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Grades: 6th-7th
Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, or Do Without!
Every aspect of American life was refocused towards the goal of winning the war during World War II, and everyone tried to do their part to support the Allied troops. Students will learn about the propaganda and rationing programs that were a way of life for those on the home front as they examine primary sources and play a fun rationing game.
Related Primary Sources
- 4 War Ration Books in a Dr Pepper sponsored Ration Book protector
- A’ Basic Mileage Ration Coupons
- America Needs Your Scrap Rubber
- Are You Doing All You Can?
- Ball Blue Book
- Ball Canning Jar
- Boys’ Life Magazine
- C8′ Essential Mileage Ration Coupons
- Children collecting scrap metal
- Do with less — so they’ll have enough!
- General Eisenhower with Boy Scout Troop 59
- Grease Canister
- Holgate Toy Notice
- Homemaker’s War Guide
- I’m Out to Lick Runaway Prices
- Iron Pills for Hitler
- Leather wallet for ration books and tokens
- Plant a Victory Garden
- Ration Point Chart
- Ration Tokens
- Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us
- SCRAP
- Steel Pennies
- Victory Garden Scrapbook
- War Gas Ration Sticker ‘A’
- War Ration Book Number Four
- War Ration Book Number One
- War Ration Book Number Three
- War Ration Book Number Two
- War Service Medal
- We’ll Have Lots to Eat this Winter, Won’t We Mother?
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