Author: United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
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Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Author: United States. Civil and Defense Mobilization Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Author: United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 10

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Author: United States. Civil and Defense Mobilization Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10

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Author: United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 630

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Author: R. S. Reed
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3

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Author: James P. Gregory
Publisher:
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Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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"During World War II and the Cold War, Civil Defense agencies needed to get the American people behind their programs. Civil Defense officials used new methods of informing the public while encouraging active participation. To this end, officials saw children as a sly means to improve adult education, since they would tell their parents nearly everything they learned. By teaching the children and teenagers civil defense lessons in entertaining ways, they could comprehend and regurgitate the information. The children would then encourage their parents to be a part of Civil Defense. To appeal to a younger audience, the normal rhetoric of facts on the effects of nuclear war could not be used. Instead, the government needed to find new ways of captivating youth while also instilling vital defense information. By looking at comic books, the identification tag program, Stars for Defense radio show, toys, and games, this thesis will show how the various civil defense agencies recruited the youth of America into their ranks. The literature on Civil Defense focuses on a shelter-centric approach where the programs related to bomb and fallout shelters take the lead role. The primary objective of this thesis is to highlight the programs instituted by Civil Defense officials in order to appeal to children and teenagers and add them to the larger historiography. The comics allowed students to visualize the roles of civil defense and why preparedness is important in time of war. The identification tags made children and adults feel secure knowing that important information was recorded. Stars for Defense brought music and comedy into the mix by pulling in listeners with their favorite celebrities. Finally, the toys and games put children in the literal shoes, and gas masks, of civil defense officials. These programs found new and interesting methods to accomplish the goal of educating the adult population by keeping children actively engaged in learning about Civil Defense."--Abstract}.

Author: Michael Scheibach
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476622981
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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After the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan's unconditional surrender, America's educational community quickly focused on preparing the younger generation for the atomic age. With the support of the federal government, elementary and secondary schools developed a curriculum known as "atomics," emphasizing the bomb's destructive power, peaceful applications of the atom and, most important, the need to control nuclear research. By the 1950s, with the Soviet Union's acquiring of the bomb, "atomics" expanded to include civil defense topics and activities, such as "duck and cover" drills. This book examines the broad curriculum--in social studies, science, mathematics, English, home economics and art--that emphasized atomics in American classrooms of the early postwar era. Lesson plans, class projects and activities, resource materials and extracurricular experiences are included.

Author: United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
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Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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