Transcript WWI Propaganda

WWI Propaganda
Bellwork
•Please look back to Unit 8 Vocab – review
with your groups the definition of
propaganda.
•Next, create a T-chart titled: Wartime
Propaganda. Label one side Propaganda
Objectives and the other Propaganda Tools.
Wartime Propaganda Objectives (What they
want to achieve)
• Recruitment of Soldiers
• Financing the war effort through the sale
of war bonds.
• Unifying the country behind the war.
• Conservation of resources.
• Participation in home-front organizations
to support the war effort.
Tools Used in Wartime Propaganda
Demonization
• Portraying the enemy as purely evil, menacing,
murderous and aggressive.
• It is obvious whom the public should hate as the
enemy is portrayed as a beast or the devil
himself.
• Often the enemy is blamed for committing
atrocities against women, children or other noncombatants.
Emotional Appeals
• Playing on people’s emotions to
promote the war effort.
• The emotion used most often is fear as
that is considered the strongest
emotion to compel people to action.
Name Calling
•Using loaded labels to encourage
hatred of the enemy. Labels like
“Commies,” “Japs”, and “Huns”
reinforce negative stereotypes
Patriotic Appeals
•Using patriotic symbols or language
to appeal to people’s national
pride, for example, the flag, a
Uncle Sam, etc…
Half-Truths of Lies
•Deception or twisting the truth.
•Some element of truth may be
included to make an argument more
persuasive and believable.
Catchy Slogans
• Using memorable phrases to foster
support for the war effort.
• For example, short phrases like
“Remember the Alamo!” have been
very successful in motivating Americans
to strongly support the use of arms.
Evocative Emotional Symbols
• Using symbols that appeal to people’s
emotions – like statues, mothers and
children, a wounded soldier, - to
promote the war effort.
Humor or Caricatures
•Capturing the viewer’s attention
through the use of humor to
promote the war effort.
•The enemy is almost always the
butt of the jokes used by
propagandists.
Now that you have looked at several
examples of wartime propaganda – you
can make your own poster. Just follow
the directions on the following slide!
Propaganda Poster
• Use at least 1 wartime propaganda objective
and 3 tools in your poster.
• Your poster should reflect the time period of
WWI and be from a European country
• It needs to be your own creation – hand
drawn, or you may use clip art and the
internet.
• Your poster must be colorful and creative.