World War One The Homefront and the War

World War One The Homefront and the War Effort CHC 2 D 8 Ms. Gluskin

Day 1 – Did the government rise to the challenge of preparing for war? Will Patrick Chan rise to the challenge of winning the gold medal in figure skating? CHALLENGES

Problems and Solutions • Now we know about the battles going on in Europe. • What was the government doing back home in Canada to organize the war effort, get Canada ready (prepared) for war? – What problems would the government face? – What solutions would they come up with? Causes and consequences

Getting Soldiers to Volunteer

Communicate Through Propaganda Why is this a successful poster / billboard? 1917 -18 poster Canadian War Museum, Canadian Wartime Propaganda, N. d. ,

Vocabulary (36 -37) • homefront (noun) = what is happening at home during the war – The homefront was just as important to the war as the battles in Europe. • front (noun) = a place where battles are fought – In Europe there was a western front (Belgium, France), an eastern front (with Russia), and a homefront. • challenge (noun) = a problem that has to be solved – It is a challenge to take Canadian history when you are so new to Canada. The course is challenging (adjective). • training (noun) = getting people ready for something – Olympic athletes do their training for many years before they become gold medalists. They are well trained (adjective).

Vocabulary, con’t • recruits (noun) = volunteers for the war – Many new recruits were needed as soldiers died in battles in Europe. The government had to recruit (verb) men who were willing to fight. • enlist (verb) = to volunteer for something – At the beginning of the war more soldiers enlisted than at the end. All of the soldiers were enlisted (adjective) men. • income tax (noun) = a % of people’s income that goes to the government – Canadians pay income tax so that the government can use that money to pay for services such as health care for the people of Canada.

Vocabulary, con’t • Victory Bonds (noun) = money loaned to the government to help pay for the war effort – The government used advertising to make Canadians want to buy Victory Bonds during the war. • loan (noun) = money given to someone that will be repaid with interest – A bank will give people a loan if they want to buy a new car, however, they will have to pay it back with interest. • propaganda (see page 41) (noun) = spreading carefully selected information, rumours and ideas – During the war the government used propaganda posters to get Canadians to support the war.

Propaganda Techniques • Propaganda posters are designed to deliver a specific message to a specific audience. Some techniques (strategies) used to create propaganda posters include: – colour and symbols (e. g. , red might symbolize blood) – appeal to emotions (e. g. , fear, sense of adventure, sense of duty) – images that are important to an audience (e. g. , commitment to family, church, or country) – bold (very strong) slogans (little phrases that are easy to remember)

• As a result, you may see some of the following ideas and images in World War I propaganda posters: – emotional images – threats to family, church, or country – the Union Jack (Britain’s flag) – symbols of France, such as a soldier in French uniform

En-words • Enjoy (to enter into joy) • Enlist – To volunteer to join the army • (to enter the list of citizens in the army)

Three Challenges • Page 40 -41 • Fill in the left-hand column. – What is the challenge? • Describe it briefly • Training example: – – Disorganized missing equipment Equipment that didn’t work Short (3 months)

Report Card Comments • A comment is your opinion of why or why not the Canadian government did a good job in preparing for the war. – Bad comment: • The government did a good job. – Good comment: • I gave the government an A because it prepared Canadians for war by …

Day 2 CONSCRIPTION

Vocabulary 42 -43, 54 -55 • conscription = force people to go to war (see page 42) • reluctant = not sure about doing something • language barrier • excused = not required to do something • pacifism = a belief that it is wrong to go to war

Conscription Crisis • Is it ever right to force citizens to go to war?

Historical Perspectives • Perspectives = views, ways of seeing things • Not everyone in Canada had the same view on conscription. – Some thought it was a good idea – Some thought it was a bad idea

Canadian War Museum, Canadian Wartime Propaganda, First World War, N. d. , http: //www. warmuseum. ca/cwm/exhibitions/propaganda/poster 5_e. shtml (Feb. 14, 2014).

Journal Entry #2 • Explain how different people in Canada had different views/opinions on conscription. – Given these different views, do you think the government was right to introduce conscription? Answer both questions. Length: ½ to ¾ page, double spaced.