THE HOME FRONT: HOW DID AMERICANS ON THE HOME FRONT SUPPORT THE WAR?

WARM UP: How do Americans who are not on the front lines support war efforts?

US MOBILIZES FOR WAR… PROPAGANDA  Mobilize: to organize people or resources for action like war.  War bonds/liberty bonds: certificates issued by the government that promises to pay back with interest on a specific date. People give a loan to the government.  Hollywood stars and sports heroes encouraged people to buy bonds

EVERYONE PITCHES IN TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT  The Red Cross rolled bandages  Families- planted “victory gardens”  Women knitted socks and made blankets for soldiers  “Wheatless Wednesdays” and “Meatless Mondays”  Conserve gasoline and energy  Women donated corsets  Propaganda-writers, artists, photographers and filmmakers helped “sell” the war and create public support.  Industries/Factories switch from consumer goods to war production.

TURN & TALK How are the ways Americans supported the war effort for WWI similar or different than the ways Americans support war efforts today?

ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA

ANTI-GERMAN SENTIMENT SPREADS  Prejudice- German shepherds called“police dogs”  sauerkraut called“liberty cabbage”  hamburger called “Salisbury steak”  Wartime ban on German music  Books published that characterized Germans as evil savages

CLOSING/EXIT SLIP How was propaganda used to mobilize the U.S. during WWI?