Poster Discussion: Homework Help

Select one of the following posters:

• Barack Obama “Hope” Poster, Shepard Fairey (2008): https://www.artic.edu/artworks/229396/barack-obama-hope-poster
• Freedom from Want, Norman Rockwell (1943): https://www.nrm.org/2016/11/freedom-want-1943/
• “We Can Do It!”, Howard Miller (1942): https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_538122
• “I Want You”, James Montgomery Flagg (1917): https://time.com/4725856/uncle-sam-poster-history/
• “Someone Talked”, Frederick Siebel (1942):  https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18612741/

In your initial post, address the following points and questions:

• Purpose:  What is the message or purpose of this poster?
• Discussion of Propaganda:  Is it propaganda? Why or why not?
• Effectiveness:  Do you think this poster is effective?  Why or why not?
• Ask a question:  Pose a question that you would like your classmates to consider in their response to your post.