Transcript World War I Propaganda Posters

World War I Propaganda Posters
Objectives of Wartime Propaganda
1. Recruitment of soldiers, draft or voluntary
enlistment
2. Financing the war effort, sale of war bonds,
loans, new taxes
3. Eliminating dissent and unifying the country
4. Conservation of resources, food, oil, steel
5. Participation in home-front organizations
Common tools used in Wartime
Propaganda
1. Demonization, portray the enemy as purely
evil, menacing, murderous, and aggressive
2. Emotional Appeals, playing on people’s
emotions to promote the war effort
3. Name Calling, using loaded labels to
encourage hatred of enemy
4. Patriotic Appeals, using patriotic language or
symbols to appeal to national pride
Common Tools used...
5. Half-Truths or Lies, deception or twisting the
truth
6. Catchy Slogans, memorable phrases to foster
support for the war effort
7. Evocative Visual Symbols, using symbols to
appeal to people’s emotions
8. Humor or Caricatures, capturing the viewer’s
attention through the use of humor to
promote the war effort
Assignment
• Your task is to now go through the following
examples of World War I propaganda posters
and identify the following for each:
• It’s country of origin
• The objectives it is attempting to accomplish
• The tools being used to accomplish its
objectives
World War I
• Now that you have analyzed several examples
of World War I, wartime propaganda search
the internet and find an example of your own
to analyze. Briefly explain the propaganda
poster you found then Identify the country of
origin, objectives, and tools that are being
used like you did with the examples above.