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Impact of WW II on daily life - Coggle Diagram
Impact of WW II on daily life
The Blitz
towns and cities throughout Britain were bombed
People had to spend nights in air-raid shelters
Many volunteered as Civil Defence workers
civilians had to maintain a blackout at night
cars had to drive without lights
Evacuation
The goverment evacuated children and young mothers from the big cities to safer parts of the country
Many of the host families were richer, middle or upper-class people
The goverment and propaganda and censorship
Propaganda
Encourage people to save for the war effort and live more carfully without wasting food or materials
was used to encourage people to join voluntary war effort, to warm people of the dangers of careless talk
To encourage people to save for the war effort
Live more carfully without wasting food or materials
Censorship
Negative stories were not reported
Rationing
caused a change in people's lives
Families were given books of ration stamps
Trade issued recipes showing people how to make healthy
meals using the food that was available
Grow as much of their own food as possible and to keep their own animals
Clothes were rationed, encouraged people to save by mending their own clothes
The goverment and welfare
Health care was improved and nurseries were set up
Special food rations and vitamins
The transport system became a public service
The lives of women
Conscription was itroduced in 1939
Unmarried women were conscripted
Women were now given the opportunity to do a wide range of jobs
Work at home-in farms and factories-had to do by women
This gave them new freedoms and the chance to learn new skills