By : Lily

Topics• Important Dates

• Rations

• Fashions • Air Raids

• How were sacrifices on the home front different than at war?

• Activities Children Did for Fun

• How were contributions to the war from different than from men?

• How was life on the home front different from life in England during world War 2?

• How was life on the home front during WWII different from life during this war?

Important DatesImportant Dates• War started 1939• We joined 1941

• War started 1939• We joined 1941

http://www.robertedselblog.com/index.php/2007/12/

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/world_war_2.htm

RationsRations• Gas, rubber, and food rationed• Blue and red ration stamps • Could only get a certain amount

• Gas, rubber, and food rationed• Blue and red ration stamps • Could only get a certain amount

http://members.iinet.net.au/~inphase/public_html/sedgley/photoalbums/photo_index.html

http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1588

Fashions

http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-in-the-American-1940's-Fashion

http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Online%20Museum/Museum%20Docs/Homefrontmuseum.html

• Girls fashions changed

• Women used as little as possible

• Girl Scout uniforms changed

• How fashions have CHANGED since then

Air Raids

American Children – gameChildren in Europe - terrified

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/23-0428a.gif

http://www.isledegrande.com/giimages6/delherb54.jpg

How Do People Feel?

How were sacrifices on the home front different than at war?

• War- life• Home Front- fewer

luxuries/more work

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/museum/garden.htm

http://members.iinet.net.au/~inphase/public_html/sedgley/photoalbums/photo_index.html

http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/homefront/images/homefront.pdf

Activities Children Did for FunActivities Children Did for Fun• Toys had war themes• Women’s Soft Ball

League

http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/museum/toys.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/baseballww2/

How were contributions to the war from women different than from men?

• Men went to war

• Women worked in the factories, managed the bills and household, etc.

http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=18453&rendTypeId=4

How was life on the home front different from life in England during World War II?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1162/gallery/index_4.shtml

Children were sent to U.S. for safety British cities were bombed

How was life on the home front during WWII different from life

during this war?

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/93spring/warcomes.htm

Then, - EVERYBODY worked together to make sacrifices for the war effort- Saved gas, rubber, metal, fabric etc. - Planted Victory gardens- Bought War Bonds

Now, - Only the soldiers and their families are sacrificing- Some children don’t even know about the war- We are borrowing money from other countries to pay for the war