1. Slide 1 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! American Political Posters of the Vietnam and Other Eras By David Cox

2. Slide 2 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! Political Posters express feelings and ideas of their creators can be plain or colorful can be drawings, photos, text, or mixed can be humorous or vicious can depict unpopular ideas, perhaps unpatriotic to some viewers

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6. Slide 6 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! Vietnam Posters usually dissent from popular politics usually stress peace and love or are anti-racism, anti-establishment, anti- war, anti-sexism often imitate older styles

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11. Slide 11 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! How are these posters alike?

12. Slide 12 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! How are these posters different?

13. Slide 13 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! How is this poster like the prior two posters?

14. Slide 14 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! Examine these again…

15. Slide 15 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! Keep these posters in mind… Formulate one question you would like to ask the artist of each of these posters. Explain what answer you think each artist would give based on your perception of each poster.

16. Slide 16 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! Name the era from which these posters come.

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22. Slide 22 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default!Closure What motives can you ascribe to each artist? How is the Vietnam era poster similar but different from the other two in tone even though the graphic is essentially the same? Why did the Vietnam era artist choose that graphic? The 9-11 artist?

23. Slide 23 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default! Draw your own conclusions… Why do some political thinkers choose the poster as their mode of expression? Why are posters so effective and memorable? How and why is the Vietnam era poster so different from political posters of other eras?

24. Slide 24 A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com © 2004 By Default!Tomorrow What political poster topics have you seen recently? Any? What are they? Are any of them as inflammatory as Vietnam era posters? What political topics do you foresee in the near future?