Good Afternoon!!!

1. NVC

2. Go Over Propaganda Activity– Propaganda Assessment work time

3. Weapons and Technology in WWI

Essential Question: How did Nations convince their people to fight WWI? What effect did new technology have on WWI?Homework: WWI Propaganda assessment due Monday!

Source: Russia, 1915, “The great battle of the Russian hero with the German serpent.”

• Mythological imagery all can understand

• Many-headed monster represents Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Ottomans)

• Damaged churches show Triple Alliance is an enemy of Christ

Source: U.S.A, 1917

• Savage ape, not even human

• Wearing German helmet, with a German moustache, and the German word “Kultur” on its club

• Idea of German barbarism was very common

Source: Germany, 1916, “We Barbarians!”

• Comparing Germany to France and Britain

• Germany has fewer illiterates

• Germany spends more on education

• Germany prints more books• Germany has better social

security• Germany has more Nobel

Laureates than France and Britain combined

Source: Austria, 1917. “And You?”

• Dark but realistic depiction of a soldier, depressed but refusing to give up the fight

• This is what he is doing for the war, what are YOU doing for the war?

Source: France, December 1915

• Women as encouragement to fight

• Moves focus away from the actual war, and on to how excited the ladies will be when you get back

Examples of Propaganda

Mr. Heiken’s Anti-Propaganda…

Choose Your Propaganda Assessment

• Create your own propaganda: Pick a country you are fighting for! Create images, symbols, and catchy sayings to encourage your people to fight, help, and hate your enemy!

OR• Writing Prompt: Pick ONE IMAGE from class that you

find the most convincing. Explain the source, the symbols, and the message. What strategy does this image use to convince people to participate in the war? Why do you think it is convincing? Is it fair?

WWI Weapons and Technology• New technology leads to

new weapons in WW1– Machine Guns– Poison Gas– Submarines– Tanks

“Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom.”-Poem “The German Guns,” by Private Baldrick