Interpreting the Past: Homefront Propoganda Start

Interpreting the Past: Homefront Propoganda Start Assignment

One of the main jobs of historians is to interpret the past by reviewing primary documents, scholarly secondary sources, and then creating an analysis of this research. After reading your text and reviewing the assigned materials, submit an analysis of the American homefront during World War Two.

You might want to consider the following questions, but you are not limited to them: How were people on the home front encouraged to participate in the war effort? Which of the posters do you think was most effective? In what ways were people’s part in the war impactful? Where can you still see evidence of these behaviors? You can also focus on the "Double Victory" or women's role/changes based on their homefront experience.

Read the provided articles and view the resources regarding propaganda and the homefront during World War II.

? Article: Home Front ? Links to an external site. ? - The roughly 116 million Americans who remained on the homefront played a crucial

role in the fight during WWII. ? Primary Document: Radio Clip Sheet ? Links to an external site. ? -radio script from WWII ? Online Exhibit: Powers of Persuasion ? Links to an external site. ? -created by the National Archives ? Photo: The Price of Eggs -an image of a grocery store in WWII

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/home-front

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/home-front

https://www.archives.gov/files/boston/exhibits/homefront/1.02-radio-clips.pdf

https://www.archives.gov/files/boston/exhibits/homefront/1.02-radio-clips.pdf

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers-of-persuasion

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers-of-persuasion

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