The document provides guidelines for creating modern propaganda posters aimed at supporting argumentative positions through visual media. It highlights the historical context of propaganda, tools for poster creation, and emphasizes the importance of copyright-friendly images. Various resources and tutorial links for poster generation and analysis of World War II posters are also included.

1. Creating a Modern Day Propaganda
Poster
Ideas to spark support of an
argumentative position with visual media
Linda Dougherty, Teacher Librarian
Northwest High School Library
January 2015
Email: lindough@gmail.com
Twitter: @ljdougherty

2. Historical Propaganda Posters
● First Amendment right to
freedom of speech
● Propaganda posters
express a point of view to
support a topic or
argument.
● Propaganda posters are
NOT advertisements.

3. World War II - Traditional Posters

4. Colors Emphasize
Point of view
Mood
Theme

5. Opposing Viewpoints Topic
Click below for
Argumentative Topics
Resources

6. Poster Generators
Keep Calm-o-matic Poster Generator
● Change Background Colors
● Background image gallery
● Upload new images as
background image
● Change font types and colors
Need images for
logos?

7. ● Save image to use on a
slide show (Use Google
account to login into
generator)
● Or Save as PDF
● Both images and PDF’s
may be uploaded to your
Google Drive accounts and
shared with your teacher or
turned in to Google
Classroom.
Saving Posters

8. Google Drawing
● Google Drawing
posters can be
shared on Google
Drive with
teachers.
● Easy to research
copyright
friendly images.
● Work with a
partner on the
same project.

9. Google Drawing Tutorial Slides

10. Lesson Resources
"Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters - ReadWriteThink." Readwritethink.org. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2015. <http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/argument-persuasion-
propaganda-analyzing-829.html>.
"Clipart - High Quality, Easy to Use, Free Support." Clipart - High Quality, Easy to Use, Free Support. N.p., n.d. Web.
13 Jan. 2015. <https://openclipart.org/homepage>.
"Creating a Modern-Day Propaganda Poster." National Constitution Center – Constitutioncenter.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 08
Jan. 2015. <http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/lesson-plans/creating-a-modern-day-propaganda-
poster>.
"KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON with the Keep Calm-o-matic." KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON with the Keep Calm-o-
matic. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2015. <http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/#>.
Ohio Standards, Connections, and Technology. "Media Literacy: Discovering and Understanding Propaganda – Grade
Nine Interdisciplinary Lesson." Ohio Department of Education. Web. 8 Jan. 2015. <https://ims.ode.state.oh.
us/ODE/IMS/Lessons/Content/CTE_LP_S04_BA_L09_I03_01.pdf>.
"Social Media Propaganda Posters by Aaron Wood - Design Milk." Design Milk. N.p., 06 Aug. 2011. Web. 08 Jan.
2015. <http://design-milk.com/social-media-propaganda-posters-by-aaron-wood/>.