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DO-NOW for 12/3/08. Read “Overview: Propaganda During WWI” and answer the THINK THROUGH HISTORY question: What methods did the CPI use to popularize the war?. AGENDA. DO-NOW / Discussion How Propaganda was Used During WWI Activity: Analyzing World War I Propaganda EXIT QUESTION
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DO-NOW for 12/3/08 Read “Overview: Propaganda During WWI” and answer the THINK THROUGH HISTORY question: What methods did the CPI use to popularize the war?
AGENDA • DO-NOW / Discussion • How Propaganda was Used During WWI • Activity: Analyzing World War I Propaganda • EXIT QUESTION • HW: Read Wilson at Versailles & answer the five (5) homework questions
Propaganda • The spreading of information, ideas, or rumors for the purpose of helping or hurting a cause, institution, or person.
Uncle Sam = Male Personification • Often depicted as a serious, elderly man with white hair and a goatee • Clothing recalls the design of the flag of the United States • With the possible exception of the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam is probably the most easily recognizable personification of the United States
Ahoy! Good people . . . Deposit your gold; we willingly give our blood
Soldiers marching beside a river and over a bridge into a shelled Verdun. The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest and costliest battle -- in terms of lives -- of the war.
Three soldiers (French, American, Italian) charging into battle. A winged figure of Marianne is above them pouring out coins and paper money from a cornucopia.
French soldier holding a tattered French flag as two women from Alsace-Lorraine look on.
"The Army isn't all work." UK World War I propaganda poster.
"Delusions of William." (1914) Russian World War I propaganda poster.
German Propaganda • “To the American soldier of German descent” & • “To the colored soldiers of the U.S. Army”
EXIT QUESTION • Can you think of any forms of propaganda that affect your life? • How do these forms of propaganda appeal to emotions of fear, hatred, sympathy, patriotism, or consumerism?