WWII on the Homefront

Ms. DePalo Mr. Hempfling

By: Jenae Mendoza

Do-Now:

•Go LAN school channel 145.

•Emigrate: To leave someones country or residence to find a new one.

•Await arrival of LAN school file and then click here for website

Activity

•Journal entries on WWII families.

Directions• You will chose a family to research (Jackson, Perez, Swanson,

Ogawa, Blech)

• You will fill out the family slide for the family you have chosen: Family name, family members, background information (this includes when the family came here and an explanation of their situation.)

• You will select a fate and write it down on the fate slide.

• You will pick one member of the family and identify the person you have selected on the fate slide.

• You will write a paragraph responding to the fate, pretending you are the person you have selected on the journal slide.

Family Slide

•Family name: Swanson

•Family members: Mr. Swanson 62, Mrs Swanson 63, Emily 30, Michael 24,

•Background information: Occupation: Runs the CBS radio station, They live in Galesburg, IL. They are against the war. There daughter is a reporter in Chicago for the Chicago Tribune. This covers a lot of aspects from the war.

Fate Slide

•Fate you have chosen: You receive a message that a cousin of yours has been killed in the battle of the Bulge. You may want to make a memorial for him.

•Family member you have chosen to be: I chose to be the mother, Mrs Swanson.

Journal SlideDear Journal,

Today I received a message that my cousin had died in the battle of Bulge. I was devastated but I held in my emotions for my kids. I didn't want them to see me like this. last night i talked to my husband and i told him that i wanted to have a memorial for my cousin. He thought it was a great idea. So I told him that i wanted everyone to gather around his favorite place. The willow tree in the field about a half a mile away from his house. That day i went to the store and bought balloons for everyone. I thought it would be a good idea to write a message on them and send them up to him in heaven.