1. DO NOW
How do you think WWI changed peoples lives after the war ended?

2. Post WWI Disillusionment

3. Effect on Soldiers
Returned home severely injured (Missing limbs, eyes, etc.)
Shell shocked
Handicapped

4. Effect at home World economies in ruin Lots of debt
Destroyed buildings
Loss of male work force

5. How do people react to the war?
Break away from social norms: Way women dress, the jobs they do, what behaviors are acceptable
Governments are struggling to meet needs of people
Science and art explore new realities
Escapism: to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.

6. Changing Women’s Roles
Traditional Post WWI
Women do not work Women work
Women do not date Dating OK
Women wear dresses Looser clothes ok
No drinking/smoking Drink and smoke
No partying Party it up!
Women are proper Women not proper