1. World War II Comprehensive Review George H. Moody Middle School Mr. Carlos D. Seward, Instructor of History

2. Life At Home During World War II

3. Essential Questions How did Americans at home support the war effort? What effect did the war have on race relations in America?

4. World War II Life on the Home Front – http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_wit h_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078745218&VIDEO =2901&CHAPTER=20 http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_wit h_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078745218&VIDEO =2901&CHAPTER=20

5. The Impact of the War on the Home Front American involvement in World War II brought an end to the Great Depression. Factories and workers were needed to produce goods to win the war. Thousands of American women took jobs in defense plants during the war (e.g., Rosie the Riveter). Americans at home supported the war by conserving and rationing resources

6. Women at the Home Front

8. WWII Propaganda

9. World War II World War II Posters – http://www.history.com/topics/rosie-the- riveter/photos#world-war-ii-posters http://www.history.com/topics/rosie-the- riveter/photos#world-war-ii-posters

10. The Impact of the War on the Home Front The need for workers temporarily broke down some racial barriers (e.g., hiring in defense plants), although discrimination against African Americans continued. Tuskegee Airmen – Group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. – Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps

11. World War II Tuskegee Airmen Luther Smith – http://www.history.com/topics/tuskegee- airmen/videos#tuskegee-airman-luther-smith http://www.history.com/topics/tuskegee- airmen/videos#tuskegee-airman-luther-smith

13. Dorie Miller and Pearl Harbor

15. Tuskegee Airmen

16. The Impact of the War on the Home Front While many Japanese Americans served in the armed forces, others were treated with distrust and prejudice, and many were forced into internment camps

17. Japanese Internment

19. World War II Japanese Internment in America – http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- ii/videos#japanese-internment-in-america http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- ii/videos#japanese-internment-in-america

22. Essential Understandings World War II affected every aspect of American life. Americans were asked to make sacrifices in support of the war effort and the ideals for which Americans fought.