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Georgiaand WWII
Stormy WeatherLena Horne (1943)
StandardSS8H9 The student will describe the impact
of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically.
Elementb. Evaluate the importance of Bell
Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard
Russell, and Carl Vinson.c. Explain the impact of the Holocaust on
Georgians.
Essential QuestionsWhat was the Holocaust and what is
the legacy it left behind?
Who were significant political figures of the period and how did they impact
the state?
Today’s Key Terms
• Holocaust• Rationing• Shipyard• Bell Aircraft• G.I. Bill• Carl Vinson• Richard Russell
Today’s Agenda
Open: ~ Interactive Video, “The Story of
Lola Rein and her dress”
Work ~ Textbook Read-Aloud Session: ~ Interactive PowerPoint
Close: ~ Georgia Stories, “Carl Vinson”
Concentration Camps - World War II
Georgia Commission on the Holocaust
The Story of Lola Rein and her Dresshttp://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/silent-witness/lola/flash/index.htm
Textbook Read-Aloud
Please read one paragraph and then call on someone else to read.
Pages 411-415
Name given to the Nazi plan to kill all Jewish people
Concentration camps used to imprison, work, and execute Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and political dissidents
6 million people killed in the HolocaustGovernor established the Georgia
Commission on the Holocaust to create awareness of the events
The Holocaust
320,000 Georgians joined the armed forces – over 7,000 killed Military bases were built in the state which improved the economy Farmers grew needed crops – income tripled for the average farmer Limits were put on the consumption of goods such as gasoline, meat, butter, and sugar
(rationing) Students were encouraged to buy war bonds and
defense stamps to pay for the war Victory Garden: small family gardens to make sure soldiers would have enough food POW (prisoner of war) camps in Georgia at some military bases
Georgia During World War II
Shipyards and Bell Aircraft
Macon and Milledgeville: location of weapon plants in Georgia
Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards: War production facilities that provided an area to build naval vessels
Bell Aircraft: plant located in Marietta that built B-29 bombers (America’s largest military plane at the time)Fall 1943, the huge facility was in full
operationEmployed 20,000 civilian workersOwned by Lockheed Martin today
[Photograph of the Liberty ship F. Southall
Farrar under construction (second
view), J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick,
Georgia], 1944 May 23
Military Training Facilities
Fort Benning, known as “home of the U.S. Infantry”. It was the largest infantry training school in the world
Hunter Airfield (Savannah)Warner Robins Air Service Command
(Macon)Fort McPherson (Atlanta)Camp Gordon (Augusta)
Antiaircraft soldiers on stateside maneuvers with their mobile 3-inch gun M3 in 1941.
Sixteen Negro soldiers recently won the coveted `wings' of the U.S. Army
paratroopers at Fort Benning, in the southern U.S. state of Georgia. The picture shows
some of them riding high in a C-47 transport plane preparing
to make one of the required five qualifying jumps." March
1944. Fort Benning, Georgia, 1941
Carl Vinson
Georgia Representative to the United States Congress
Elected to house in 1914 Served for more than 50
years Respected for knowledge
and commitment to military preparedness
Driving force behind building a naval fleet in the pacific Ocean (believed the navy was our nation’s 1st line of defense)
Sponsored legislation creating the U.S. Army Air Corps (later became U.S. Air Force)
Richard Russell
Georgia Senator to the United States Congress
First elected in 1932 Served almost 40
years Developed a similar
reputation to Carl Vinson’s for helping build America’s military strength during World War II
Everyone was expected to help in the war effort
Women began working in jobs to replace men who had gone to war
G.I. Bill: law to help returning soldiers adapt to civilian life
Low cost loans for homes or businessCollege education (free tution)
Women and African Americans did not want to go back to the kind of life they had before the war
The War’s Effect on Society
The War’s Effect on Georgia
During the war, the annual income for the average Georgian doubled
More Georgians were employed in manufacturing than in agriculture
End of war marked a period of rapid social and economic change in Georgia
Hundreds of thousands of Georgia GIs had served in far off places and their view of the world changed
Young Georgians had a chance for a better life
Postwar Georgia would never be quite the same
Carl Vinson
Video LogRecord at least 2 facts to share with
the class.http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/carl_vinson