Before+Reading

__**Poster Analysis**__
**SS-05-1.1.2:** Students will explain and give examples of ways that democratic governments function (by making, enacting, and enforcing laws) to promote the common good. **SS-05-5.1.1:** Students will use a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., artifacts, diaries, maps, timelines) to describe significant events in the history of the U.S. and interpret different perspectives.

**RL.5.4:** Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

**RI.5.6**: Analyze mutiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarites and differences in the point of view they represent.

**RL.5.8**: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.




 * 1) Who do you think is the intended audience for the poster?
 * 2) What does the Government hope the audience will do?
 * 3) What references to pay do you find in this document?
 * 4) What references to treatment of prisoners of war do you find in this document?
 * 5) What evidence of discrimination during the Civil War do you find in this document?
 * 6) What evidence of Government efforts to improve conditions for black soldiers do you find in this document?
 * 7) What purpose(s) of the Government is/are served by this poster?
 * 8) How is the design of this poster different from contemporary military recruitment posters?

Group Work Analysis