World War Two: Through Their Own Eyes

Visit this website to find the article you signed up for in class.

For the comments, write 200 words on what you learned from your eyewitness account.

Fighting The War: With Cartoons???

The art of war began to dramatically change in the 20th century. An interesting element to WW2, which people are often unaware, is the role of cartoon propaganda. Characters like Bugs, Daffy and other favorites were placed into "global situations" to get Americans on board with the war effort.

For this week's blog, watch a famously controversial cartoon called "Tokio Jokio".

Also, read this article that describes the role of cartoons as propaganda.


For the comment section...

1) Write 100 words on your observations from the cartoon. Did anything surprise/shock you? Why might Tokio Jokio be considered controversial?

2) Why do you think Warner Brothers and other entertainment companies would spend time, in the early 1940s, creating war propaganda? (100 words)