1. Analyzing Posters from The Great War
Propaganda
Analyzing Posters from The Great War

2. What is Propaganda?
The spreading of ideas to support, or damage, a cause.

3. Why did governments use Propaganda?
To Keep Morale up at Home
To Justify the war
To Recruit more Soldiers
To Encourage Women to become nurses
To Encourage Citizens to be thrifty
To Encourage Citizens to buy Bonds

4. Analyzing Propoganda Uses Powerful Images Aggravates Emotions
Exploit people’s Fears
Uses Unclear language
Bends the rules of Logic

7. What to look for:
1. Intended Audience?
2. Which Emotions?
3. Goal?

8. What to look for: 1. Intended Audience
Who is the poster aimed at? The Men? The Women? Adults?

11. What to look for: 1. Intended Audience 2. Which Emotions?
Fear? Embarrassment? Pride? Anger? Patriotism? Peer Pressure? Being Left out?

13. What to look for: 3. Goal 1. Intended Audience 2. Which Emotions?
Join the war, Give money to the war, support the war, send your husband…

23. Your Turn 1. Who is the poster aimed at? (Intended Audience)
Try to find the following for each Poster:
1. Who is the poster aimed at?
(Intended Audience)
2. Which emotions are they pulling at?
(Emotions)
3. What is the goal of the poster?(Goal)

32. Translate
Translate what the words mean in English.
Be creative!

33. Russia

34. Create Your Own Pick a Country. (not the United States)
Choose your goal. Join the war, Give money to the war, support the war,
Choose your audience. Who is the poster aimed at? The Men? The Women? Adults?
Choose which emotions will be most useful to reach your goal. Fear? Embarrassment? Pride? Anger?
Choose which images match your country (Uniform, battle field, etc.)
Draw your Propaganda Poster. (must be you created/made/generated)
You must use color on poster (sheet of paper)
On the back, explain Your Goal ,Your Audience, & what Emotion you were trying to use.
Due on 3/12/15 (Thursday)

35. Political Cartoons