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World War I on the Home Front
■ A look at how people in America helped win the war.
Objective
■ By the end of the lesson, SWBAT
explain how the people on the
home front in America helped
the troops fighting in Europe win
World War I
Vocabulary
■ Selective Service Act- Was passed in 1917, and
required men between the ages of 21 to 30 to
register to be drafted.
■ Liberty Bonds- Issued war bonds
■ Scarcity - Not having an unlimited supply of
something.
■ Rations - Limits you put on things.
■ Propaganda - Information that is used to shape
people’s thinking.
■ National War Labor Board- Helped workers and
management avoid strikes and reach agreement
Lightning Round Review
■How did World War I start?
■Who were the two sides that
were fighting in World War I?
■Why did the U.S. enter World
War I?
America Enters the War
■ It is 1917, and America is
beginning to fight in the
deadliest and largest war that
has ever taken place, what
sort of supplies do the soldiers
need?
Supplies Needed
■ Weapons Uniforms
■ Tanks Ships
■ Airplanes A LOT OF THINGS!
■ Food
■ Gas Masks
■ Helmets
Supplies
■ Many of the supplies that were needed
for the war had to come from America.
■ But because of scarcity, not having an
unlimited supply, many people had
ration the amount of food and metal
that they used in the United States
during the war so they could provide
enough food and supplies for the
soldiers fighting.
Rationing
Scarcity
Rationing
■ Why would people in America
need to ration the amount of
food and metal they ate and
used during the war?
Rationing
■ To get people to cut down on the amount of food and metal people used, the government used propaganda to persuade or talk people into rationing and working harder for the war effort.
Propaganda
■Where do we see
propaganda in our lives
today?
Propaganda■ The government used propaganda posters to convince
people:
– eat less food
– use less money
– worker harder building equipment for the troops
– THE GOVERNMENT USED NATIONALISM
Supplies
■ There were a lot of supplies (guns, tanks, helmets, uniforms,
etc.) that were needed for the war effort in World War I.
■ Many of the men who worked in those factories before the
war, were now fighting in the war.
■ Who worked in the factories while the men were fighting?
Women in the Work Force
■ Women had to step in and work in the factories
■ Women filled the spots that were left by the men and helped
make all of the supplies needed in the war.
■ World War I would not have been won if it were not for the
help of women in the factories who made supplies.
Women in the Work Place
■What was a woman’s role
in society before World War
I?
Women’s Rights
■ Women did not have the right to
vote.
■ Women did not work in factories.
■ Women did not work anywhere but
in schools or sometimes as
secretaries.
Women
■ Society’s view of women changed
a lot after World War I.
■ Women got the right to vote in
1919 with the 19 Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution.
Propaganda Posters
■ For each propaganda poster, try to
figure out what the poster is trying to
convince Americans do to help in the
war effort?
Poster 1
Poster 2
Poster 3
Poster 4
Poster 5
Poster 6
Poster 7
Conclusion
■ The U.S. needed to ration the amount of food and supplies
people used during World War I.
■ The U.S. used propaganda to get people to help out with the
war effort.
■ Women played a major role in the war by helping in factories
during the war.