ANTI-WAR or PROPAGANDA PROJECT
Due Date:____________________________
*Students have a choice of completing ONE of the projects listed below. Both assignments will be marked out of 50 marks.
- Anti-war Artwork and Poetry
a) Create your own artistic, anti-war representation. Your artwork and poetry MUST be related to World War I, and thus show your comprehension of WWI conditions (through both your art and poetry).
b) Write a minimum of one page, typed, double-spaced description and analysis of your artwork and poetry. Explain why you have made specific decisions in terms of colour, symbolism, imagery, formatting, etc.
*see http://www.greatwar.nl/ for Schmidt/Dalachinsky artwork online as a sample of those who have done similar things creatively as are required in this assignment. Beware: gruesome colour picture on home page of soldier killed by mustard gas. You have to scroll down the left hand side of the page and click on Modern Artists Contemplate the Great War
2. Propaganda Poster:
a) You have been commissioned to design a propaganda poster to help your country enlist young men for World War I. Design a poster that is appropriate for your country (keeping in mind specific colours, symbols, slogans and values), that you feel will persuade young men to join the war. You may choose which country you want to represent, so long as that country participated in WWI.
b) Write a minimum of one page (hand-written or typed), double-spaced description and analysis of your propaganda poster. Explain why you have made specific decisions in terms of colour, symbolism, slogan, values, formatting, etc., and why you feel it would persuade young men to enlist.
*see http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/ww1_a.htm or http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/ for more examples of propaganda posters online.
Projects will be marked based on the following criteria:
Presentation (artwork and text) /20
Content (WWI related) /10
Written analysis /20
TOTAL /50
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