Tutorial on creating propaganda posters for Social Studies or ELA classes based on argumentative research.

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/>.