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WWI PROPAGANDA POSTERS
Answer the questions on the worksheet
by analyzing each of the posters.
IMAGE #1
IMAGE #2
IMAGE #3
IMAGE #4
IMAGE #5
Background Information:
During WWI governments sold war bonds to raise funds to
pay for military expenses. Citizens would buy a bond for a
given amount of money; the government would use this
money to pay for the costs of war. After the war, the bond
could be redeemed for the original purchase price plus
interest.
PROPAGANDA POSTER ANALYSIS
Propaganda Techniques
Reference
Propaganda definition:
The use of a variety of
communication techniques
that get people to believe or
do something they would
not normally believe in or
do.
POSTER ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
Image #1
1. Who is the man in this poster? What does he represent?
2. Who is the audience for this poster?
3. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Techniques
Name Calling:
Links a person or idea to
something negative
•“trash-talking”
•“mudslinging”
Glittering Generalities:
•Using words of virtue, praise
•Links a person, idea, or product
to something positive like
goodness or patriotism
Transfer
•Links authority or prestige, such
as “Science” or “Medicine”
to something we should
believe or buy
Bandwagon
•Makes the appeal that
“everyone else is doing it,
and so should you.”
Fear
•Warns the audience that
disaster will result if they do
not follow a particular
course of action
Image #2
4. What country does the man holding the sword represent?
5. Briefly describe what is happening in the poster.
6. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Image #3
7. Where did the death and damage depicted in the poster occur?
8. Why should British men enlist immediately?
9. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Image #4
10. Where is the intended audience for this poster located?
11. How would you describe Lady Libertyʼs body language in this poster?
12. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Image #5
13. Why is the younger man telling his dad to “buy U.S. Government Bonds”?
14. How could war bonds help the war effort?
15. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?