Transcript WWI Propaganda - Demarest School District

Warm Up 4/8
• Predict two ways in
which the homefront in
America might change
when the United States
joins World War I?
War on the Homefront
• Sold Liberty Bonds-citizens lend money to the government
– Four Minute Men gave convincing speeches
• Women began to work in factories making weapons and
working other “male” jobs as many men were drafted
• Food Administration-in charge of increasing food production to
feed the Allies
– Encouraged “Victory Gardens” and “wheatless Mondays” and
“meatless Tuesday”
• War Industries Board-managed what was being produced in
factories
What is Propaganda?
• A form of media or communication designed to influence our
opinions, emotions, attitudes and behavior to persuade us to
believe in an idea or to perform a specific action.
• Typically a poster, advertisement, song, movie, etc.
• Something that will catch attention
Goals of WWI Propaganda
• Recruitment of soldiers: attempted to get men to join the
army
• Conservation of goods: encouraged people at home to
conserve goods so that they could be used by soldiers in the
war
• Purchasing of war bonds: advocated the purchase of war
bonds, which would help the government fund the war
• Support for the war at home: encouraged people not in the
army to join organizations or work in industries related to the
war effort
Propaganda Techniques
1.Fear
Propaganda Techniques
2. Name Calling
(negative names
or
adjectives)
Propaganda Techniques
3. Emotional
appeal
Propaganda Techniques
4. Bandwagon
(everyone’s
doing it)
Propaganda Techniques
5. Plain Folks
Appeal
( “of the
people”)
Propaganda Techniques
6. Endorsement
Propaganda
Stations
Creating Your Own Propaganda
• Your plan must include the following:
–The form of your propaganda is a poster
–You get to choose the goal that your propaganda
hopes to achieve
• Recruitment of soldiers, conservation of goods, etc.
–The technique behind your propaganda (fear,
bandwagon, etc.)
Warm Up 4/18
• President Wilson wanted “Peace without
victory”
• What does this mean? Would this work in
World War I?
20th Century Essays
• Review the essay
• 1st- Review any grammatical corrections
• 2nd-Review notes in the margin (write these down in your
notes)
• 3rd- Review my final comments and record them in your
notes
• 4th-How could I have improved this essay?
Examining the World War I Death Toll
• Identify two things that stand out to you
about the death toll.
• How does this help to prove Wilson’s idea
of “peace without victory”? How does it
disprove it?
Reading Wilson’s 14 Points
• Partner 1: 1-4
• Partner 2: 5-7
• Partner 3: 8-11
• Partner 4: 12-14
Need Help?
•http://www.ducksters.com/histor
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4 Main Goals of the 14 Points
• Create a concept map of Wilson’s 14
Points
• Which points relate to which goal?
–Write a 2-4 word explanation of each
goal
On the post it…
• Write 1-2 adjective(s) to describe
Wilson’s 14 Point Plan
• This can make the plan sound good
or bad depending on if you agree or
disagree with it!
Warm Up 4/20
• If you were a foreign affairs officer
from France, how would you view
Wilson’s 14 Point Plan? Why?
World War I Destruction
World War I Destruction
• You will complete an A.E.I.O.U for the World
War I destruction images
• See link under Class Handouts
Drafting a Treaty
• You will be assigned to the US, France, or Germany group
• Your task: Come up with 4 important postwar goals for your
country
• Consider the following:
– Who will pay for the destruction?
– How will this be prevented in the future?
– Who is to blame?
– How will you repair your country?
Negotiations
• Were there any common goals?
• Were compromises made?
• Which country got most of their
goals?
• How did each country feel in the
negotiations?
Europe, 1914
Warm Up 4/21
What differences do you notice about the two
maps? (Name at least three)
Europe, 1919
Four Clauses to Understand
• Armaments
• League of Nations
• Reparations
• War Guilt Clause
Paris Peace Conference
• January 1919—diplomats met at
the palace of Versailles (Paris) to
create a peace treaty
• Key issues were decided by the Big
Four—US, UK, France, and Italy
• Germany was not allowed to send
delegates—forced to sign the end
treaty
• Wilson presented his peace plan—
other Allies wanted revenge on
Germany
Treaty of Versailles
• Germany had to take full blame for
the war, disarm completely,
surrender its colonies and pay $300
billion in reparations (payments for
wrongdoings)
• Austria-Hungary—split apart
• League—split apart the Ottoman
Empire and gave Allied control to its
former colonies in the Middle East
• Effect—new countries were formed
around the world
The League of Nations
• Created in 1920, meant to resolve
international disputes
• Wilson’s idea but the United States
never joins
• Republicans believed it would be
expensive and prevent the United
States from making its own decisions