1. Wartime Propaganda Date Today we will: Analyse historical sources
Learning Gain: All learners will explore some examples of WW2 Propaganda.
Today we will:
Analyse historical sources
Solve historical enquiries
Summarise the global impact of WW2 Wartime Propaganda

2. Wartime Propaganda Starter
How does this propaganda image represent the importance of alliances in WW2?

3. Wartime Propaganda Main Task
Wartime Propaganda existed in many forms. It was used to boost morale, generate support and improve public opinion about the war effort.
Two popular forms of wartime propaganda were posters and political cartoons. A political cartoon was found in a newspaper and tried to poke fun at certain situations.

4. Wartime Propaganda Main Task
Your challenge is to either create, or analyse an example of Wartime Propaganda.
Success Criteria
Your work must be on A3 paper
It must include an image and a written portion.
You may choose to complete either of the following options.
- Choose a poster/political cartoon
- Write a one page analysis of the propaganda and explain how it relates to an issue.
- You must explain its message and audience.
- Create a poster/political cartoon
- It can be in colour or black/white
- Write a one paragraph explanation of the issue it relates to.

5. Propaganda: “To Victory”
Wartime Propaganda
Here are some examples. You will have this lesson and next to complete this challenge.
Propaganda: “To Victory”
This poster is from World War Two and represents Canada and Britain working together to win the war. In the image, there is a beaver with a soldier’s helmet to represent Canada, and a Lion with a crown to represent Britain. These animals are symbols of each country, and they each carry a weapon in the image to represent their fighting in wartime.
The words at the top say “To Victory, which would signal hope and optimism to those who saw the poster. This poster would have been used to boost morale during wartime, and show people in England that other countries were helping to win the war.

6. “To which voice will he listen?”
Wartime Propaganda
“To which voice will he listen?”
This political cartoon is from The Gazette, a newspaper in Montreal, Canada. It shows the Canadian Prime Minister sitting at his desk looking at the question, “Do the people want total war?” In big letters, YES is written to show the opinion of most Canadians, while NO is written smaller, to represent the opinion of Quebec, a French-speaking province.
This cartoon shows that people in Canada did not all support the war effort. War was not a popular topic in Quebec, as many people did not feel loyal to the British empire. This picture shows that many people felt Canada had no place in the battlefields of WWII.

7. Wartime Propaganda
I drew this political cartoon to explain American attitudes to WW2 before Pearl Harbour. Even though Americans knew Hitler had taken over most of Europe, many Americans did not want to get involved, and ignored the threat that German y could invade the United States. The bird in the tree represents America, with its back turned, ignoring the conflict happening in Europe.
I drew this propaganda poster to show how the United States, Britain, and Russia worked together to stop Hitler in WW2. Each of the countries are represented by a fist, and Hitler’s face is drawn in the centre of the page over top of a Swastika – the symbol of the Nazi Party. The fists are shown punching Hitler’s face, to signal that the strength of all three nations punished Hitler.