A SEPARATE PEACE: GENE’S ELECTRONIC TIME CAPSULE

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AMERICAN PROPAGANDA POSTER URLS

We can do it: http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-evolution-of-propaganda-design-us-retro-posters-122.aspx

Uncle Sam: http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/american.htm

Car sharing club: http://www.vanishedamericana.com/wwii/world-war-ii-ca-sharing-propaganda-poster/

Japanese war bonds: http://mcc10n3.blogspot.com/

Nazi shadow war bonds: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/ww2/services/save1.htm

Puzzle piece: http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002-p3/baker_p3_12-01_js/index.htm

GENE’S CLOTHING

Custom made Ivy League suit to where to school.

Men’s combo swing suit.

Popular G.I. shoeshttp://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=b8738f1b76821462&q=1940's%20teenage%20young%20men%20clothing&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1940%2527s%2Bteenage%2Byoung%2Bmen%2Bclothing%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26biw%3D989%26bih%3D646%26tbs%3Disch:1

http://www.onlineshoes.com/mens-dr-martens-1940-boot-black-fine-haircell-p_id13539

http://beststuffformen.com/2009/10/17/get-your-mad-men-on-vintage-clothing-and-costumes-for-halloween-and-beyond-at-rusty-zipper/

http://vintageclothing.about.com/od/1940s/tp/40s-Men-s-.htm

http://www.ioffer.com/si/mens%20vintage

http://www.ivy-style.com/category/1920s-40s/page/2

http://www.rustyzipper.com/mens/suits/40s50s

POPULAR 1940’S MOVIESPinocchio (released in 1940)http://www.imdb.com/year/1940

The Grapes of Wrath(released in 1940)http://www.imdb.com/year/1940

Casablanca(released in 1942)http://bogart-tribute.net/films/casablanca.shtml

Destination Tokyo(released January 1944)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/

During the 1940s Walt Disney’s career began to prosper with Fantasia in 1940, Dumbo in 1941, and Bambi in 1942.

Mrs. Miniver was the biggest hit film of the year (released 1942) http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/mrs-miniver.html

The 1940s were a great time to go to the movies because so many of them were being made and here are a few.

POPULAR 1940S ACTOR/ACTRESSES

The forties were a very big time movies (as seen in the last slide), same as for actors and actresses.

Possibly the most famous actress from the 1940s: Marilyn Monroe.http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/marilyn_monroe/

Elizabeth Taylorhttp://www.oh-angelina.com/angelina-jolie-elizabeth-taylor/

Ginger Robertshttp://www.gingerrogers.com/about/photo.html

Autographed photo of Jimmy Stewart.http://www.texaslonghorn.us/The%20Trophy%20Room.htmOther famous actors and

actresses include Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Hattie McDaniel.

POPULAR 194O’S SINGERSMusic in the 1940s consisted of a lot of jazz and big band

styles. Some of the artists who helped to create this musical era are pictured be low, and also Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Cliff Edwards, Frank Sinatra, and many more.

http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/r/ro/rosemary_clooney.htm

http://niceandeasy-waldomusic.blogspot.com/2010/08/count-basie-and-his-orchestra-basic.html

http://www.examiner.com/swing-and-big-band-in-national/jazz-festival-to-feature-artie-shaw-orchestra

Dizzy Gillespie was known for his puffy cheeks. http://www.jazzpages.com/Deker/gillespie.htm

Popular scat jazz singer as “The man in the zoot suit with the reet pleats” because he brought around a whole new slang language: the 1940s Shakespeare. http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Cab-Calloway-Biography/70174F8FF5A9D51048256C2300077888

POPULAR 1940’S SONGS

Obviously there are hundreds of songs made during the 1940s, but here are six of some of the most popular back then.

•In the Mood – Glenn Miller

•When You Wish Upon a Star – Cliff Edwards

•I’ll never smile again – Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra

•Only Forever – Bing Crosby

•Body & Soul – Coleman Hawkins

•When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano – The Ink Spots

POPULAR 1940’S AUTHORS AND BOOKS

AUTHORS:

• Gwendolyn Brooks

• F. Scott Fitzgerlad

• John Steinbeck

• Richard Wright

• Carl Carmer

• Ernest Hemingway

• Carson McCullers

• Raymond Chandler

• William Faulkner

BOOKS:

• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

• Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler

• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

• Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner

• The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald

THE DRAFT

• Reintroduced in WW 1, the Selective Service Act of 1917 forced all men from the ages of 18-30 to draft.

• Act was redone as the Selective Training and Service Act (STSA) of 1940

• Pres. Roosevelt’s signing began the 1st peacetime draft in the US

• No more than 900,000 men to be in training at one time

• Men ages 18 – 45 liable for military service

• Required men 18 – 65 to register

Walter Olsang’s draft card; registered in the Old Man’s Draft of 1942. http://fletcherfamilytree.wordpress.com/2009/02/

THE DRAFT (CONTINUED)

• Limited service to 18 months

• Between 1940 and 1947 over 10 million men were inducted

• 1947 the Act was expired by Congress

• Replaced by a new act in 1948

• 1948 act said that all males 18-26 had to register

• Men from 19-26 liable for induction for 21 months service followed by 5 years of reserve duty

WORLD WAR 2: PACIFIC BATTLES

One of the most important pacific battle was the Battle of Midway. In the battle of Midway:

•Japanese lost four aircraft carries and their best pilots

•We only lost one carrier

•First major American naval victory of WW2

Some say that the Battle of Britain turned the war because if they had lost the n the war would have been over considering that Hitler would’ve controled all of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

The Battle of Coral Sea was a clash between carrier task forces:

•May 7-8, 1942

•Not one shot was traded

•Heaviest losses were the U.S. carrier Lexington and the Japanese carrier Shoho

•Japan withdrew

WORLD LEADERS: FDR

U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933 – 1945)

Helped America out of The Great Depression

At first followed a vast political opinion to remain neutral

Began to ally with Britain and Russia before actually entering the war

Pearl Harbor entered war

Knew before Pearl Harbor that they would eventually have to enter the war

Death in April 1945, briskly followed by the end of the war

http://open.salon.com/blog/david_cox/2009/11/06/what_fdr_gave_us

WORLD LEADERS: HARRY TRUMAN, ADOLF HITLERHarry S. Truman became the 33rd U.S. President after Roosevelt’s death

Became Pres. 83 days after V.P.

Gave the ‘OK’ to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Bomb ended WW II

Known for straightforward and blunt attitude

Adolf Hitler was the Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 – 1945

Solider in WW1

Read“ The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion", which is a fake document supporting anti-semitism.

This sparked his hatred of Jews

Planned and began World War II

Prime minister of Germany 30 January, 1944

Committed suicide at the end of the war

http://www.visitingdc.com/president/harry-truman-picture.htm

http://www.footnote.com/document/137396737/

WORLD LEADERS: WINSTON CHURCHILL

Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain May 10, 1940

Same day as when the German Blitzkrieg invasion of France began

‘The British Lion’ – excellent wartime leader

Formed a strong friendship with U.S.

http://queuemagazine.co.uk/quotes.aspx

“I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, ‘Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength’.”

From his speech on May 13th, 1940 when he became Prime Minister

1940 MEDICAL DISCOVERIES• 1940: Howard Florey and Ernst Chain make a usable

form of penicillin

• 1944: Selman Waksman discovers steptomycin

• 1945: First vaccine for the flu

• 1947: Parke-Davis announces discover of antibiotic Chloromycetin

• 1949: Sir Harold Ridley preformed the first implant of intraocular lens

• 1950: John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker

• 1950

• 1940s: Experts realized that smoking and mental ingestion were likely causes for cancer.

NEW INVENTIONS

• 1940: Nylons go on the market

• 1941: The Jeep was invented

• 1942: T shirts were introduced

• 1944: Ballpoint Pens go on sale

• 1945: 1st Computer built (ENIAC)

• 1945: Microwave Oven Invention

http://blogs.4wdandsportutility.com/

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The 1940 Willys “Quad” is said to be

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The first ENIAC

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NEW INVENTIONS (CONTINUED)

• 1945: Slinky Toys go on sale

• 1946: Bikinis introduced

• 1947: Polaroid Cameras invented

• 1948: ‘Big Bang’ Theory Formulated

• 1948: The Frisbee

http://canadatop.com/article/SLINKY

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0844347.html

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http://www.2worldwar2.com/adolf-hitler.htm

http://www.history-timeline.deepthi.com/medical-history-timeline/medical-history-timeline-1941-1950.html

http://www.fashion-era.com/20th_century_major_innovations.htm

http://www.imdb.com/year/1940

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html#film

http://www.filmsite.org/40sintro.html

http://www.americanlegends.com/authors/index.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_were_the_most_popular_authors_during_the_1940's

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_most_important_battles_in_the_Pacific_during_World_War_2

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_most_important_battles_of_World_War_2

http://www.worldwar2history.info/Coral-Sea/

http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/mma/timeline.html

http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1940timeline.htm

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090405133732AAScIUB

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1940.htm

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40smusic.html

http://www.popularsong.org/1940.html

http://www.bicycle-heaven.com/blog/

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