Download WWI Propaganda

WWI Propaganda
Bending the Truth During the
War Effort
What is propaganda?
Information or material spread
to advance a cause, or damage
an opponent’s cause
How are propaganda and
advertising similar?
• Similar Purpose:
 Both want you to get you to take some type of action
 Advertising – to get people to buy a product or use a service
 Propaganda – to get people to think, act, or feel a particular way
• Similar tools: slogans, humor, emotional images and
language, bandwagon
Objectives of Wartime Propaganda
1. Recruitment of Soldiers
2. Financing the War effort
3. Unifying the country behind the war
4. Conservation of resources needed for war
5. Participation in home-front efforts
Tools used in Wartime
Propaganda
• Catchy Slogans – memorable
slogans used to gain support
Humor or Caricatures
• Using humor to capture attention
Bandwagon
• Everyone is doing it, you don’t want
to be left out
Half Truth’s or Lies
• Twisting the truth or deception
Emotional Appeals or Symbols
• Playing on peoples emotions,
especially fear, and a sense of duty
Patriotic Appeals
• Using patriotic symbols or language
Name Calling
• Using labels to encourage hatred of
the enemy
Demonization
• Portraying the enemy as evil or
beastly
Practice
• 1. What propaganda objective is this poster
designed to achieve?
• 2. What propaganda tools are used in the
poster? Explain.
Check Your Answers
• Propaganda Objective:
Financing the war
• Propaganda Objectives
 Humor/Caricature – Kaiser in a
humorous pose about to get
stepped on
 Catchy Slogan: Stamp out the
Kaiser
 Patriotic Symbols – Uncle Sam
Procedures for Activity
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Each group will evaluate 3 posters
Appoint a spokesperson to ask questions
Identify the propaganda objectives and tools
Record your answers on the Notes on WWI handout
 Be sure to explain your reasoning
• You will have 15 minutes for this activity
• If you finish early, your spokesperson may ask for
additional posters
• Be prepared to present one of your posters to the
class
Exit Slip
• 1. What propaganda objective is this poster
designed to achieve?
• 2. What propaganda tools are used in the
poster? Explain.