Virginia Historical Society: Surviving War: The Home Front: Why Richmond?

Wars have a profound effect not only on a country's soldiers, but also on the everyday lives of its citizens. Invite young historians to discover how Britain prepared for the second World War by analyzing a series of government posters...

Young historians explore life on the home front during the Civil War with primary documents and a series of writing prompts. They also watch a presentation and use a worksheet to compare how communication methods have changed over time....

Here are 35 images ready to complement your next lecture on the Home-Front during WWII. While there isn't any text in this presentation, it won't matter. Each image is a great representation of what life was like for the people back...

An online exhibition that looks at what life was like for Virginians under military occupation. Many of them became refugees rather than stay while Union troops invaded their lands, stealing crops, burning fields, and taking over homes.

Before the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing, FDR's executive order helped promote fair employment. The activity uses primary documents to explore FDR's executive order to help minorities gain equal employment and pay during the...

An online exhibition that looks at how the Civil War was fought in Virginia, as the Union tried to reach and capture Richmond, which was the seat of the Confederate government.

Eleventh graders examine the political demands put on one of four groups living in America during WWII. Each class member is asked to research and write a paper describing the homefront experience for women, Hispanics, African-Americans,...

Describes the many hardships that citizens, no matter what their status, faced in Virginia during the Civil War. One town, Winchester, switched hands about seventy-two times during the war. Many people lost loved ones, as well as their...

[Free Registration/Login Required] World War II had a deep impact on the United States. The war affected all phases of American life both on the home front and overseas in battle. This text document addresses the many and varied ways...

An exhibition that commemorated the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. While slavery caused the war, the war was not begun to free the slaves, but to determine whether the Confederate States of America would be allowed to break...