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1. NVC

2. Warm-Up: Opposing Sides

3. Propaganda: Mobilizing People for War

Essential Question: How did governments convince people to fight in the war?Homework: work on WWI project research log

Warm Up: Opposing Sides

• On the map that you are given, shade in the countries of the Triple Alliance lightly with pencil! Leave the countries of the Triple Entente un-shaded to contrast. Remember, one Triple Alliance country switches sides and another country joins in!

Mobilizing People for War

• WWI is a Total War: all society and all society’s resources mobilize to fight it

• Propaganda: information or ideas deliberately spread to help or harm a person, nation, group or movement

Examples of Propaganda

Source: Great Britain, 1915

• Britain was the only great power to rely on voluntary enlistment. They did not institute a draft until 1916. Here Britain is showing people of all different occupations and backgrounds joining the armed forces.

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?

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• Journal Entry: Look at Image 6 in your packet

(the one we didn’t go over in class). Source it. What are symbols? What is the message? Is it convincing? Is it fair?