On the Home Front: America’s Boomtowns
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PBS Learning Media
On the Home Front: America’s Boomtowns
Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Examine life in America prior to its entry into World War II.
- Identify the changes brought on by wartime industry to industrial boomtowns.
- Evaluate the socio-economic changes in the character of four World War II-era boomtowns and the reasons for those changes.
About the Authors:
Greg Timmons has been a social studies teacher for more than 30 years. He has written lessons for, and serves as an educational consultant to, various PBS programs including Frontline, the NewsHour, and Washington Week. He resides in Washington state and Montana.
Joan Brodsky Schur is the Social Studies Coordinator at the Village Community School where she has taught English and American history for over twenty-five years. Her most recent publication is Eyewitness to the Past: Strategies for Teaching American History in Grades 5-12.