Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 162 views

    World War II Lesson 2 Homefront

    Uploaded by

    api-242847854
    The document discusses how US involvement in World War 2 changed life on the "home front" for American citizens. It describes how the government implemented rationing to conserve resources for soldiers overseas and asked citizens to make personal sacrifices. Citizens were told to carpool to conserve gasoline, alter cooking habits, collect waste fats, and grow victory gardens to support the war effort. The government published instructions on rationing and promoted these activities as patriotic duties to help win the war.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    World War II Lesson 2 Homefront

    Uploaded by

    api-242847854
    162 views15 pages
    The document discusses how US involvement in World War 2 changed life on the "home front" for American citizens. It describes how the government implemented rationing to conserve resources for soldiers overseas and asked citizens to make personal sacrifices. Citizens were told to carpool to conserve gasoline, alter cooking habits, collect waste fats, and grow victory gardens to support the war effort. The government published instructions on rationing and promoted these activities as patriotic duties to help win the war.

    Original Title

    world-war-ii-lesson-2-homefront

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses how US involvement in World War 2 changed life on the "home front" for American citizens. It describes how the government implemented rationing to conserve resources for soldiers overseas and asked citizens to make personal sacrifices. Citizens were told to carpool to conserve gasoline, alter cooking habits, collect waste fats, and grow victory gardens to support the war effort. The government published instructions on rationing and promoted these activities as patriotic duties to help win the war.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    162 views15 pages

    World War II Lesson 2 Homefront

    Uploaded by

    api-242847854
    The document discusses how US involvement in World War 2 changed life on the "home front" for American citizens. It describes how the government implemented rationing to conserve resources for soldiers overseas and asked citizens to make personal sacrifices. Citizens were told to carpool to conserve gasoline, alter cooking habits, collect waste fats, and grow victory gardens to support the war effort. The government published instructions on rationing and promoted these activities as patriotic duties to help win the war.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 15

    Focus Question:

    How did U.S.


    involvement in World
    War II change life on
    the home front?
    Do Now:
    Look at this World War II
    era propaganda poster.
    What do you think was
    the main message? What
    was the government
    telling American people to
    do? Why?

    Sum It Up

    The government was


    trying to get people
    to conserve gasoline
    by car-pooling in
    order to ensure the
    military had what it
    needed to fight the
    war. Anyone who
    didnt do their part
    was depicted as
    helping the enemy
    (in this case Hitler).

    How did U.S. involvement in World War


    II change life on the home front?
    The term home front signifies
    mainly the idea that people at home
    were fighting the war too.
    To help the war effort, people were
    asked to make personal sacrifices.
    When the U.S. is involved in wars
    today, are people at home asked to
    make sacrifices?
    Why or why not?

    One important change was RATIONING.

    rationing = limits on the amounts of


    certain products that people could
    buy.
    Why? So that soldiers would have
    enough of what they needed.
    People in US were asked to make
    personal sacrifices to help the war
    effort.

    WW II ration books. Ration


    books were intended only for
    the family applying for them.
    Trading, giving away, or
    selling stamps was forbidden.

    The government published instructions on


    rationing, and on topics such as how to
    adjust your cooking recipes.

    A government demonstration of how


    rationing works.

    Important home front actions


    the government was
    promoting:

    How rationing worked, what kinds of


    products were rationed
    Conserving paper, metals, rubber
    Waste fats and grease could be used to
    make explosives
    People should alter their cooking habits
    Everyone should take only their fair share
    Rationing/conserving was a patriotic act
    Planting Victory Gardens would help win the
    war

    How Life Changed for one


    group of Americans
    How did women help support the
    war effort?
    Volunteered for service: WAC's
    (Women's Army Corps)
    Served in various production
    capacities (building planes, tanks,
    and weapons)

    As result of women's participation


    in the war effort the expected role
    of women in American society
    changed. Before the war people
    did not think women should work.
    After the war women working was
    an accepted part of society

    Homework
    Based on the information in your
    graphic organizer, write one FULL
    paragraph that answers this question:

    How did the government want


    people inside the U.S. to change
    their living habits to support the
    war effort? What did the
    government do to encourage this
    and what arguments did the
    government use to convince people

    You might also like