Propaganda Poster

In this activity, students will practice using the skills and elements of design used in propaganda media by governments learned from the previous activity to demonstrate their understanding of the methods of persuasion and the causes of the war. Students will pair up to conceptualize, brainstorm, sketch and revise a propaganda poster idea in order to produce an original 11” x 17” color poster that is persuasive in nature and that promotes one of three wartime necessities: enlistment, conservation or workforce/monetary contribution. In doing so, students will continue to explore the various aspects of the creative design process, specifically as it applies to creation of a propaganda poster. The refinement of their concept will then be transferred into a digital format using appropriate software. The completion of this assignment will demonstrate the student application of propaganda design elements of the time period to communicate a historical necessity during WWI.