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=PROPAGANDA =

Posters, such as the famous "Uncle Sam" poster below, are a quick way to get a message across to a number of people at the same time. Persuasive posters in particular were an extremely effective means of communication during times of war. Accordingly, propaganda posters were utilized extensively during World War II to convince citizens (of both Allied and Axis nations) to act in a certain way: join the armed forces, conserve material, plant victory gardens and support your nation.

The purpose of this project is to learn more about propaganda and its effectiveness as a tool to persuade people to act. Everyone has been assigned a tool utilized by propaganda. The task is to learn more about the tool and to find at least 4 posters from the World War II era utilizing that tool. As stated in the rubric below, the posters (and explanations) should be placed within a Power Point presentation.

Start your project by clicking on this link to help you define your tool or intended emotion:

[|Propaganda Tools Definitions]

You are free to search the Internet for relevant material; however, you may want to try these links to find WWII propaganda posters.

[|Anti-Japanese propaganda] [|National Archives Exhibit] [|Collection of WWII Propaganda] [|Propaganda PBU] [|Propaganda leaflets and posters]

Other helpful links: [|British perspective on Nazi propaganda] [|British propaganda] [|German perspective] [|Audio propaganda]

Click here for the rubric: Rubric