TODAYS WARMUP 1 In your own words describe

TODAY’S WARM-UP • #1) In your own words, describe what you think propaganda is. • #2) Do you see any propaganda today? • A) Give some examples

THE HOME FRONT CHAPTER 7 LESSON 2

HOW DID CONGRESS PREPARE COUNTRY FOR WAR? • Agencies were created to emphasize cooperation between Big Business and Govt • War Industries Board (WIB)created to produce war materials • Factories started pumping out war necessities

HOW DID CONGRESS PREPARE COUNTRY FOR WAR? • The Food Administration created to increase food production…. • And decrease civilian consumption • Victory Gardens were pushed

HOW DID CONGRESS PREPARE COUNTRY FOR WAR? • Fuel Administration managed use of coal and oil • Daylight savings time introduced • Decreased work week for civilian factories and Heatless Monday

TURN AND TALK ACTIVITY • Taxes were raised on people and corporations and war industry profits • TURN AND TALK • “Do you think people would be willing to pay higher taxes to go to war today? ”

WAR AND THE WORKFORCE • Deals between unions and factories • 8 -hour days, higher pay, right to organize = no strikes • Women start to take factory jobs – “proof they can do it” • Great Migration for AA – better jobs/out of the south

WHAT WAS THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC OPINION? • Designed to “sell” the war effort to the people • Propaganda Posters • “four-minute speeches”

CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE HOME FRONT • President Wilson suspicious of war critics • Espionage Act of 1917 • (detect spies / mail censorship) • Schenck vs. US (draft flyers) • Sedition Act of 1918 (disloyal + abusive language) • Eugene Debs • Attacks on Socialism

QUICK ACTIVITY – GRAPH ANALYSIS • In your groups – Turn to page 190 in the text • As a group read analyze the “Paying for World War I” graph • Answer questions 1 & 2 – We share out in 5 minutes

PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS ACTIVITY • Step #1 - Look at the Picture • Step #2 - Answer the questions on the side of the slide • Step #3 - Be sure to discuss with your partner/ group what you see • Step #4 - Share out in class

• What do you see in the pic? • Who is the image appealing to? • What do you think the message means? • How would this look today?

• What do you see in the pic? • What symbols do you see? • What do you think the message means? • How would this look today?

• What do you see in the pic? • Who is the image appealing to? • What do you think the message means? • How would this look today?

• What do you see in the pic? • Who is the image appealing to? • What symbols do you see? • What do you think the message means?

• What do you see in the pic? • Who is the image appealing to? • What symbols do you see? • What do you think the message means? • How would this look today?

EXERCISE FOR READINGS PG 192193 • Section: Volunteers and Conscripts • Section: Women Join the Military • Create 2 word webs describing “Volunteers & Conscripts” • “Which jobs did women fill in the Armed Forces? Should they be allowed to fight? Why/why not? ” volunteers • 4 -6 sentences response required to get the full points