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WWII 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 = buying
government bonds
3. Or…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 4 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.
WWII Propaganda – Popeye
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7WYK
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