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Propaganda in The First World War

The document provides instructions for analyzing 5 different World War 1 propaganda posters from various countries. For each poster, students are asked to describe the visual elements, interpret the symbols and text, identify the publisher and propaganda techniques used, and explain the intended function of appealing to the public and supporting the war effort. The posters employed techniques like depicting the enemy as brutal, appealing to patriotism, and encouraging civilian support and conservation to help the war cause. The overall purpose was to influence public opinion through persuasive messaging.

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Propaganda in The First World War

The document provides instructions for analyzing 5 different World War 1 propaganda posters from various countries. For each poster, students are asked to describe the visual elements, interpret the symbols and text, identify the publisher and propaganda techniques used, and explain the intended function of appealing to the public and supporting the war effort. The posters employed techniques like depicting the enemy as brutal, appealing to patriotism, and encouraging civilian support and conservation to help the war cause. The overall purpose was to influence public opinion through persuasive messaging.

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Propaganda in the First World War

1. Tasks:
Describe the people on the poster:
Describe the picture (What is happening?).
Describe the colours.
Explain the title.
Interpret the associations (the Hun).
Explain the subtitle.
Try to find out who published the poster.
Find out which propaganda techniques Raleigh used.
Explain the function of the poster.
Appeal to buy bonds, so that the brutal Germans can be defeated

2. Tasks:

who published the poster.


Describe the different people on the poster.
Describe and explain the setting.
Describe the picture (What is happening? What are the symbols?).
Describe the colours.
Explain the meaning of: Food will win the war.
Explain what the United States Food Administration wants and needs.
Explain the second and third line of the text.
Find out which propaganda techniques are used.
Explain the function of the poster.

3.Tasks:
Describe the different persons on the poster.
Explain the background pictured on the poster.
Describe the picture (What is happening?).
Explain the meaning of the female figure in the foreground. What are your
associations?
Describe the colours.
Interpret the meaning of the flag.
Explain the text on the poster.
Try to find out who published the poster.
Find out which propaganda techniques are used.
Explain the function of the poster.

4. Tasks:
Describe the person on the poster.
Explain the meaning of the female figure in the foreground.
Describe the colours.
Explain the text next to the female figure on the poster.
Explain the text at the bottom of the poster: Be a man and do it.
Write down the associations your group has (picture and text).
Try to find out who published the poster.
Find out which propaganda techniques are used.
Explain the function of the poster.

5. Tasks:
Describe the foreground of the poster.
Explain the meaning of the female figure in the foreground.
Explain what the brute stands for.
Interpret the symbols you can see when you look at the brute.
Describe the background.
Describe the colours.
Explain the text above the figures.
Explain the text at the bottom of the poster.
Write down the associations your group has (picture and text).
Try to find out who published the poster.
Find out which propaganda techniques are used.
Explain the function of the poster.

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