K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

World War I propaganda posters

Learn to make and test the big guns

The army offered men a chance to learn skills that might serve them in a future job or “trade.” This recruitment strategy — still seen today in television commercials — was used for the first time in World War I.

Poster by: Charles Buckles Falls, 1919.

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