Life In the U.S. During World War I
Today, you will learn individually, and in groups about life in American during World War I. Life during a war is different from life during peacetime, usually the government has more control of an economy during war. For the first half hour, you will look at a few primary sources about life on the home front. Then, in your groups, you will create a Power Point about a particular person or act that affected the U.S. during World War I. This presentation will be given to the whole class so they can better understand the Home Front during the War.
Part I: Rise in Production of Goods and Spending
In World War I, the U.S. decided to spend more money to help win to produce more goods. Not only do you need many soldiers to win a war, you need soldiers with a lot of weapons, you have to feed them and you have to cloth them. This costs money. Analyze the graph below which shows the total spending of the U.S. from 1910 to 1920.
Question 1: From 1910 to 1916, what was the average amount of money the U.S. spent?
Question 2: From 1917 to 1920, what happened to U.S. spending? Meaning, did it increase or decrease. Question 3: When did U.S. spending peak? Question 4: What happened to U.S. spending after 1919, or the end of World War I? |
Part II: Propaganda Posters
During World War I, the U.S. government wanted the support of all American people to win the war. The U.S. government encouraged people to grow their own food in victory gardens, not to consume as many goods, and to buy War Bonds which are loans to the government. Analyze the two propaganda posters below to see how the U.S. government convinced people who were not soldiers to help with the war effort.
Analyze One Aspect of the Homefront
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In your groups, you will analyze one person or action of the government that affected the homefront.
Nakayla's Group: Bernard Baruch / War Industries Board
Nick's Group: Herbert Hoover / Food Administration
Huan's Group: Espionage and Sedition Acts (1918-1919)
Nate's Group: Espionage and Sedition Acts (1918-1919)
Dominique's Group: Bernard Baruch / War Industries Board
Yessica's Group: George Creel / Committee on Public Information
You can use Chapter 15, Section 2 of your textbook (pg. 496) and the links below to gather information. Above is a Power Point template to use if you want to use a Power Point. You only need one poster/Power Point per group!!! This will count as a project grade. The group with the best presentation and visual will get a 100 (no questions asked). Be creative!
Requirements: You must have
1) Name of person and what they were in charge of
2) Picture of person or what they were in charge of, must explain the picture!
3) Description of the organization they were in charge of
4) Answer the question, "How did this organization help the U.S. win World War I?"
You can use the information, links, and pictures below to answer your questions. You can also find your own but this is not required. To turn in your Power Point, you will email it to me. Only one person in your group needs to send the email. as class gets close to finishing, I can help you with this!
Nakayla's Group: Bernard Baruch / War Industries Board
Nick's Group: Herbert Hoover / Food Administration
Huan's Group: Espionage and Sedition Acts (1918-1919)
Nate's Group: Espionage and Sedition Acts (1918-1919)
Dominique's Group: Bernard Baruch / War Industries Board
Yessica's Group: George Creel / Committee on Public Information
You can use Chapter 15, Section 2 of your textbook (pg. 496) and the links below to gather information. Above is a Power Point template to use if you want to use a Power Point. You only need one poster/Power Point per group!!! This will count as a project grade. The group with the best presentation and visual will get a 100 (no questions asked). Be creative!
Requirements: You must have
1) Name of person and what they were in charge of
2) Picture of person or what they were in charge of, must explain the picture!
3) Description of the organization they were in charge of
4) Answer the question, "How did this organization help the U.S. win World War I?"
You can use the information, links, and pictures below to answer your questions. You can also find your own but this is not required. To turn in your Power Point, you will email it to me. Only one person in your group needs to send the email. as class gets close to finishing, I can help you with this!
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board (Wikipedia): Click Here
War Industries Board (Encyclopedia): Click Here
Pictures to Use:
War Industries Board (Encyclopedia): Click Here
Pictures to Use:
Herbert Hoover
George Creel
Committee On Public Information (Wikipedia): Click Here
George Creel (PBS): Click Here
Pictures to Use:
George Creel (PBS): Click Here
Pictures to Use:
Espionage and Sedition Acts (1917-1918)
This one is a little different. Instead of looking at one person, you will look at these two acts and how they affected U.S. citizens.
Use the following links to read about the acts and use your textbook!
Espionage and Sedition Acts (History Channel): Click Here
Schenck v. U.S. (1919)(PBS): Click Here
Use the following links to read about the acts and use your textbook!
Espionage and Sedition Acts (History Channel): Click Here
Schenck v. U.S. (1919)(PBS): Click Here
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