reasons to their cause
Citizens to volunteer
Demonize the enemy
Britain did a better job than Germany on propaganda because of quality and ability to sway the public.
Britain used different types of propaganda including…
Books
Pamphlets
Speeches
Posters
Distributed to other countries particularly the U.S.
Posters were mainly about recruitment, but atrocity stories became popular as well.
U.S. created something similar to Britain propaganda even before we entered the war.
U.S. also included propaganda for entering the war on the British side.

4. What’s Happening Today?
In Class
Given “War Poster Analysis” handout with a propaganda poster.
Work on this individually for 5-10 minutes.
Find your partner with the same propaganda poster and compare your analysis.
Work on this for 5 minutes.
One person from each pair share their propaganda poster and a brief summary on their poster. Propaganda posters will also be on the Smartboard.
Homework
Create your own propaganda poster (collage or drawing).
Choose a poster on one of the following topics...
Enlistment/recruitment
Financing the war
Role of women
Food administration
Aiding our allies
Rubric on how you will be graded.
Analysis and poster due Friday 2/6.
MAKE POSTER APPROPRIATE!