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Boosting Morale During WWII: Ministry of Information's Role and Successes

Study the images and learn about the Ministry of Information (MoI) and its role in publishing and censoring during WWII. Explore how the MoI helped boost British morale and the effective media for this. Create your own motivational poster for WWII.

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Boosting Morale During WWII: Ministry of Information's Role and Successes

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  1. starter activity Key words: MoI, censorship Study the images on your table. Which would the Ministry of Information approve and which would be censored? Can you come up with captions for the positive images that might appear in a newspaper or magazine?

  2. How did the British keep up their spirits during the Blitz?  Learning objectives To assess what would be published and what would be censored during WWII To be able to explain how the MoI helped to boost the country’s morale

  3.  Your task • Read the extract from ‘War on the Home Front’ and explain why it was important to keep up the morale of the British people. • What was the MoI and what challenges did it face? • Give some examples of MoI successes • Which would be the most effective media for boosting morale: posters, films, cartoons, other?

  4. Keeping up morale Can you come up with your own motivational poster for WWII? Keep up people’s spirits Maintain support for the government and the military effort Avoid civil disturbances

  5. Ministry of Information Functions – monitoring and reporting on morale Commissioning work to lift morale or communicate vital information  Explain the message behind this Kenneth Bird cartoon

  6. MoI successes Find out the names of other successful propaganda films of WWII Poster campaigns – esp. Kenneth Bird’s ‘Careless Talk’ series Mass observation campaign War artists – John Piper Poets – John Betjeman Films – Henry V

  7.  Extension task • Investigate the work of Brendan Bracken and MoI. Can you find more examples of famous artists or examples of their work, which helped boost Britain’s morale during WWII? Brendan Bracken, chief of the MoI

  8. Picture Post – what sort of features do you think this weekly magazine would include?

  9.  Your task Work in pairs to produce a Picture Post magazine with features relating to life on the Home Front. Your magazine must contain 3 items of news / images that would not be passed by the censor. Try to be as devious as you can to get them published without being detected!!!!

  10.  Homework • Finish your magazine by the deadline given to you by your teacher.

  11.  Plenary • MoI? • Challenges they faced? • Successes? • Tips on how to succeed in this task? Pitfalls?

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