BBC website

http://
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/ca
uses_war1act.shtml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHSQAEam2yc(part
1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mun1dKkc_As(part
2)
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Learning intention Learning outcome
(What I am learning today) (How I will show my learning)

To consolidate your knowledge and By the end of the lesson you will
understanding the causation of have consolidated your knowledge
WW1. and understanding of causation
To know and understand how and of WW1.
why Australia entered the war You will have started to learn how
Keywords/terms: and why Australia entered the war
Imperialism nationalism militarism
alliances
Schifflein Plan propaganda dominion
Homework
pacifist Last lesson This lesson Next lesson
MAIN
MAIN consolidation Propaganda
Australias cont.
entry into
WW1
Starter-Word
Stream
1.Identify the techniques used on these posters
to encourage Australian men to enlist such as:
A.Overall message of the poster (what does it want the
viewer to do?)
B. What emotions does the poster tap into?
C. The effect that the poster may have had on people at
the time.

This Australian WW1 example of propaganda show a

rather fierce looking caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II
standing over a globe with his hand raised above
Australia with the shadow of his hand falling over the
country. This poster taps into the emotions of fear
through the image of the Kaiser and his grab at
Australia and through the rhetorical question, must it
come to this? It would also tap into a sense of national
pride and nationalism in people to protect Australia by
enlisting. This poster would have made the treat of a
German invasion a more visible and possible reality and
would have encouraged men to enlist.
2. Identify key features such as:
A. Symbols and images B. Words C. Arrangements of the
images and words
D. Colours of the poster

The Kaisers hand reaching over the globe to Australia

and the subsequent shadow which falls over her
sunburnt country illustrates to the public the possible
reach of the German army and the effect it would have;
the dark shadow maybe an ominous sign of control or
oppression perhaps. The rhetorical question must it
come to this? has be printed in a bold simple font at the
top of the poster making it clear to understand and
leaves the viewer accountable for the security and
future safety of Australia. In contrast, enlist is
presented in a much more attractive, jaunty font which
implies that this option is the proactive thing to do.
Enlist has been placed in the centre of the poster
against a white background which makes it the focal
point. The fact it has been positioned on an diagonal is
attractive to the eye. This placement of the globe in the
For each poster Describe what you see 2. Identify key features such as: 3.Which poster do you
A. Symbols and images
1. Identify the techniques used on these posters to think would have been
encourage Australian men to enlist such as:
B. Words more successful at the
A. Overall message of the poster (what does it want the time? Justify your
viewer to do?) C Arrangements of the images and words
answer based on the
B. What emotions does the poster tap into? D. Colours of the poster techniques and