Download WWII: Propaganda Posters

WWII Propaganda
• Review the following slideshow and
analyze the posters.
• Take brief notes on the following in
preparation for discussion:
– Which posters were most effective, and
why?
– What messages was the government
sending to Americans during wartime?
What kind of attitude or climate might this
have created among Americans?
Propaganda:
• Publicity intended to spread ideas or
information in order to persuade or
convince people of a cause
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Propaganda During WWII:
Posters, radio commercials, & films
created by federal government
Posters created by Office of War
Information
Used to persuade Americans into war
effort
Main strategies: fear, patriotism, racism
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General Propaganda Techniques:
Emotion/Fear
Bandwagon/Patriotism
Card Stacking
Guilt
Reward
Name-Calling (Racism/Sexism)
Logical Fallacy (Faulty Cause and
Effect)
american
soldiers
& workers
women
workers
conservation
and
rationing
war bonds