A vintage Cold War propaganda poster featuring a red armored fist of tanks contrasted with a NATO shield held by hands, against a backdrop of a hammer and sickle. Text reads 'Peace Through Strength, Strength Through Unity'.

First Assignment: Images of the Cold War. Ideology on Display: Cold War Propaganda Poster Background: Students will create an original propaganda poster inspired by Cold War in Europe (including United States and Soviet Union involvement) between 1945 and 1989. Posters may focus on themes such as ideological conflict, security, economic progress, social unity, peaceful coexistence, or calls for cooperation and stability. Students are encouraged to do quick research and get familiarized with Cold War poster themes. Students must use visual symbols, colour, and short slogans to communicate a clear message, with no more than 50 words. Content: Create a vintage cold war propaganda poster focusing on the 1983 able archer exercise and explicitly mention the able archer exercise in the form of "Able Archer 83". include a massive Soviet 'armored fist', a clenched fist made of red armored vehicles crushing forward heading towards western europe from the side of the warsaw pact east, with smoke in the background induce possible fears of a third world war. Receiving the fist on western europe should be a blue NATO shield on western europe, held up by arms explicitly including the flags of west germamy, france, britain and the US on the shield. On the bottom should be the words "Peace Through Strength, Strength Through Unity" in classical cold war font style in reference to Ronald Reagan's peace through strength policy. Impose the entire image in classical yellowish paper. Mehr sehen