Assignment #4 War Propaganda: Selling WWI Governments on all sides in the war designed one-sided propaganda campaigns to influence actions and opinions Reflect on what the purpose of the posters are and what methods they use to convince. After learning about WWI propaganda, reflect on the differences between how the war was sold vs how it was experiences by soldiers and civilians.

Over There Johnnie, get your gun, Get your gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, On the run, on the run. Hear them calling, you and me, Every son of liberty. Hurry right away, No delay, go today, 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) Johnnie, get your gun, Get your gun, get your gun, Johnnie show the Hun Who's a son of a gun. Hoist the flag and let her fly, Yankee Doodle do or die. Pack your little kit, Show your grit, do your bit. Yankee to the ranks, From the towns and the tanks. Make your mother proud of you, And the old Red, White and Blue. (chorus sung twice) Chorus Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there - That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tumming Ev'rywhere. So prepare, say a pray'r, Send the word, send the word to beware. We'll be over, we're coming over, And we won't come back till it's over Over there.  

Some Propaganda Strategies: Definition of propaganda: material used to deliberately influence people to think or act a certain way. Some Propaganda Strategies: Bandwagon: Trying to convince people to follow the crowd and to join in because others are doing it too. Name Calling: The use of derogatory language or words that reflect negatively on the enemy. This form of propaganda tries to cause prejudice in people’s attitudes toward a group, person or country.   Demonization: This form of propaganda takes a complex situation and portrays it as a clear-cut choice between good and evil, giving the enemy monstrous qualities.    Patriotic Symbols: Using words such as honor, freedom, democracy, glory, etc. and patriotic images that have a positive connotation for the public and linking it to the cause that is trying to be furthered.

Task: (10 min) Look through the propaganda posters from various nations and the two poems. What goals and strategies are used by the posters? What stands out to you? Read the poems at the end. What lines stand out to you? How do the poems contrast with the posters?

British Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact?

British Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact?

Goals and strategies? Intended Impact? German Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact? The beloved homeland must stay peaceful

Goals and strategies? Intended Impact? Russia Propaganda

Austrian Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact? Sign on - 7th War Loan Sign on to the 6th War Loan

French Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact?

Australian Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact?

German Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact? Go on soldier! and fulfill your duty! Christ, the good shepherd watches over his flock. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. “War loans help the guardians of your happiness.”

Canadian Propaganda Goals and strategies? Intended Impact?

Goals and strategies? Intended Impact? US Propaganda

WWI Poetry: The real experience of war Think about: what do the poems tell you about the war? What lines stand out to you? How is this different than the propaganda Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) "Dulce et Decorum Est “ Latin for “"How sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country” Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped those that dropped behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! -- An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And floundering like a man in fire . . . Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under I green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, -- My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. Wilfred Gibson (1878-1962) "Back" They ask me where I've been, And what I've done and seen. But what can I reply Who know it wasn't I, But someone just like me, Who went across the sea And with my head and hands Killed men in foreign lands... Though I must bear the blame, Because he bore my name.