WWI Propaganda & Poems

WWI Propaganda

Wartime Propaganda

• Both sides waged a propaganda war • Propaganda is the spreading of ideas

to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

5 Types of Propaganda

o Bandwagono Testimonialo Transfero Repetitiono Emotional words

Bandwagon

persuading people to do something by letting them know others are doing it.

Testimonial

using the words of a famous person to persuade.

Transfer

using the names or pictures of famous people, but not direct quotations.

Repetition

the product name is repeated several times.

Emotional Words

words that will make people feel strongly about someone or something.

WWI Propaganda Posters

WWI PoetryO! Ancient crimson curse!

Corrode, consume.Give back this universe

Its pristine bloom.

Rupert Brooke(1887-1915)

• The Soldiero Sonnet about WWIo Romantic notion

about waro Written in trenches

Alan Seeger(1888-1916)

• Rendezvous• American, Harvard

Grad & “Bohemian”• Joined French Foreign

Legion• KIA - Belloy-en-

Santerre

Wilfred Owen(1893-1918)

• Dulce et Decorum Est

• “It is sweet and right to die for your country”

• Very graphic• KIA 1 week before the

war was over

John McCrea(1872-1918)

• In Flanders Fields • Canadian Doctor• Written after death

of best friend• Died in base

hospital in 1918

US Enters the War

• State of Europe:– Lacked supplies– Millions of casualties– Morale = low

• Doughboys to the Rescue– April, 1916 US

declared war – June, 1916 US to

Europe

WWI Ends

• Nov. 9, 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated

• At 11:00 on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the war ended as Germany and Allies signed an Armistice

Treaty of Versailles

• Ended the war• “Big Four”

o GB – David Lloyd Georgeo US – Woodrow Wilsono France – Georges Clemanceauo Italy – Vittorio Orlando

(Left to right) The “Big Four”: David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles.

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

• Handout• Note Point 14

o Formation of the League of Nationso Called “A lion with no teeth”o Why? Discuss with partner - 30 seconds

Terms of Treaty of Versailles

• Germany o Loses territorieso Demilitarizationo Takes all of blameo Must pay reparations