Victory Gardens during World War II
This 1942 U.S. Department of Agriculture film promotes Victory Gardens and provides instructions to help citizens grow their own fruits and vegetables at home during World War II.
Description
This 1942 U.S. Department of Agriculture film promotes Victory Gardens and provides instructions to help citizens grow their own fruits and vegetables at home during World War II.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Describe the crops that the Department of Agriculture video encouraged gardeners to grow.
- Why do you think the Department of Agriculture recommended these specific crops for victory gardens? What benefits do these crops offer victory gardeners?
- What is meant by these gardens being compared to a “health insurance policy,” a “dooryard saving bank,” and a “vitamin mine?”
- How did this video help the war effort?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Canned Food
- Corn
- Homefront
- Minerals
- Propaganda
- Starch
- Victory Garden
- Vitamins
- World War I I
- Yield