Transcript 8 WWI Recruitment Propaganda

Recruitment during WWI
Lesson Starter:
What message do you think
the poster on the right is
trying to make?
How does the poster try
and make its point?
Today we will…
• Explain why young men joined the army.
• Examine the methods used by the
government to recruit young men.
Success Criteria:
• I will identify features
of WWI propaganda
posters.
• I will explain how the
government played on
people’s emotions to
encourage them to join
the army.
• When WWI was announced many people
in Britain were excited.
• Lots of young men joined up as a wave of
PATRIOTISM swept over the nation.
However,
• Not all young men
were keen to sign
up straight away
• The government
used different
methods to
encourage them
to sign up.
Propaganda
• Propaganda posters and
films were used widely
to encourage men to
sign up.
Copy the following definition:
Propaganda = A message to
try to persuade people to
think in a certain way.
Peer Pressure
• Young men were also
STIGMATISED
(labelled) if they did
not sign up.
• They were considered
to be cowards.
Copy the following definition:
Stigmatised = Negatively
labelled.
Women
• Women were told to
encourage their
husbands/sons/relations
to join the army.
• White feathers were a
symbol for cowardice
• Women were encouraged
to give white feathers to
any young men they saw
in the street who had not
joined the army.
Copy the table below into your
jotter. (There are 6 posters in
total.)
Poster
Number
1
How would it
help to get
young men to
sign up?
Which
emotions is it
appealing to?
(e.g. guilt,
fear, etc.)
Carousel Task:
In your group...
• You will be given two posters at a time. Split into pairs and
each pair take one poster. You will be given two minutes per
poster to complete the task below.
• For each poster, fill in a row of the table you have just
drawn.
• Swap posters with the other pair in your group and repeat
the task.
• You should now compare answers with the other pair in your
group. Add in any points that you didn’t think of.
• Now swap your posters with
another group. Repeat the
task.
• Once you have looked at all
of the posters, you should be
ready to give your answers
to the class.
• Anyone in the group could be
chosen to feedback to the
class, so be prepared!
Today we will…
• Explain why young men joined the army.
• Examine the methods used by the
government to recruit young men.
Success Criteria:
• I will identify features
of WWI propaganda
posters.
• I will explain how the
government played on
people’s emotions to
encourage them to join
the army.