The Homefront During World War II

CHC2D8Ms. Gluskin

THE WAR EFFORTDay 1

Remember Back to WWI

• Mistakes were made in the preparation for war back in 1914– Soldiers didn’t have enough weapons• The Ross rifle didn’t work properly in the trenches

– Training was disorganized

Vocabulary 178-179 (paragraph one only)

• Departments (noun) = offices set up by the government

Three Wartime Challenges

1. Finding the Money2. Producing War Materials3. Keeping Factories Going

Ration Coupon Book

RationingHow much sugar, tea and coffee was allowed per week?

Can you see the sign? It says “Loyal citizens do not hoard.” What is hoarding?

Vocabulary 182-183

• Munitions (noun) = materials used in war (weapons and ammunition)

• Crown corporation (noun) = a company set up and owned by the government

• Rationing (verb) = limiting (restricting) the amount of food and goods people can buy

• War plants (noun) = factories making things for the war

Homework

• Finish “Rating the Government’s Response to Wartime Challenges”– Examples are the details about what the gov’t did– Justification is your explanation of the rating

“mark” you give (the argument)

PROPAGANDA AND CENSORSHIPDay 2

1943, Wartime Information Board

What’s Your Opinion?

• Is spreading propaganda and imposing censorship EVER justified?

– Censorship (noun) = government control over what people can write, read, say in the media.

– Propaganda (noun) = ideas or information that is spread to achieve a specific goal.

Balance?

• Which two things would the government have to try to balance?

Individuals’ rights

Society’s needs

Vocabulary 184-185, 194-195

• Imposing (verb) = forcing• Total war (noun) = war that kills ordinary people, not

just soldiers• Civilians (noun) = ordinary people (not soldiers)• Essential information (noun) = the most important

information• Censorship (noun) = gov’t control over what people

can write, read, say in the media• Blacked out (verb) = covered up, erased• Transpiring (verb) = happening

Bureau of Public Information

1941-45, Wartime Information Board

Canadian War Museum. Canadian Wartime Propaganda: WWII. http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/propaganda/poster12_e.shtml (April 3, 2014).

Bureau of Public Information

1941-42, Wartime Information Board

Which headline would be acceptable during wartime?

A. Japanese air balloon bombs set fire to forest!B. Wartime Information Board is bad for

democracy!C. Soldiers’ letters to loved ones are censored!

5 Totally unjustified

1 Fully justified (acceptable)

3 Somewhat justified

Write Your Own Headlines

• Acceptable ones• Unacceptable ones

Homework

• Finish “Propaganda and Censorship: A Delicate Balance”