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