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title: 'Schools at War: 5th War Savings News Bulletin for Teachers'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/schools-at-war-5th-war-savings-bulletin-1941/
description: 'Cover of the December issue of ''Schools at War'', a bulletin for teachers: two smiling children and a dog by a Christmas tree hold a savings bond and a card'
section: Collection
---

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[![Schools at War: 5th War Savings News Bulletin for Teachers, 1941 US poster: Cover of the December issue of 'Schools at War'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/schools-at-war-5th-war-savings-bulletin-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/schools-at-war-5th-war-savings-bulletin-1941.jpg)

# Schools at War: 5th War Savings News Bulletin for Teachers

Cover of the December issue of 'Schools at War', a bulletin for teachers: two smiling children and a dog by a Christmas tree hold a savings bond and a card with stars. The ordinary family scene presents bond saving as part of home life (plain-folks) and ties it to Christmas (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Schools AT WAR
5TH WAR SAVINGS
NEWS BULLETIN FOR TEACHERS
Merry Christmas
SCHOOLS AT WAR
SERVE LEARN SHARE CONSERVE SAVE
DECEMBER ISSUE: CHRISTMAS POSTER, TEACHERS' HONOR ROLL, FREE TEACHER AIDS, SCHOOL NEWS
```

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