Download THE first world War

Nationalism and Propaganda: Mobilizing the Home Front
Major Questions
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How does the media influence people?
 What types of media can be used for
propaganda?
 Which forms are most effective?
○ Is propaganda used today?
○ Does the media influence your decisions?
M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI
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Militarism
 New technologies lead to a
worldwide arms race
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Alliances
 Europe is entangled in
mutual defense alliances
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Imperialism
 European countries fiercely
competed for new territories
in Africa and Asia
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Nationalism
 Beliefs in national
superiority drive entrance
into war
Does the war seem inevitable?
Map showing alliances in Europe before the war.
Located at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/
hq/causes2_01.shtml
Could war have been avoided?
Brief Overview of the War
The Great War in 5 minutes
The U.S. at the Outbreak of War
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Isolationism and Nonintervention
 Contemporary U.S. foreign policy held that the U.S. should
stay out of European affairs
 Public opinion supported this position
 U.S. officially declared neutrality after outbreak of war in
August 1914.
Was the U.S. right to stay out of the
war?
How are American and European
interests linked?
Steps Toward U.S. Involvement
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Unrestricted
submarine warfare
 Sinking of the
Lusitania
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Limitations of
Non-intervention
 Zimmerman
Telegram
Propaganda on the Home Front
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What is propaganda?
 Noun- information, ideas, or
rumors deliberately spread
widely to help or harm a
person, group, movement,
institution, nation, etc. –
dictionary.reference.com/browse/propaganda
What types of media can be used for propaganda?
Which type do you think is most effective? Why?
Propaganda on the Home Front
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What is the main purpose behind posters like this?
What do they appeal to?
Propaganda on the Home Front
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What about these posters?
Would these posters
have worked on you?
Role of Propaganda
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Does propaganda exist today?
 Is propaganda always negative?
 Are you influenced by what you see and
hear?
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How does the media influence people?
Picture citations
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http://posterwire.com/image.php?img_full=/wpcontent/images/uncle_sam.jpg&img_title=Uncle%20Sam%20I%20WANT%20YOU%20poster
Slide 8 (far right):
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http://www.teachpeace.com/teachpeacemoment9.htm
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http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/53406704/Hulton-Archive
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http://www.army.mil/-images/2008/10/21/24095/
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“Who is absent?” http://psdcollector.blogspot. com/2010/05/collection-of-world-warpropaganda.html.
“German soldiers behind money” http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/german-propagandaposters-from-the-20th-century-129.aspx
“Save Food” http://www.defencetalk.com/ pictures/Propaganda/p25625Propaganda%20Posters%20-%20World%20War%20I.html
“Soldiers in No Man’s Land” http://www.britannica.com/bps/media-view/110333/1/0/0
http://giam.typepad.com/100_years_of_illustration/james-montgomery-flagg-1877-1960/
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“Boys and Girls” http://uscnews.sc.edu/2007/MCKS098.html
“Lady Liberty” http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/007396.html