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LOOK
Look at this propaganda poster. Describe what you see. What are the poster’s main messages? What is its intended audience?
THINK
Think about how you receive information today. Is it through social media? Radio? Newspapers? Now think about how people in the 1900s received information. What are some similarities and some differences?
With this context in mind, how effective do you think propaganda posters were at the beginning of the 20th century?
THINK
What does the word “propaganda” mean? How does knowing this is a propaganda poster influence how you perceive it?
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Date July 1915
Materials - Paper
- Ink
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LEND YOUR FIVE SHILLINGS TO YOUR COUNTRY AND CRUSH THE GERMANS
Historical Context
Choose one of the three levels below to match your needs.
- During the First World War, there was growing hostility towards people from countries at war with Canada — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
- This poster encourages people to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans.
- Propaganda messages like this created hatred and fear of people from enemy countries. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
In Canada, propaganda set off growing hostility towards residents from countries at war with the British Empire — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
Across the country, many Canadians protested living and working alongside people from enemy countries.
This British propaganda poster encourages citizens to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans.
Constant propaganda messages like this helped create an environment of hatred and fear of enemy aliens during wartime. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
In Canada, propaganda set off growing hostility towards residents born in, or coming from, countries at war with the British Empire — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
Actively encouraged by the Canadian government, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had settled in Canada by the turn of the 20th century. The discrimination they already suffered was amplified in wartime.
A quotation from the Manitoba Free Press in 1915 reads, “White folks, be they Scotch, Irish, English, American, or just plain Canadian, do not want to reside in the neighborhood of a colony which speaks the enemy language, adopts the costumes and customs of enemy countries.”
In the mines of British Columbia and Nova Scotia, workers went on strike to demand that immigrants be fired. Left with no income, many were arrested and interned.
This British propaganda poster encourages citizens to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans. The German soldier being crushed under a silver coin is depicted as menacing and threatening. Constant propaganda messages like this one were instrumental in creating an environment of hatred and fear of enemy aliens during wartime. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
- During the First World War, there was growing hostility towards people from countries at war with Canada — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
- This poster encourages people to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans.
- Propaganda messages like this created hatred and fear of people from enemy countries. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
In Canada, propaganda set off growing hostility towards residents from countries at war with the British Empire — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
Across the country, many Canadians protested living and working alongside people from enemy countries.
This British propaganda poster encourages citizens to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans.
Constant propaganda messages like this helped create an environment of hatred and fear of enemy aliens during wartime. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
In Canada, propaganda set off growing hostility towards residents born in, or coming from, countries at war with the British Empire — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
Actively encouraged by the Canadian government, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had settled in Canada by the turn of the 20th century. The discrimination they already suffered was amplified in wartime.
A quotation from the Manitoba Free Press in 1915 reads, “White folks, be they Scotch, Irish, English, American, or just plain Canadian, do not want to reside in the neighborhood of a colony which speaks the enemy language, adopts the costumes and customs of enemy countries.”
In the mines of British Columbia and Nova Scotia, workers went on strike to demand that immigrants be fired. Left with no income, many were arrested and interned.
This British propaganda poster encourages citizens to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans. The German soldier being crushed under a silver coin is depicted as menacing and threatening. Constant propaganda messages like this one were instrumental in creating an environment of hatred and fear of enemy aliens during wartime. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
Summary
- During the First World War, there was growing hostility towards people from countries at war with Canada — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
- This poster encourages people to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans.
- Propaganda messages like this created hatred and fear of people from enemy countries. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
Essential
In Canada, propaganda set off growing hostility towards residents from countries at war with the British Empire — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
Across the country, many Canadians protested living and working alongside people from enemy countries.
This British propaganda poster encourages citizens to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans.
Constant propaganda messages like this helped create an environment of hatred and fear of enemy aliens during wartime. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.
In-Depth
In Canada, propaganda set off growing hostility towards residents born in, or coming from, countries at war with the British Empire — particularly Germany and Ukraine.
Actively encouraged by the Canadian government, hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had settled in Canada by the turn of the 20th century. The discrimination they already suffered was amplified in wartime.
A quotation from the Manitoba Free Press in 1915 reads, “White folks, be they Scotch, Irish, English, American, or just plain Canadian, do not want to reside in the neighborhood of a colony which speaks the enemy language, adopts the costumes and customs of enemy countries.”
In the mines of British Columbia and Nova Scotia, workers went on strike to demand that immigrants be fired. Left with no income, many were arrested and interned.
This British propaganda poster encourages citizens to donate to the war effort, to help defeat the Germans. The German soldier being crushed under a silver coin is depicted as menacing and threatening. Constant propaganda messages like this one were instrumental in creating an environment of hatred and fear of enemy aliens during wartime. This fear was used to justify restrictions on civil liberties.