19.03.2014 Views

Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II - Kennesaw State University

Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II - Kennesaw State University

Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II - Kennesaw State University

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

<strong>Beyond</strong> <strong>Rosie</strong>: <strong>Women</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />

Part 2: American Film Propaganda Analysis<br />

1. As a class watch some propaganda clips from http://worldwar2propaganda.<strong>in</strong>fo/films-andcartoons.<br />

Ask the students to watch for similarities and differences between these film<br />

clips and the posters from Part 1. These may <strong>in</strong>clude the messages, emotions evoked, and<br />

visual techniques.<br />

2. Ask the students to write a compare and contrast essay for these two film clips. Once they<br />

have f<strong>in</strong>ished this, discuss their f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs and analysis as a class.<br />

3. Hav<strong>in</strong>g established the central themes, emotional targets, and visual techniques of these<br />

clips, discuss as a class the similarities and differences that film propaganda and posters<br />

had dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>II</strong>. Ensure that the students understand how the two different<br />

mediums allow the creator to achieve different effects.<br />

PAGE 8<br />

Part 3: American and International Propaganda<br />

1. Distribute one of the three <strong>in</strong>ternational posters attached (Source Sheets 6 – 8.) Ask the<br />

students to conduct the same analysis on their <strong>in</strong>ternational propaganda poster as they<br />

did on the American posters earlier <strong>in</strong> the lesson.<br />

• What does the poster show?<br />

• How do you th<strong>in</strong>k this image would have made a woman feel <strong>in</strong> the country that this<br />

poster was created?<br />

• What action do you th<strong>in</strong>k this poster was designed to elicit from its viewer?<br />

• What parts of the poster do you th<strong>in</strong>k are particularly successful? (e.g. the slogan, the<br />

color scheme, the images, the message)<br />

• What parts of the poster do you th<strong>in</strong>k are not successful?<br />

• Why do you th<strong>in</strong>k the government that designed this poster created it?<br />

• What does this poster tell us about how the government of this poster viewed women<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>II</strong>?<br />

2. Divide the class up <strong>in</strong> to groups of students with the same poster and ask the students to<br />

discuss and consolidate their answers as a group.<br />

3. Ask each team of students to present their analysis to the class and lead a discussion<br />

with the class of their particular poster and what it tells us about other countries views<br />

of women dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>II</strong>.<br />

4. As a class discuss the similarities and differences between these <strong>in</strong>ternational posters<br />

and the American propaganda that was analyzed earlier <strong>in</strong> the lesson. What do these<br />

similarities and differences tell us about the different ways that women were viewed<br />

around the world by their governments?

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!