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Do Now: Grab a worksheet from the front and start working with a partner (15 Mins ). Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) describe life on the home front (2) analyze a video clip for key information. Homework. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Do Now: Grab a worksheet from the
front and start working with a
partner (15 Mins)Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) describe life on the home
front (2) analyze a video clip for key information
HomeworkO Open link posted on website and
read/take notes (Two-column, underlining, highlighting, etc.)
O DUE FRIDAYO If link does not work, find another
article about the American Home Front and do the same thing.
Powerful Home Front Essential Questions
O How might a powerful economy help the US?
O What are some advantages?
• Converted the Economy & Industry
• Industry won the War
• Cost-Plus Contracts: More equipment produced, the faster it was produced, the more money company made
• Reconstruction Finance Corp. (RFC): Gave loans to companies
O “The greatest advantage the US enjoyed on the ground in the fighting was…the Jeep and 2.5 Ton truck. These are the instruments that moved and supplied US troops in battle, while the German army…depended on animal transport….The US, profiting from the mass production achievements of it’s automotive industry…had mobility that completely outclassed enemy”
Liberty Ships:O Main cargo shipsO Enormous advantage
O Welded not rivetedO Hard to sink
Creating an ArmyO Selective Service
and Training Act – Draft
O Overwhelmed facilities
O “GI’s” – Gov. Issued
O 8-Week Basic Training off to war
O “Special Sense of Kinship”
Increased role of
women in factories
and workforce
Manpower –Educational Documentary (1943)
O Please write down 3 CCQ’s on the video
O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAW_zwX9m80
Do Now: Read "An American Story" on page 749, and
answer the following question:
How did Laura Brigg's outlook on life change with the
beginning of World War II? How is this different than
before?
Objectives: Students will be able to...
(1) transfer knowledge of American Home Front to propaganda poster
(2) describe life on the home front
Homework: Finish reading the article posted on the website
FYI – Midterm Review Sheet is on Website under USII Main Page
Propaganda Played a Large Role Again
Rationing
O Limiting availability of products
O Blue Points and Red PointsO Red – Processed foods O Blue – Meats, fats, and
oilsO Used these coups
when buying products
O Office of Price Administration
O FDR put a control on prices and wages
O Kept inflation under control
Victory GardensO People grew their own
gardensO Scrap Drives held
War Bonds (E-Bonds)
“V” for VictoryODespite the
hardships, Americans believed in the cause of the war!
Create your Own Propaganda Poster
O Choose one of these WWII topics we’ve discussed: O Joining the ArmyO RationingO Buying War BondsO Wage controlO “V” for VictoryO Victory Gardens
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