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Impact of WWII on daily life - Coggle Diagram
Impact of WWII on daily life
The Blitz
Towns and cities throught Britain were bombed
People had to spend nights in air-raid shelters
Working at night as well as doing a normal job by day
Many volunteered as Civil Defence workers
Evacuation
Goverment evacuated children and young
Many of the host families were richer, middle-or upper-class
Mothers from the big cities to safer parts of the country
Rationing
families were given books of ration stamps
Clothes were rationed
The government also encoureged people by mending their own clothes
People were encouraged to grow as much of their own food
The lives of women
Most men aged between 18 and 40 had to do military service
Woman work at home in farms and factories
Women were now given the opportunity to do a wide range of jobs
New freedoms and the chance to learn new skills
The government and propaganda and censorship
Censorship
Conversely, negative stories were not reported
Propaganda
propaganda was to encourage people to join the
live more carefully without wasting food or materials
encourage people to save for the war effort
to warn people of the dangers of careless talk
The government and welfare
Heaith care was improved
Nurseries were set up
rations and vitamins
To young children and mothers
The transport system became a public service