Georgiaand WWII

Stormy WeatherLena Horne (1943)

StandardSS8H9 The student will describe the impact

of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically.

Elementb. Evaluate the importance of Bell

Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard

Russell, and Carl Vinson.c. Explain the impact of the Holocaust on

Georgians.

Essential QuestionsWhat was the Holocaust and what is

the legacy it left behind?

Who were significant political figures of the period and how did they impact

the state?

Today’s Key Terms

• Holocaust• Rationing• Shipyard• Bell Aircraft• G.I. Bill• Carl Vinson• Richard Russell

Today’s Agenda

Open: ~ Interactive Video, “The Story of

Lola Rein and her dress”

Work ~ Textbook Read-Aloud Session: ~ Interactive PowerPoint

Close: ~ Georgia Stories, “Carl Vinson”

Concentration Camps - World War II

Georgia Commission on the Holocaust

The Story of Lola Rein and her Dresshttp://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/silent-witness/lola/flash/index.htm

Textbook Read-Aloud

Please read one paragraph and then call on someone else to read.

Pages 411-415

Name given to the Nazi plan to kill all Jewish people

Concentration camps used to imprison, work, and execute Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and political dissidents

6 million people killed in the HolocaustGovernor established the Georgia

Commission on the Holocaust to create awareness of the events

The Holocaust

320,000 Georgians joined the armed forces – over 7,000 killed Military bases were built in the state which improved the economy Farmers grew needed crops – income tripled for the average farmer Limits were put on the consumption of goods such as gasoline, meat, butter, and sugar

(rationing) Students were encouraged to buy war bonds and

defense stamps to pay for the war Victory Garden: small family gardens to make sure soldiers would have enough food POW (prisoner of war) camps in Georgia at some military bases

Georgia During World War II

Shipyards and Bell Aircraft

Macon and Milledgeville: location of weapon plants in Georgia

Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards: War production facilities that provided an area to build naval vessels

Bell Aircraft: plant located in Marietta that built B-29 bombers (America’s largest military plane at the time)Fall 1943, the huge facility was in full

operationEmployed 20,000 civilian workersOwned by Lockheed Martin today

[Photograph of the Liberty ship F. Southall

Farrar under construction (second

view), J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick,

Georgia], 1944 May 23

Military Training Facilities

Fort Benning, known as “home of the U.S. Infantry”. It was the largest infantry training school in the world

Hunter Airfield (Savannah)Warner Robins Air Service Command

(Macon)Fort McPherson (Atlanta)Camp Gordon (Augusta)

Antiaircraft soldiers on stateside maneuvers with their mobile 3-inch gun M3 in 1941.

Sixteen Negro soldiers recently won the coveted `wings' of the U.S. Army

paratroopers at Fort Benning, in the southern U.S. state of Georgia. The picture shows

some of them riding high in a C-47 transport plane preparing

to make one of the required five qualifying jumps." March

1944. Fort Benning, Georgia, 1941

Carl Vinson

Georgia Representative to the United States Congress

Elected to house in 1914 Served for more than 50

years Respected for knowledge

and commitment to military preparedness

Driving force behind building a naval fleet in the pacific Ocean (believed the navy was our nation’s 1st line of defense)

Sponsored legislation creating the U.S. Army Air Corps (later became U.S. Air Force)

                             

                                                                                                                    

Richard Russell

Georgia Senator to the United States Congress

First elected in 1932 Served almost 40

years Developed a similar

reputation to Carl Vinson’s for helping build America’s military strength during World War II

Everyone was expected to help in the war effort

Women began working in jobs to replace men who had gone to war

G.I. Bill: law to help returning soldiers adapt to civilian life

Low cost loans for homes or businessCollege education (free tution)

Women and African Americans did not want to go back to the kind of life they had before the war

The War’s Effect on Society

The War’s Effect on Georgia

During the war, the annual income for the average Georgian doubled

More Georgians were employed in manufacturing than in agriculture

End of war marked a period of rapid social and economic change in Georgia

Hundreds of thousands of Georgia GIs had served in far off places and their view of the world changed

Young Georgians had a chance for a better life

Postwar Georgia would never be quite the same

Carl Vinson

Video LogRecord at least 2 facts to share with

the class.http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/carl_vinson