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Propaganda Posters - Summative
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You have been hired by the propaganda office for the Canadian Army. You will be required to
create THREE original posters of your own that would have been used during the early part of the war in 1914.
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FIRST TASK – drawing/colouring 3 posters:
Choose three themes from the following list and create your propaganda poster – using words and images:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Enlistment and Recruiting (encouraging soldiers to enlist in the army)
Buying War Bonds (citizens contribute money to the government to support the war)
Thrift (saving supplies (like food) in Canada to support the soldiers)
Soldiers as Heroes (showing the soldiers fighting and as heroes)
Enemy Attack (a negative view of the enemy forces)
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Your posters must be your own original work, done creatively by hand and in full color, and they should use
some of the tricks of propaganda that we talked about in class.
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SECOND TASK – writing an explanation for each poster:
Explain what each of your posters is representing. Answer the following questions for each of your 3 posters.
Your answer should be one paragraph in length.
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2.
3.
What theme does your poster represent?
What do the images and words represent?
What tricks did you use to make your propaganda poster effective?
Criteria/Levels
50-59%
Level 1
Limited
60-69%
Level 2
Some
70-79%
Level 3
Considerable
80-100%
Level 4
Thorough
Knowledge/Understanding - (What you know)
Answers showed
limited understanding
of facts, terms and
concepts
Answers showed
some
understanding of
facts, terms and
concepts
Answers showed
considerable
understanding of
facts terms and
concepts
Answers showed
thorough
understanding of
facts terms and
concepts
Problem-solving
skills were applied
with limited
effectiveness
Analysis and
interpretation was
weak
Information has been
communicated with
limited effectiveness
Solving skills were
applied with
limited
effectiveness
Analysis and
interpretation was
satisfactory
Information has
been
communicated
with some
effectiveness
Problem-solving
skills were applied
with considerable
effectiveness
Analysis and
interpretation was
effective
Information has been
considerable
effectiveness
Problem solving
skills were applied
with high degree of
effectiveness
Analysis and
interpretation was
strong
Information has
been communicated
with a great degree
of effectiveness
Ability to make
conclusions,
predictions and
connections was
limited in
effectiveness
Ability to make
conclusions,
predictions and
connections was
moderately
effective
Ability to make
conclusions,
predictions and
connections was
effective
Insightful
conclusions,
predictions, and/or
connections were
made
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Completed 3 posters using the
appropriate themes from the list
provided
Thinking and Inquiry – (How you know it)
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Used the tricks of propaganda
discussed in class in your 3 posters
Communication – (How you express what you know)
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All three posters are done using
images and words
Full colour
Your own original ideas and work
Application - (How you use what you know)
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Explanation paragraph answers all
three questions