What is propaganda
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1. What is propaganda? What was the point of using it? How can it be useful in times of
war? How is it meant to make people feel?
2. What is positive propaganda & what types of images would it include (give examples)?
What is negative propaganda & what types of images would it include (give examples)?
Positive:
Negative:
3. Find two examples of war propaganda during this time period (one positive, one
negative- but NOT FROM THE US!!!). Copy and paste the cartoon below:
What is the message of the artist?
How do you know?
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What audience is this geared towards?
How is it supposed to make people feel?
4. What is total war? How is it different from any other type of warfare that the world has
seen?
5. What was women’s role in society during World War I? How were they important to
certain nations?
6. Define Stalemate:
Describe why this happened during World War I.
7. What was Trench Warfare? Describe a soldier’s experiences in the Trenches (ie: German,
French, etc.). What was a “normal day” like? Find a diary or journal entry of a soldier
who endured such fighting. In detail, describe what they dealt with (in terms of weather,
disease, food, etc.).
8. What was the Western Front & who fought there? What was the Eastern Front and who
fought there?
9. What is an atrocity?
10. What types of new technology were used during World War I? Give three examples of
important military technology & for each, describe its function & how it affected the War.
a.
b.
c.
11. Which new technological development was created for the purpose of destroying enemy
boats in a very secret way? How is this important?
12. Which piece of machinery created a stalemate on the Western Front?
13. What types of new weapons were used for the first time? What damage did they inflict?
What were the negative and positive effects of the weapons? (USE the following website:
