Transcript Propaganda Posters - Year9BBHumanities

Propaganda Posters: the
“weapons
on the wall”
Year 9 Humanities
Based on work by UK teacher & modified by Margie Bainbridge
Your next task in Humanities will be to design
a propaganda poster for World War 1
Propaganda
Leaflets and posters were
distributed to persuade men to
join up. They always made the
Australian soldiers look like
heroes and the Germans looked
like cruel savages. News of
battle victories were constantly
in the paper but defeats were
rarely mentioned. Women were
encouraged to persuade their
boyfriends and husbands to join
up.
Conscription in Australia
In Australia they tried to make it a law that
young men had to go and fight- this was called
Conscription. Both times in a public vote
Australia said NO!
Conscription in England
By the summer of 1916 the amount of people
volunteering to fight was slowing down. Men were
dying or returning home crippled and people
started to realise that war was not such a big
adventure. Therefore, the Government in England
introduced conscription. Any man between the
ages of 18-41 who was fit to fight had to go to war.
The government said that if fighting went against
your beliefs then you could plead your case in court
and you may not have to go.
Conscientious Objectors
Some men believed that the
war was wrong and wouldn’t
fight at all. They were called
conscientious objectors.
Women would hand out
white feathers to men to
show that they thought they
were cowards.
What does Propaganda mean?
Propaganda is information that is
spread for the purpose of promoting a
cause or belief.
Can you think of any propaganda?
Write this definition in your book
Why were propaganda posters needed
during World War One?
• They desperately needed men to join up and
fight;
• Recruit women to work in the factories and in the
Women’s Land Army;
• Keep morale high and encourage people to support the
troops.
Summarise this in your book
• Most people did not own radios and TV
had not yet been invented;
• The easiest way for the government to
communicate with the people was
through posters stuck up on walls in all the
towns and cities.
• Posters became the “weapon on the wall.”
Summarise this in your book
How were men encouraged
to join the army?
Men were made to feel unmanly and cowardly
for staying at home.
This is Lord
Kitchener.
In England
he helped
to enlist
soldiers.
America copied it!
Australian Propaganda
Here is some British Propaganda
How were women used to encourage
men to join the army?
• Women were encouraged to pressurise their
husbands, boyfriends, sons and brothers to
join up.
How was fear used?
• Some posters tried to motivate men to join up
through fear;
• Posters showed the atrocities that the
Germans were said to be committing in France
and Belgium;
• People were encouraged to fear that unless
they were stopped, the Germans would
invade Britain and commit atrocities against
their families .
How were women encouraged to work
in the factories or to join the army or
the land girls?
• When the men joined the war, the women were
needed to do their jobs;
• There was a massive need for women in the
factories, to produce the weapons, ammunition
and uniforms needed for the soldiers;
• There was a major food shortage and women
were desperately needed to grow food for the
people of Britain and the soldiers in France.
Posters encouraged everyone to do
their bit...
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Through joining up;
Through working for the war effort;
By not wasting food;
Through investing in government bonds.
Why are WW1 Propaganda Posters
important?
• For historians today, propaganda posters of
World War One reveal the values and
attitudes of the people at the time;
• They tell us something about the feelings in
England and Australia during World War One.
Task
• Your task is to produce a World War
One Propaganda Poster
• Design your poster for either men or
women
• Refer to handout
Year 9 World War One Propaganda Task
You are to create a propaganda poster that could
have been used to encourage Australians to join the war
effort. Your poster can be targeted towards men or
women.
Your poster will include colour, slogans and images
that support the argument you are presenting.
The poster will be A4 sized and stuck onto an A3
piece of paper. Around the edge of the poster, you will
include at least 6 annotations outline how the images,
phrases and colours included could be effective at
persuading your particular audience.
Very High
5 marks
The poster is presented neatly and clearly.
The images, colours and phrases used
indicate a clear audience and persuasive
purpose.
The images, colours and phrases used as
consistent to the history period.
The annotations are detailed and highlight
the impact of the intended audience. At least
6 are included
High
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
4-3 marks
2 marks
1-0 marks
It should be eye catching
It should persuade people to fight… what would persuade you to fight?
-Being seen as a coward
-Fighting in a Pal’s Battalion with your mates
- if you are a man- looking good for girls
-Being a hero
-Pictures of war looking exciting
-Germans being monsters
-Single women felt that they had to do their bit through the Red Cross-wanting to
be the perfect woman.