Home+Front

As you research the American Homefront, you will want to focus on the following areas:
 * 1) Rationing
 * 2) Women in the Wartime Economy
 * 3) Victory Gardens
 * 4) War Bonds
 * 5) Houses, Bomb Shelters, Blackouts, and Fear of Enemy Invasion
 * 6) Switching to Wartime Economy and Factory Production
 * 7) Discrimination in the Wartime Economy
 * 8) Hollywood and Movies During the War
 * 9) Music, Radio, and Keeping Us All Entertained
 * 10) Training the Troops to Go Off to War

Develop at least 30 questions that you want answered by this research. You should focus on questions that answer the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the American Homefront. These questions should be submitted to the teacher within 2 days of beginning the research. Your questions may change as you continue to research but you will need a starting point.

Websites to begin your research. You should find sites of your own and use primary and secondary sources to accomplish this project.
 * 1) [|www.dogpile.com] (This is a great search engine to use when looking for websites.)
 * 2) [|www.altavista.com] (This is a great search engine to use when looking for websites.)
 * 3) http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm (Links to home front websites)