WWI Propaganda Posters Lesson

The Assignment:

Please write a short essay in which you analyze THREE posters from the collection below. Try for 2-3 paragraphs per picture. Describe what the picture is saying both Literally (what your eye sees) and Figuratively (what it means/symbolizes). Finally, compare each picture to the reading from A People and a Nation about World War One. How do the pictures confirm what the book described? Please refer to the specific page number in the textbook. You may choose any three images to write about, but they must come from separate categories.

You can find hundreds more of these images at: http://www.firstworldwar.com/posters/usa.htm

Categories

Children | Food | Work | Enemies | Soldiers | USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Food:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Work:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Enemies:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

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Soldiers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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