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Propaganda in World War I
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.
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
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
Government Support
 Quite often propaganda
played upon negative
emotions & people’s
sympathies
 governments needed
money for the war
effort so they focused
their efforts on posters
aimed at raising money
from citizens for the
war effort
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.
Poster 1
Poster 2
Poster 3
Poster 4
Poster 5
Poster 6
Poster 7
Poster 8
Poster 9
Poster 10
Poster 11
Poster 12
Poster 13
Poster 14
Poster 15
Poster 16
Poster 17
Poster 18
“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 sweetheart 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 comin
over, And we won't come back till it's over –
Over there.