Wisconsin World War II Stories
The Home Front
Author: Victoria Zuleger Straughn
The fourth video in this series and these lesson plans recount
the varied stories of the home front experience. Although textbooks
generally include this previously understudied subject, too
often the focus is quite narrow, leaving students with an incomplete
picture of home front society. In contrast, Wisconsin WW II
Stories: Home Front offers a wider history, incorporating both
traditional and new themes. Lesson plans included in this package
include:
- Lesson 1 - Wartime Employment and Production
- Lesson 2 - The Media
- Lesson 3 - Parents and Children in War
- Lesson 4 - Discrimination, Relocation, and Prisoners or
War
These lesson plans are designed to be used with Wisconsin
World War II Stories: Part IV: Home Front, a video series created
by Wisconsin Public Television and the Wisconsin Historical
Society, in association with the Wisconsin Dept. of Veterans
Affairs. The lessons in this part of Wisconsin World War II
Stories span interest areas and levels. They include geography,
technology, and human interest studies, and draw upon a wide
array of social studies skills. Information on the series can
be found at: http://www.wisconsinstories.org/worldwar2/index.cfm.
You can choose to:
- Download the entire package of materials for this component,
- Download the lesson plan and get necessary documents and
worksheets from attachments embedded within the lesson plan,
or
- Download the lesson plan now and come back to this page
later for the documents you need.
Entire WWII: The
Home Front Package of Materials (PDF,
4MB)
WWII: The Home Front
Lesson Plan Only (PDF,
564KB)
Columbus, Wisconsin Prisoner
of War Camp Photos (PDF,
1.5MB)
Waupun,
Wisconsin Prisoner of War Camp Photos ((PDF,
2.2MB)
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