Transcript Purposes & Tools of Propaganda

Propaganda
On your worksheet, develop a brief definition of
the term PROPAGANDA.
 Where are different places that you will find
propaganda today?
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Purposes & Tools of Propaganda
On your worksheet, develop a brief definition of
the term PROPAGANDA.
 Where are different places that you will find
propaganda today?
Webster's Dictionary: the spreading of ideas,
information, or rumor for the purpose of helping
or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
Common Objectives of Wartime Propaganda
1. Recruitment of soldiers, either through a draft or
voluntary enlistment
2. Financing the war effort through the sale of war
bonds-loans from citizens to the government--or
new taxes
3. Eliminating dissent and unifying the country
behind the war effort
4. Conservation of resources-such as food, oil, and
steel-necessary to wage war
5. Participation in home-front organizations to
support the war effort
Common Tools Used in Wartime Propaganda
 Demonization
 Emotional Appeals
 Name Calling
 Patriotic Appeals
 Half- Truths or Lies
 Catchy Slogans
 Evocative Visual Symbols
 Humor or Caricatures
Your King and Country Want You
We've watched you playing
Oh, we don't want to lose you
cricket and every kind of
but we think you ought to go.
game,
For your King and your country
At football, golf and polo you
both need you so.
men have made your name. As your fathers did before.
But now your country calls you Oh, we don't want to lose you
to play your part in war.
but we think you ought to go.
And no matter what befalls you For your King and your country
We shall love you all the more. both need you so.
So come and join the Forces
As your fathers did before.
Over There
Johnnie, get your gun,
Chorus
Get your gun, get your gun,
Over there, over there,
Take it on the run,
Send the word, send the word
On the run, on the run.
over there Hear them calling, you and me, That the Yanks are coming,
Every son of liberty.
The Yanks are coming,
Hurry right away,
The drums rum-tumming
No delay, go today,
Ev'rywhere.
Make your daddy glad
To have had such a lad.
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
To be proud her boy's in line.
(chorus sung twice)