1. Helping the Cause in WWII
Objective: identify how various groups contributed to an allied victory

2. Women at Work
“Rosie the Riveter” propaganda to encourage women to work outside the home

3. Primary doc. activity

4. Bell Work:
What might have been the purpose of this image?

5. African Americans Tuskegee Airmen destroyed more than 250 enemy planes
Benjamin Davis, Jr. – became the first African American general in the Air Force

6. Native Americans
“Code Talkers” – Navajos used a code based on their language to relay messages
Japanese could not break the code

8. Japanese Americans Some served as fighters
Two of these fighting units won more medals than any other in the history of the army

9. Military and political leaders were worried because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

10. Latinos
Bracero program – more than 200,000 Mexican workers came to help harvest crops and build and maintain railroads
Often faced discrimination

11. Children Collected scrap metal Bought defense stamps
Grew victory gardens