Transcript Demonizing the Enemy - Social Studies School Service

World War II:
The Home Front
Table of Contents
• Propaganda
• Women on the Home Front
• Japanese American Internment
• Rationing
• Home Front Defense
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Propaganda
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Demonizing the enemy
Boosting morale
Encouraging support of wartime measures
Recruitment
Vigilance and paranoia
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Demonizing
the Enemy
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Who do you think “You
and I” refers to?
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What might the boot
symbolize?
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• What do
each of the
snakes
symbolize?
• How do
you know?
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• Why do you think
this snake is coiled
around the other?
• What might this
symbolize?
• Why do you think
this snake is the only
one striking out at
the boot?
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In your opinion, what
does “Beat Your
Promise” refer to?
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• What might the frog
symbolize?
• Why do you think it has
a bandage on its chin?
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