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Monica Ellen Rizzo.  Think  Pair  Share “You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you’ll.

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1 Monica Ellen Rizzo

2  Think  Pair  Share

3 “You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you’ll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.”

4  War requiring the commitment of the entire society  The channeling of a nation’s entire resources into the war effort  Made necessary by modern, mechanized warfare

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6  Governments of warring nations raised taxes and borrowed huge amounts of money to fund their war efforts.  Food, clothing, gasoline and other items were rationed.  Governments set prices.  Governments forbid strikes by workers.

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8  All warring nations in WW1 except Britain established a draft or mandatory military service for young men.  Germany established forced civilian labor

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10  Total war required controlling public opinion.  Even democratic countries had censors who controlled the press, literature, the arts, movies.  Propaganda Wars used the spread of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause.  Propaganda was used to fuel hatred for the enemy by accusing them of atrocities.

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19  Women took over jobs previously only done by men.  Women worked in dangerous war industries and were sometimes injured or killed.  Women grew food to fight the British food shortages.  Women worked as nurses close to the front lines in danger of enemy fire, pests and disease.  Their efforts in the war helped women gain the vote.

20  Is our current war in the middle east a total war?  Think  Pair  Share


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