US History: Students will be given on WWII topic from below to research and write a blog about.
-The US Home-front
- Women's role
woman went into work at factories
the bad thing was when the men came back the women got laid off
Rosie the Retriever- women working back home, work hard but still look like woman
they were also nurses in the war
woman were typers and secretaries
other jobs: conducts, time keepers, farmers, transportation drivers.
Women's Army Corps- testers, transporters, secretaries
Waves- women navy
WASP- woman air force
- Factories-War Production Board
make as much as you can cause this will win the war
don't waste anytime they didn't anyone to go strike because together we win
- War bonds
people bought these and the money would go to the government towards the war help fund the war
- Japanese relocation camps
after Pearl Harbor was attacked we were scared for Japanese spies. So we took Japanese to concentration camp, they had to pack a few things are we forced to go live in these camps.
children went to school and got educated and there was also athletics
- Propaganda
it was made to convenience people think one way
we were fly over drop booklets that said there countries were bad
Goals:
1. Buy War Bonds
2. Enlist Today!
3. Make us look good and Germany bad.
4. Do your part today!
- War rationing-Office of Price Administration
to get money back
money flow
ration goods
so prices would sky rocket
only 5 gallons of gas a week
got certain stickers to see how much you can get
black market- illegal play
people could not share, you could only use it for your own family.
- Hollywood in WWII
- The story of "Kilroy was here"
- US Fighting:
- -US in Africa
- -US in Italy
- -D-Day
- -US bombing of Germany
- -VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering
- -Battle of Coral Sea
- -Battle of Midway
- -Battle of Iwo Jima
- -Battle of the Philippines
- -Battle of Okinawa
- -Hiroshima bombing
- -Nagasaki bombing
- -VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
- -Yalta Conference
- -Potsdam Conference
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