1. World War I
Propaganda

2. World War I - Propaganda
What is propaganda?
Prop-a-gan-da [prop-uh-gan-duh]
information, ideas, or rumors widely and deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary

3. World War I - Propaganda
Most famous piece
of Propaganda?
This iconic image of
Uncle Sam?

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However, the U.S. was not the first to use this symbol of patriotic obligation.
England United States Canada

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Every country involved in World War I used some form of propaganda poster to advance their cause.
In 1914 much of the world was still illiterate. So most propaganda posters not only told a story but they painted a story.
The four main purposes of propaganda during WWI
Recruitment
Financing
Rationing
Fear of the Enemy

6. Propaganda - Recruitment
In 1914 England did not have a large professional army or even have a policy on national military service in place
England needed to build a very large army very quickly.
They were just about to conduct one of the largest recruitment drives in history.

7. Propaganda - Recruitment
Can you guess what the their biggest motivational tool would be?
Pride = The ultimate motivator

8. Propaganda - Recruitment
However, not everyone was motivated by pride and patriotic duty.
Some asked, “What’s in it for me?”
Recruitment posters showed the personal benefits of joining the military.

9. Propaganda - Recruitment
Propaganda posters were essential to the British war effort – They even called on their Empire to help.
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10. Propaganda - Recruitment
When America joined the war in 1917 they had a very small and ill-equipped armed forces unit.
If America was to join the war effort they would also need to undergo a massive recruitment drive and raise a ton of money very quickly.

11. Propaganda - Financing
War is expensive
An army is only as good as its bank account
Therefore, propaganda was used extensively to solicit funds

12. Propaganda - Financing
America’s “Liberty Bond” campaign was very successful.

13. Propaganda - Rationing
Once the soldiers had been recruited and the money was collected to support the military, the propaganda machine took its aim at the rationing of food
It was everyone’s patriotic duty to not waste food

14. Propaganda - Rationing
Americans were
Implored to:
“Eat less –
Waste Nothing”

15. Propaganda - Rationing
Among the many things Americans were asked to refrain from eating were; wheat, meat, fats, and sugar

16. Propaganda - Rationing
Everyone was targeted
The Immigrant The Children & The Fat American

17. Propaganda - Rationing
And if they did not comply?
Then there were consequences

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England and America were not the only countries who used propaganda posters

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Germany also used its fair share of propaganda

20. World War I Propaganda
Another way propaganda was used during the First World War was to simply instill a genuine fear and or hatred toward the enemy.
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What are they trying to say?
Who’s being targeted?
What are they being asked to do?
What’s the purpose of this poster?

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What are they trying to say?
Who’s being targeted?
What are they being asked to do?
What’s the purpose of this poster?

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What are they trying to say?
Who’s being targeted?
What are they being asked to do?
What’s the purpose of this poster?

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What are they trying to say?
Who’s being targeted?
What are they being asked to do?
What’s the purpose of this poster?

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What are they trying to say?
Who’s being targeted?
What are they being asked to do?
What’s the purpose of this poster?

26. World War I Propaganda Poster:
Now that you have learned what propaganda is and how it was used during the First World War it is your turn to create some propaganda. For this assignment you will create two pieces of propaganda.
First: Using a single sheet of copier paper and the colored pencils and markers provided create a piece of WWI propaganda which covers one of the major topics of World War I.
Recruitment
Financing
Rationing
General Fear of the Enemy
NO MORE THAN 3-4 WORDS on your poster!