1. Watch the following film clip..
What do you think the purpose of the film was?
Who do you think produced the film?

2. Censorship and Propaganda

3. By the end of this lesson you will...
Be able to define the terms censorship and propaganda.
Be able explain how and why censorship was used during WW2.
Be able to analyse the effectiveness of propaganda posters.

4. An early WW2 poster
Why did people at the time think it was uninspiring?

5. In your group imagine you work for an advertising firm and have been appointed to advise the government on its propaganda posters. What advice would you give to improve the poster?

6. Rescued British soldiers after Dunkirk
Abandoned British guns after Dunkirk
Churchill and Clementine (his wife) visiting the burning ruins of The Guildhall in London .
A shot-down German plane

7. A street destroyed by German bombing raids
A boy being rescued by Rip (a terrier who rescued over 100 people) after a bombing raid.

8. Second world War Photographs
Source
Censored
Not Censored
Reason for choice
Rescued British soldiers after Dunkirk
Abandoned British guns after Dunkirk
A shot-down German plane
Churchill and Clementine (his wife) visiting the burning ruins of The Guildhall in London .
A street destroyed by German bombing raids
A boy being rescued by Rip (a terrier who rescued over 100 people) after a bombing raid.

9. What is the message of this poster?
How does the poster get its message across? (Think about the pictures that are used, as well as the writing)
Do you think that this poster would have worked? Explain your answer.