America 1940-1949: Lifestyles and Social Trends Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 19 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1940-1949.

America 1940-1949: Lifestyles and Social Trends Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 19 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1940-1949.
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With so many teenagers employed in wartime jobs, educators began to worry about getting . young people to attend school. The U.S. Office of Education launched a "National Go-to-School- Drive" for the 1944-1945 academic year, calling on communities to stress the value of education: Hats off to American boys and girls! They have shown superb readiness and eagerness to share in the work of the war. . . . Millions of youngsters have taken full-time jobs. Others have added jobs on top of school work. Now. the time has come when all of us must scrutinize far more carefully than we have in the first 3 years of the war the use that is being made of the capacities, energies and time of our teenage young people. . . . Some work experience . may have significant educational value for some young people. For the vast majority of them, however...

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