WWI and WWII Propaganda

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WWI and WWII Propaganda

• Various Themes
• Portrayal of the Enemy
• Portrayal of Women
• Encouraging Actions
• Discouraging Actions
• Playing on Emotion

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Portrayal of the Enemy

• How do posters from various countries portray the
  enemy?
• What images do they use?
• What emotion are they trying to elicit?
• How do we see this in modern-day?

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• Portrayal of the Enemy
• Approach, images, emotions, modern-day

WWI
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• Portrayal of the Enemy
• Approach, images, emotions, modern-day

WWI
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WWI

• Portrayal of the Enemy
• Approach, images, emotions, modern-day

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• Portrayal of the Enemy
• Approach, images, emotions, modern-day

WWI
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• Portrayal of the Enemy Approach, images,
  emotions, modern-day

WWII
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• Portrayal of the Enemy Approach, images,
  emotions, modern-day

WWII
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• Portrayal of the Enemy Approach, images,
  emotions, modern-day

WWII
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Portrayal of Women

• What are the different images of women?
• Are there positive images?
• Are there negative images?
• What activities do the posters encourage women to
  do?
• Would those posters be the same today or would
  they be different?

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WWI
Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWI
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today. Think about how women
are portrayed in these two posters that you have
seen already.
WWI
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWI
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWI
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWI
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWI
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWII
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWII
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWII
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWII
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Portrayal of Women various images, activities,
positive, negative, today.
WWI
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Encouraging Actions

• What actions do they encourage people to do?
• What actions for soldiers?
• What actions for people on the Home Front?
• Why are those actions important?

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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWI
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWII
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWI
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWII
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWII
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWII
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWII
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWII
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWI
French poilu They Shall Not Pass
German soldat Help Us Win, buy the
war bonds
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Encouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front?
WWI
French poilu Get them, buy the second
printing of the national defense
German soldat I watch and fight for you, buy
the war bonds
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Discouraging Actions

• What actions do they discourage people to do?
• What actions for soldiers?
• What actions for people on the Home Front?
• Why were those actions important for people to
  avoid?

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Discouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front, importance?
WWII
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Discouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front, importance?
WWI
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WWII
Discouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front, importance?
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WWII
Discouraging Actions What actions for soldiers
or on the Home Front, importance?
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Playing on Emotion

• What kinds of emotions do various posters incite
  or elicit?
• Why do you think that the government wanted
  people to feel that way?

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Encouraging Emotions What emotions does the
government want people to feel and why?
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Encouraging Emotions What emotions does the
government want people to feel and why?
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Encouraging Emotions What emotions does the
government want people to feel and why?
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Remade Posters

• What is the basic message?
• Are these appropriate or should the government be
  able to limit this negative speech because it may
  hurt our troops?

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Remade WWII posters Original with remade one.
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Remade WWII posters Original with remade one.
The SA was the original Nazi group. They wore
brown shirts. The original supporters of
Mussolini were called the Black Shirts
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Remade WWII posters Original with remade one.
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Remade WWII posters Original with remade one.
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Remade WWII posters Original with remade one.