1. Propaganda in World War I

2. What is Propaganda?  Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation aimed at serving an agenda  Actively spreads an specific idea or point of view  Most commonly used in political contexts to refer to efforts sponsored by governments/political groups.

3. Why do we use Propaganda?  Every participating country during World War I used propaganda posters  They used posters to:  justify their involvement to their own populace  As a means of recruiting men  A way to raise money and resources to sustain the military campaign.  To urge conservation

4. Why Posters?  Television had not yet been invented  Not everyone owned or had access to a radio  Posters were the most effective means of getting a message across  Mass production & distribution was easy

5.  governments needed money for the war effort so they focused their efforts on posters aimed at raising money from citizens for the war effort  Quite often propaganda played upon negative emotions & people’s sympathies Government Support

6. Propaganda uses Seven Tricks to get their message across Using the document that you printed at the beginning of the lesson, identify the “trick (or tricks)” used in each of the following posters. Write down your conclusions on the worksheet provided for you.

7. Poster 1

8. Poster 2

9. Poster 3

10. Poster 4

11. Poster 5

12. Poster 6

13. Poster 7

14. Poster 8

15. Poster 9

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18. Poster 12

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20. Poster 14

21. Poster 15

22. Poster 16

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24. Poster 18

25. “Over There” - America's best-known World War I song 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 sweet- heart 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.