World War II A Look at the Home Front, and the Tuskegee

Airmen

oBJECTIVEs

By the end of the lesson, SWBAT

explain the changing role of women,

African Americans, and the media

during World War II.

By the end of the lesson, SWBAT

explain how the Great Depression

ended.

lightning round Review!It is 1941, America has entered the war on what

side?

Why did America enter the war?

Who was on the Axis Power side?

Where was the war being fought?

Who was the leader of Germany?

Who was the leader of Japan?

Who was the leader of the U.S.A?

thE HOME FRONT

While many young U.S. men went to fight the war

in both the Pacific (Asia) and in Europe, people

who stayed back in the U.S. had a lot to do.

Who do you think was back in the United States?

What did these people have to do?

END OF THE DEPRESSION

A lot of the factories that closed during the Great

Depression had to reopen!

The factories had to make supplies for the war so

businesses started to become busy once again.

The Great Depression really ended with the start of

World War II!

But who was going to work in the factories?

The Home Front

A lot of women were back in the United

States.

Like in World War I, women had to work in

the factories during the war.

Why did women have to work in the

factories?

What did the women do in the factories?

Women in the War

Women made all sorts of things for

the war:

weapons, tanks, airplanes, boats,

canned foods, clothing, medical

supplies and much more!

Propaganda

The U.S. needed the women to work in

order to win the war!

How did the U.S. Government and

businesses get the word out that

women were needed to help out in

factories and the war effort?

Propaganda

Propaganda!

The most famous piece of propaganda from World War II

is of “Rosie the Riveter”

Rosie the Riveter was this strong lady on

advertisements who talked women into helping out in the

war effort.

A riveter is a bolt that is used in construction, it holds

things together

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter

became a symbol for

female strength and

determination!

The Home Front

Like in World War I,

people living in the U.S.

during the war had to

ration, or limit the

amount of food they ate,

so they could save some

and send it to the troops

who were fighting in the

war.

Propaganda

Propaganda was used to

get people to conserve

gasoline and rubber.

Why would they need to

conserve (save) gasoline

and rubber.

Culture

Culture was also changing in the 1940’s.

World War II was the first time, an African

American group flew fighter jets in a war.

This group was known as the Tuskegee

Airmen. They were based out of

Tuskegee Alabama!

Tuskegee Airmen

Why was it a big

deal that the

Tuskegee Airmen

existed during

World War II?

Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee

Airmen showed the

world just how great

African Americans

can be, even in a

time of Jim Crow

Laws!

Conclusion

Women played a big role in World War II by

working in factories on the home front.

Propaganda played a big role in the war.

People had to ration the amount of food that they

ate.

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African

Americans to ever fly fighter jets in a war.