World War I on the Home Front

■ A look at how people in America helped win the war.

Objective

■ By the end of the lesson, SWBAT

explain how the people on the

home front in America helped

the troops fighting in Europe win

World War I

Vocabulary

■ Selective Service Act- Was passed in 1917, and

required men between the ages of 21 to 30 to

register to be drafted.

■ Liberty Bonds- Issued war bonds

■ Scarcity - Not having an unlimited supply of

something.

■ Rations - Limits you put on things.

■ Propaganda - Information that is used to shape

people’s thinking.

■ National War Labor Board- Helped workers and

management avoid strikes and reach agreement

Lightning Round Review

■How did World War I start?

■Who were the two sides that

were fighting in World War I?

■Why did the U.S. enter World

War I?

America Enters the War

■ It is 1917, and America is

beginning to fight in the

deadliest and largest war that

has ever taken place, what

sort of supplies do the soldiers

need?

Supplies Needed

■ Weapons Uniforms

■ Tanks Ships

■ Airplanes A LOT OF THINGS!

■ Food

■ Gas Masks

■ Helmets

Supplies

■ Many of the supplies that were needed

for the war had to come from America.

■ But because of scarcity, not having an

unlimited supply, many people had

ration the amount of food and metal

that they used in the United States

during the war so they could provide

enough food and supplies for the

soldiers fighting.

Rationing

Scarcity

Rationing

■ Why would people in America

need to ration the amount of

food and metal they ate and

used during the war?

Rationing

■ To get people to cut down on the amount of food and metal people used, the government used propaganda to persuade or talk people into rationing and working harder for the war effort.

Propaganda

■Where do we see

propaganda in our lives

today?

Propaganda■ The government used propaganda posters to convince

people:

– eat less food

– use less money

– worker harder building equipment for the troops

– THE GOVERNMENT USED NATIONALISM

Supplies

■ There were a lot of supplies (guns, tanks, helmets, uniforms,

etc.) that were needed for the war effort in World War I.

■ Many of the men who worked in those factories before the

war, were now fighting in the war.

■ Who worked in the factories while the men were fighting?

Women in the Work Force

■ Women had to step in and work in the factories

■ Women filled the spots that were left by the men and helped

make all of the supplies needed in the war.

■ World War I would not have been won if it were not for the

help of women in the factories who made supplies.

Women in the Work Place

■What was a woman’s role

in society before World War

I?

Women’s Rights

■ Women did not have the right to

vote.

■ Women did not work in factories.

■ Women did not work anywhere but

in schools or sometimes as

secretaries.

Women

■ Society’s view of women changed

a lot after World War I.

■ Women got the right to vote in

1919 with the 19 Amendment to

the U.S. Constitution.

Propaganda Posters

■ For each propaganda poster, try to

figure out what the poster is trying to

convince Americans do to help in the

war effort?

Poster 1

Poster 2

Poster 3

Poster 4

Poster 5

Poster 6

Poster 7

Conclusion

■ The U.S. needed to ration the amount of food and supplies

people used during World War I.

■ The U.S. used propaganda to get people to help out with the

war effort.

■ Women played a major role in the war by helping in factories

during the war.