Fifth Grade
Unit 2 | Activity 5
| The War Effort | ||
| 5-19 | Conserve Material, ca. 1942 - ca. 1943. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 179: Records of the War Production Board, 1918 – 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-20 | "Conserve and You Serve Uncle Sam", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-21 | SAVE WASTE FATS FOR EXPLOSIVES, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-22 | SAVE WASTE PAPER. SORT AND BUNDLE. GIVE IT OR SELL IT!, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-23 | WAR TRAFFIC MUST COME FIRST. Don't Waste Transportation, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-24 | Your food is the best - Don't waste it, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-25 | SAVE BY SHARING, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-26 | SAVE A SHOVEL EVERY TIME YOU CAN. THE SUPPLY IS RUNNING LOW., 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-27 | "WATER WASTE MEANS WATER SHORTAGE", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-28 | A member of the Washington D.C. Boys Club wheels in a load of old sneakers and arctics to add to the nation's scrap rubber collection., ca. 1942. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-29 | Scrap Rubber Drive. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant, ca. 1941. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-30 | What's a home without it's sidewalk scrap pile? Junior Commandos of Roanoke, Va., see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile, ca. 1942. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-31 | Conservation of waste paper will save millions annually for Uncle Sam., ca. 1942. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-32 | New York City's Aluminum Collection. The aluminum collected will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, ca. 1941. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-33 | 33 "WIPE UP SURPLUS OIL", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-34 | RATIONING MEANS A FAIR SHARE FOR ALL OF US, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-35 | PLEDGE YOU CONSCIENCE TO YOUR COUNTRY. "I shall buy no more meat than my ration stamps entitle me too... because the rest of the meat is needed for the war." |  |
| 5-36 | Sugar rationing, 1942-1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-37 | "An eager school boy gets his first experience in using War Ration Book Two. With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing." 1943. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-38 | "Ask the women and children whom Hitler is starving whether rationing is too great a sacrifice", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-39 | "Grow Your Own - Can Your Own", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-40 | "Can All You Can Its a Real War Job!", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-41 | "Am I proud", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-42 | "Grow Your Own Be Sure!", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-43 | "Groundwork for Victory Grow More in '44", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-44 | PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN. OUR FOOD IS FIGHTING, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-45 | "Keep the home front pledge - Pay no more than ceiling prices - Pay your points in full", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-46 | "Food for the Family", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-47 | Mrs. Catherine Herbster budgets herself carefully. She buys those vegetables and foods which are plentiful and cheap. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-48 | A customer can use the ration books of the whole family. But the first thing she will want to know when she buys pork chops, pond of butter or a half pound of cheese is--"How many points will it take?" US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Collection FDR-PHOCO: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-49 | "Americas answer! Production" 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-50 | Produce for Victory! 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-51 | WAAC. THIS IS MY WAR TOO, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-52 | SOLDIERS WITHOUT GUNS, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-53 | "WOMEN THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE AND A WAR TO BE WON NOW!", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-54 | "Good Work Sister. America's Women Have Met The Test", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-55 | THAT WAS THE DAY I JOINED THE WAVES, 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-56 | "Become a nurse - Your country needs you", 1941 – 1945. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947 [electronic resource] |  |
| 5-57 | "VICTORY WAITS ON YOUR FINGERS - KEEP 'EM FLYING MISS U.S.A.", 1941 - 1945 |
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