The Blitz + The propaganda poster

24.01.2011 …

By English Prof

Hey,

today we first corrected the chronology you had to draw from the text "The London Blitz" and here is what we said about this event:

The London Blitz or "Blitz Kreig" in German is a period of intense bombing. London was blasted / bombarded / bombed every day and every night during 57 days. The attacks lasted from Sept, 7 1940 until May 11, 1941.
Many shelters were destroyed. Bombings made 450 victims / casualties / dead people. The death toll was very high.

Examples of shelters:
schools, churches, underground stations ("the Tube")

Then we continued on with commenting upon the picture linked to the text that we are going to study. Here is what we said about it:

Type of document: poster

- goal: propaganda in order to recruit women to work on farms.

The document is a propaganda poster from the war. It was certainly published during WWII by the British government so as to / in order to recruit women and so that they replace the men who are at war / have gone to wage war.

- descrpition: catch-phrase / slogan : at the top, at the bottom

-> woman: on the left, in the foreground
-> the field : in the background

It represents a woman in the foreground who is wearing work clothes. She's on a farm and she is doing a man's job. She's looking in the distance / into the void. She looks proud of herself.

The posters shows that woman could do men's job. It encourages them to take part to the war effort. It was the beginning of equality between the genders.
What's more, the colours of the poster are bright / the poster is colourful. It depicts the farm as if it were heaven. It shows the bright side of the job.

Grammar: verbe d'état ≠ verbe d'action

Additional vocabulary:

- to go to war = to wage war

HW: learn your lesson and new vocabulary.

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Lisa

01/27/2011 17:46

The London Blitz : blitz kreig, it's a period of intense bombings. London was blasted/bombarded/bombed every day and every night during 57 days. The attacks last from Sept, 7 1940 until May 11, 1941. Many shelters were destroyed bombing made 450 victims/casualities/dead people. The death toll was very high. Example of shelters : school, underground stations (the tube) Type of document : poster -goal: propaganda recruit on farms. "to go to war : to wage war" The dos is a propaganda poster from the war. It was certainly published during WWII by the British government so as to/in order to recruit woman and so that they replace the men who are at war/have gone to war. -descrpition: catch-phrase/slogan : at the top, at the bottom woman : on the left, in the foreground the flied : in the background It represents a woman in the foregroung who is wearing work clothers. Sh's on a farm and chse is doing the men's job. She's looking in the distance/into the void. She looks proud of herself. grammar : Verbe d'états différent de verbe d'actions The posters shows that woman could do men's job. It encourages then to take to the war effort. It was the beginning of equality between the genders. What's more, the colours of the poster are bright/the poster is colourful. It depicts the farm as if it were heaven. It shows the bright side of the job. Stella : she has to make a choice Phillip : at war J.Lawrence : with Stella on the farm Mr.Lawrence Stella may leave Joe to be with Phillip/may break up the engagment with Joe or ditch/dump Phillip for Joe vocabulaire : to ditch = to dump a ditch ( fossé ), a dump ( décharge ) Warm up : The doc is a humourous video from BBC1, a British chanel. It deals with mobile phones. There are lots of puns on words about brand ( Blackberry, Apple, Orange, X-box ) names which are also names of fruits. By Lisa.

English Prof

01/27/2011 18:33

Thanks Lisa for the update. That would be lovely if you could finish updating the latest post (with more things about the characters and the relationships between them) and also the one at the beginning of the sequence "Love during WWII". Thanks a bunch in advance. Take care, Mr Hattais.