Bellwork January 29, 2014

0Placed around the room you will find pictures from WWII.

0On the sheet provided to you answer the questions for each picture that you see, the pictures are numbered so make sure you write down the number.

0When I say change please move to another picture0There should be minimal talking

Women and the War

0New opportunities0 More women than ever entered the work force

0Rosie the Riveter0 Encouraged women to take factory jobs

0Earned less then men0War ends, what happens to their jobs?

0 Women were sent home and back to the kitchen0The war changed public opinion about women’s right

to work

African Americans and the War

0About 1 Million African American men and women served in the armed forces during the war0 At first most were given low-level assignments0 Segregation

01942 the Army began to train whites and African Americans together0 Allowed to take combat assignments

Tuskegee Airmen

0Shot down more than 200 enemy planes0Benjamin Davis, Jr., became the first African American

general in the United States Air Force

Asking for change

0Summer 1941, labor leader, A. Philip Randolph demanded that the government ban discrimination against African Americans in defense industries

0Planned a demonstration in Washington0 Persuaded by FDR to call of the demonstration

0Fair Employment Practices Commission- combatted discrimination in industries that help government contracts

Asking for Change

0Large numbers of African Americans moved from the rural south to industrialized cities in North and the West

0 In some cities, racial tensions turned to violence which sometimes resulted in death

0Langston Hughes0 “Yet you say we’re fightin’ for democracy. Then why

don’t democracy include me?”

Hispanic Americans

0 250,000 served in the armed forces0 Medal of Honor

0 Awarded to 12 Mexican Americans0 Mercedes Cubría

0 First Hispanic women officer in the Women’s Army Corps0 Horacio Rivero

0 From Puerto Rico- first 4-star admiral since 18700 Barcero Program

0 U.S. labor agents recruited thousands of farm and railroad workers from Mexico

0 Stimulated emigration from Mexico during the war

BRAIN BREAK

0Everyone stand up and turn around 5 times then sit back down

0Careful not to make yourself dizzy

Arizona’s Contribution

Native Americans

0Many left reservations to work in the defense industry0Thousands served in the armed forces0 Ira Hayes

0 Pima Native American0 Marine corporal 0 1 of the 6 who raised the flag on Iwo Jima

Code Talkers

0Who were they?0 Native Americans

0What tribe did they represent?0 Navajo

0What language did they speak?0 Diné

0 Where were they stationed?0 Pacific Theater

The Code- How it worked

0 Use Navajo word, take the first letter of English word0 Wol-la-chee Ant0 Be-la sana Apple0 Tse-hill Axe

0AAA Navy

0 Navajo words unrelated to the English word0 Besh-lo iron fish

0 submarine0 Dah-he-tih-hi hummingbird

0 fighter plane0 Debeh-li-zine black street

0 squad

Your Turn

0Homework: worth 15 points0 I want you to make your own code0 You can work alone of with a partner0 Make 10 code words for words that you used everyday

OR0 Make a code for 2 COMPLETE Sentences0 This will be due tomorrow January 30, 2014

0Be prepared to share with the class0Most importantly make sure that you are using appropriate

words