Productive Thinking

  1. Brainstorm Model:
  1. Brainstorm all of the ______
  1. ways Americans were impacted by World War II.
  2. ways Americans were encouraged to support the war effort.
  3. ways Americans efforts on the home front led to victory.
  4. ways Americans sacrificed for their country.
  5. similarities between American racism and German racism.
  6. similarities between American nationalism and German nationalism.
  7. similarities between American propaganda and German and Japanese propaganda.
  1. Brainstorm as many______
  1. ways women’s lives were changed forever by World War II.
  2. types of recreation enjoyed by American children on the home front.
  3. ways education was different for various groups of American children.
  4. ways propaganda was used for various reasons and audiences.
  5. ideals and values from World War II still exist today.
  6. ways the World War II war mobilization impacts life today.
  7. reasons why Americans could not reconcile racism on their own home front.
  1. Viewpoint Model:
  1. How would______look to______?
  1. the idea of rationing gasoline and food look to Americans today?
  2. the idea of women giving up their jobs to returning soldiers look to women’s rights advocates?
  3. the treatment of Japanese-Americans look to Muslim-Americans today?
  4. the treatment of Black Americans in the South look to Adolf Hitler?
  5. the military budget of World War II look to liberal Democrats today?
  6. big government spending and programs during World War II look to conservative Republicans today?
  7. the need for and use of migrant labor during World War II look to immigrants of today?
  1. How would ______view the American home front during World War II?
  1. Black Americans living in the Jim Crow South
  2. George Washington
  3. Churchill
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Japanese living in Japan
  6. Japanese living in internment camps
  7. Young children
  8. Veterans of World War I
  1. Involvement Model:
  1. How would you feel if you were______
  1. a child whose father was away at war?
  2. the mother of a son missing in action?
  3. a teacher assigned to teach school in the Topaz internment camp?
  4. a civilian living in a town with German POWs imprisoned nearby?
  5. a Black soldier who was not allowed to donate blood to the Red Cross?
  6. Harry Truman trying to decide the best way to spare American lives in the Pacific?
  7. President Roosevelt confronted with the similarities between the Jim Crow South and Nazi Germany?

8. a Navajo called to serve in the military as a Code Talker?

  1. If you were______what would you see/taste/smell?
  1. an Italian POW imprisoned in rural Utah
  2. an elderly Japanese man interned in a prison camp
  3. a woman working in an shipyard
  4. a civil defense worker organizing local efforts
  5. a child in New York City during World War II
  6. a Black soldier in army basic training
  7. a resident of a small, rural town in the Midwest during World War II
  1. Reorganization:
  1. What would happen if ______were true?
  1. women were not expected to give up their wartime jobs to returning soldiers
  2. Blacks were allowed access to jobs, wages, living conditions, and education
  3. German-Americans were deported to Europe during World War II
  4. Italian-Americans were deported to Europe during World War II
  5. Japanese-Americans were deported to Japan during World War II
  6. the Japanese did not bomb Pearl Harbor
  7. Hitler invaded the United States
  1. What would happen if there were no______
  1. Allies
  2. Axis
  3. ration stamps/ration programs
  4. propaganda
  5. atomic weapons
  6. racism in the U.S. during World War II
  7. film technology during World War II

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