DO-NOW for 12/3/08 Read “Overview: Propaganda During WWI” and answer the THINK THROUGH HISTORY question: What methods did the CPI use to popularize the war?

AGENDA DO-NOW / Discussion DO-NOW / Discussion How Propaganda was Used During WWI How Propaganda was Used During WWI Activity: Analyzing World War I Propaganda Activity: Analyzing World War I Propaganda EXIT QUESTION EXIT QUESTION HW: Read Wilson at Versailles & answer the five (5) homework questions HW: Read Wilson at Versailles & answer the five (5) homework questions

Propaganda The spreading of information, ideas, or rumors for the purpose of helping or hurting a cause, institution, or person. The spreading of information, ideas, or rumors for the purpose of helping or hurting a cause, institution, or person.

Columbia = Female Personification

Uncle Sam = Male Personification Often depicted as a serious, elderly man with white hair and a goatee Often depicted as a serious, elderly man with white hair and a goatee Clothing recalls the design of the flag of the United States Clothing recalls the design of the flag of the United States With the possible exception of the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam is probably the most easily recognizable personification of the United States With the possible exception of the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam is probably the most easily recognizable personification of the United States

Uncle Sam Buy a United States Government Bond

Uncle Sam Don’t Wait for the Draft Volunteer

Uncle Sam Volunteer

Uncle Sam Register June 5th

Uncle Sam I am Telling You

Uncle Sam First Call

Uncle Sam It’s up to You

Ahoy! Good people... Deposit your gold; we willingly give our blood

Soldiers marching beside a river and over a bridge into a shelled Verdun. The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest and costliest battle -- in terms of lives -- of the war.

Three soldiers (French, American, Italian) charging into battle. A winged figure of Marianne is above them pouring out coins and paper money from a cornucopia.

French soldier holding a tattered French flag as two women from Alsace- Lorraine look on.

"The Army isn't all work." UK World War I propaganda poster.

"The Empire needs Men!" UK World War I propaganda poster.

"Delusions of William." (1914) Russian World War I propaganda poster.

German Propaganda “To the American soldier of German descent” & “To the American soldier of German descent” & “To the colored soldiers of the U.S. Army” “To the colored soldiers of the U.S. Army”

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EXIT QUESTION Can you think of any forms of propaganda that affect your life? Can you think of any forms of propaganda that affect your life? How do these forms of propaganda appeal to emotions of fear, hatred, sympathy, patriotism, or consumerism? How do these forms of propaganda appeal to emotions of fear, hatred, sympathy, patriotism, or consumerism?