9th Grade: Wartime Shortages Assignment

Hey 9th graders:

Here is the link for the assignment you will be completing in class today:

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/wwii/

Remember that your assignment is to use the website to answer the following questions:

Wartime Shortages

1) Why were shortages expected during World War II?

2) What did the government do to deal with these shortages?

Home Front Ammunition

1) (In your own words) What is rationing?

2) What were some of the items that were rationed?

3) Did rationing require that people use their money as well as rationing stamps?

4) How could rationing food help the war effort?

5) Who created/distributed the rationing books?

Home Front Conservation

1) (In your own words) What is conservation?

2) What is the difference between rationing and conservation?

3) Why were items like metal rationed?

4) How did women support the effort to conserve goods?

5) Why was it important for the U.S. government to involve everyone in the war effort?

Everyone’s Duty

1) (In your own words) What is propaganda?

2) How was propaganda used to encourage rationing and conservation?

3) Why was it wrong to shop without using rationing stamps?

4) In what ways did children help the war effort?

5) Why would the president create an office for information so early in the war?

6) Who was the main audience of the propaganda? Why do you think it was targeted toward them?

Have fun and learn something!
KF