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=Selling World War I: Propaganda Poster Analysis=


 * [[image:http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/tn2.jpg width="119" height="156"]] ||  || [[image:http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/tn3.jpg width="124" height="157"]] ||   || [[image:http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/tn4.jpg width="113" height="157"]] ||   || [[image:http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/tn7.jpg width="111" height="156"]] ||   || [[image:http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/tn6.jpg width="119" height="158"]] ||   ||


 * **Overview:** During World War I, President Wilson created the Committee on Public Information (CPI). Under the leadership of George Creel, the CPI was charged with building public support for the war. The agency pursued this goal by creating posters, news reels, political cartoons and advertisements. We are going to examine a series of World War I propaganda posters in order to identify the values and emotions which the Wilson administration used to stir up the patriotic, pro-war sentiments of the American public.


 * Directions:** * What's the difference between propaganda and argument? Download the handout here: [|**Propaganda v. Argument**]
 * As a class, we are going to analyze a familiar image from World War I: the image of Uncle Sam. [|**Click here for the web site**]**.**
 * For more information on this poster, [|**click here**]**.**
 * In small groups, choose one of the following topics. Analyze at LEAST one poster. The guiding questions are located on the first slide. Use call out boxes to annotate the posters directly on the PPT slides. ||

=View our Analysis of the Posters Here=

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