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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.