Focus Question: How did U. S Focus Question: How did U.S. involvement in World War II change life on the “home front”? Do Now: Look at this World War II era propaganda poster. What do you think was the main message? What was the government telling American people to do? Why?

One important change was RATIONING. “rationing” = limits on the amounts of certain products that people could buy. Why? So that soldiers would have enough of what they needed. People in US were asked to make personal sacrifices to help the war effort.

WW II ration books. Ration books were intended only for the family applying for them. Trading, giving away, or selling stamps was forbidden.

The government published instructions on rationing, and on topics such as how to adjust your cooking recipes.

A government demonstration of how rationing works.

Homework Based on the information in your graphic organizer, write one FULL paragraph that answers this question: How did the government want people inside the U.S. to change their living habits to support the war effort? What did the government do to encourage this and what arguments did the government use to convince people to take action?