World War I

Posters and Propaganda

Terms to knowHuns – Germans

Yanks – Americans

Thrift Stamps – stamps bought for 25 cents each, when a card of 8 was filled, the card could be traded in for $5.00 in 1923 (but it only cost $4.00)

Liberty Bonds – sold to raise money for the war effort (like a loan to the government). Taxes increased allowing for a $32 billion budget

Munitions – weapons and ammunition

The Most Famous Recruitment Poster

The Most Famous Recruitment Poster

#1. Why do you think this

poster became so famous (it is

still used today)?

Uncle Sam—He the Man!

Uncle Sam—He the Man!

#2. List all of the symbols of the United States

that you see in this poster.

The headline reads, “Huns Kill Women and Children!”The headline reads, “Huns Kill Women and Children!”

#3. What message do

you think this poster is trying

to convey?

The “Little Soldier”The “Little Soldier”

#4. What group is targeted by this poster?

What is that group

supposed to do?

#5. What is the

message of this

poster?

#6. Why do you think the

American government

wanted people to conserve sugar?

#7. Describe what you see in this poster. Use as much

descriptive language as

you can.

#8. What was coal

used for?

List at least 2

suggestions for saving

coal.

U. S. Fuel Administration

U. S. Fuel Administration

#9. How is this list like or

unlike reasons we might try to conserve gasoline?

#10. How do you think women

reacted to this request

for their help?

Even Grandma Buys Liberty Bonds

Even Grandma Buys Liberty Bonds

#11. Do you think this

poster would have been effective?

Why or why not?

Belgium was a neutral country

that was invaded by Germany on

its way to France (the Schlieffen

Plan).

#12. Why do you think the

government wanted to remind

Americans about what happened to

Belgium?

#13. What do you think each of these represents?

a.The Gorilla (King Kong)

b.The woman

c.The club

d.The buildings in the far background

#14. Rewrite the statement

on this poster in your own

words.

#15. What do you think the bloody hand

and knife represent (in other words, what was the menace of the

seas)?

Now choose any one of posters in this slide show

and recreate it on your own paper. Make it

approximately the size of a square of toilet paper. I don’t expect you to be a

great artist. Just do your best. I will ask you later

why you picked this particular poster.