ww1 Webquest
ww1 Webquest
ww1 Webquest
Directions: Go through each section of the Web Quest and do the activities. I
have given you an idea of how long each activity should take you to do, keep an eye
on the clock!
1. What were some of the responsibilities children had during the war?
2. What were some of the jobs women took over from men during war time?
4. How do you think going from the home to the workplace had on women?
Visit the Imperial War Museums Home Front online exhibit
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war-home-front. Go to at least 5 of
the different links. Write down 5 things you found interesting about the Home
Front. (15 minutes)
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Do the DocsTeach activity on activities on the U.S. Home Front during World War
I. http://docsteach.org/activities/4941/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&era
%5B%5D=the-emergence-of-modern-america. (5-7 minutes)
III: Propaganda
Tacticmethod, way
Directions: Go through each section of the Web Quest and do the activities. I
have given you an idea of how long each activity should take you to do, keep an eye
on the clock!
1. What were some of the responsibilities children had during the war?
2. What were some of the jobs women took over from men during war time?
Rationing of food.
4. How do you think going from the home to the workplace had on women?
I think that once women were more accepted into the workplace during the war,
they would want to keep working after the war was over.
Visit the Imperial War Museums Home Front online exhibit
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war-home-front. Go to at least 5 of
the different links. Write down 5 things you found interesting about the Home
Front. (15 minutes)
**These answers will vary based upon which pages the students go to**
4. Working in the war factories was extremely dangerous for the women
Do the DocsTeach activity on activities on the U.S. Home Front during World War
I. http://docsteach.org/activities/4941/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&era
%5B%5D=the-emergence-of-modern-america. (5-7 minutes)
III: Propaganda
Terms: conscriptthey did not have a choice to go to war; they were drafted
Tacticmethod, way
Propaganda was supposed to get the public to join in with nationalistic feelings and
be patriotic. It was supposed to get people to support the war effort.
Mythic figures, national birds and animals, female figures which were
representations of aspects like liberty and reason.
Propaganda was used to stir up feelings in the people. Usually these were negative
feelings towards the enemy. It was also used to gain money for the war effort.
The film wanted Americans to spend less, and to save their money to buy war
bonds. War bonds would help with the war effort.
This propaganda film was trying to show that buying War Bonds would help
the war effort and allow the U.S. to win the war against Germany. It also
showed that people on the Home Front should save their money, instead of
spending it on nonessentials.