• During WWII, collecting and reusing needed materials was called scrapping, and it was done by folks of all ages on the Home Front, including students, to help win the war. Whether we call it scrapping or recycling, students today can use the example of World War II kids for inspiration to have a positive effect on their world today. Sign up your classroom to Get in the Scrap!, a national service learning project that encourages today’s students to become environmental stewards with fun classroom activities that earn them points and prizes: www.getinthescrap.org #getinthescrap
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    During WWII, collecting and reusing needed materials was called scrapping, and it was done by folks of all ages on the Home Front, including students, to help win the war. Whether we call it scrapping or recycling, students today can use the example of World War II kids for inspiration to have a positive effect on their world today. Sign up your classroom to Get in the Scrap!, a national service learning project that encourages today’s students to become environmental stewards with fun classroom activities that earn them points and prizes: www.getinthescrap.org #getinthescrap
  • Today is #EarthDay, and it’s all about going green! During World War II, going green wasn’t just about saving the environment, but helping out on the Home Front. Recycling, called scrapping back then, and conserving materials, could mean the difference between defeat or victory over the Axis! Here at The National WWII Museum, we think that every lesson in recycling and going green can also be a lesson in history! That’s why we started the Get in the Scrap! project for middle school classrooms. Inspired by the scrapping efforts of students during WWII, Get in the Scrap! is a national service learning project for students in grades 4-8 all about recycling and energy conservation. Your students have the power to affect positive change on the environment; much like students 70 years ago played a positive role on the Home Front in securing victory in WWII. It’s the perfect addition to your Earth Day celebrations! We currently have 110 classrooms, 3,723 students from 34 states registered. Pictured here are some of the awesome project updates teachers have sent us. Click the link in our profile to learn how your classroom can participate in #GetInTheScrap! #recycle #conserve #history #education #sschat
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    Today is #EarthDay, and it’s all about going green! During World War II, going green wasn’t just about saving the environment, but helping out on the Home Front. Recycling, called scrapping back then, and conserving materials, could mean the difference between defeat or victory over the Axis! Here at The National WWII Museum, we think that every lesson in recycling and going green can also be a lesson in history! That’s why we started the Get in the Scrap! project for middle school classrooms. Inspired by the scrapping efforts of students during WWII, Get in the Scrap! is a national service learning project for students in grades 4-8 all about recycling and energy conservation. Your students have the power to affect positive change on the environment; much like students 70 years ago played a positive role on the Home Front in securing victory in WWII. It’s the perfect addition to your Earth Day celebrations! We currently have 110 classrooms, 3,723 students from 34 states registered. Pictured here are some of the awesome project updates teachers have sent us. Click the link in our profile to learn how your classroom can participate in #GetInTheScrap! #recycle #conserve #history #education #sschat
  • Much like students played a positive role on the Home Front during World War II, students today have the power to affect positive change on the environment. Learn how your #classroom can get involved with the Museum's national service learning project inspired by the scrapping efforts of students during World War II. Click the link in our profile to learn more about #GetInTheScrap! #education #servicelearning #recycling #conservation #energyconservation
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    Much like students played a positive role on the Home Front during World War II, students today have the power to affect positive change on the environment. Learn how your #classroom can get involved with the Museum's national service learning project inspired by the scrapping efforts of students during World War II. Click the link in our profile to learn more about #GetInTheScrap! #education #servicelearning #recycling #conservation #energyconservation
  • During World War II, students on the Home Front helped the war effort by collecting scraps and waste materials. #GetInTheScrap with your classroom just like the students during World War II, and join us in our national service learning project. Click the link in our profile to learn more. Image: Young students from San Juan Batista, California, parade through town with their collected scrap materials. Why would the school plan this type of parade for their students? Library of Congress, LC-USF34-072474-D. #recycling #scrapping #education #wwii
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    During World War II, students on the Home Front helped the war effort by collecting scraps and waste materials. #GetInTheScrap with your classroom just like the students during World War II, and join us in our national service learning project. Click the link in our profile to learn more. Image: Young students from San Juan Batista, California, parade through town with their collected scrap materials. Why would the school plan this type of parade for their students? Library of Congress, LC-USF34-072474-D. #recycling #scrapping #education #wwii
  • Incoming! Registered teachers for #getinthescrap, your project toolkit & water bottle are on their way to your classroom! Join the Museum’s #servicelearning recycling project with your class. Click the link in our profile to learn more! #recycling #education
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    Incoming! Registered teachers for #getinthescrap, your project toolkit & water bottle are on their way to your classroom! Join the Museum’s #servicelearning recycling project with your class. Click the link in our profile to learn more! #recycling #education
  • Even bacon had a role in achieving victory during World War II. One of the most interesting themes that connect modern America with WWII-era America is conservation and rationing. While we currently are not involved in a total war, conservation and recycling has made a huge comeback in recent years. Composting, for example, is becoming more and more popular in homes across America. Back during World War II, however, instead of using scraps and edible waste for growing more food and plants, people would collect their scraps and donate them to the war effort. One of the most popular programs was through the American Fat Salvage Committee, where recycled meat grease would be used to make explosives! #getinthescrap #bacon
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    Even bacon had a role in achieving victory during World War II. One of the most interesting themes that connect modern America with WWII-era America is conservation and rationing. While we currently are not involved in a total war, conservation and recycling has made a huge comeback in recent years. Composting, for example, is becoming more and more popular in homes across America. Back during World War II, however, instead of using scraps and edible waste for growing more food and plants, people would collect their scraps and donate them to the war effort. One of the most popular programs was through the American Fat Salvage Committee, where recycled meat grease would be used to make explosives! #getinthescrap #bacon
  • Prom, clubs, and football games look just about the same when flipping through pages of WWII-era yearbooks, but the teens of the 1940s were also doing very different things from high schoolers today.One very common thread through most of these books is how high school students supported the war effort, and the serious contribution schools across the country made to ‘back the attack.’ Many schools also gathered hundreds of tons of scrap throughout the entire year. In the 1944 Daisy Chain yearbook from Waco High School in Waco, Texas, students were dedicated to the cause of scrapping, as evidenced by the 2-page spread cartoon showing students across the entire campus feverishly working toward this common goal. Image from Waco High School's The Daisy Chain 1944 yearbook. #getinthescrap
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    Prom, clubs, and football games look just about the same when flipping through pages of WWII-era yearbooks, but the teens of the 1940s were also doing very different things from high schoolers today.One very common thread through most of these books is how high school students supported the war effort, and the serious contribution schools across the country made to ‘back the attack.’ Many schools also gathered hundreds of tons of scrap throughout the entire year. In the 1944 Daisy Chain yearbook from Waco High School in Waco, Texas, students were dedicated to the cause of scrapping, as evidenced by the 2-page spread cartoon showing students across the entire campus feverishly working toward this common goal. Image from Waco High School's The Daisy Chain 1944 yearbook. #getinthescrap
  • There were 42 million kids on he American Home Front during World War II, and they all played an important role in the war effort contributing to scrapping, fat collecting, and more! Today 27,000 students across the country will be tuning in to our #ElectronicFieldTrip with @wyestv to learn how young people like them contributed to the war effort. #education #classroom #school #wwiied #history #sschat #getinthescrap
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    There were 42 million kids on he American Home Front during World War II, and they all played an important role in the war effort contributing to scrapping, fat collecting, and more! Today 27,000 students across the country will be tuning in to our #ElectronicFieldTrip with @wyestv to learn how young people like them contributed to the war effort. #education #classroom #school #wwiied #history #sschat #getinthescrap
  • During World War II, six year old Billy Michal and his classmates played an important role in collecting scraps for the war effort to build Liberty Ships. Today, students can use the example of WWII kids for inspiration to have a positive effect on their world today. Click the link in our profile to learn how you can get involved with the Museum's national recycling project #GetInTheScrap with your classroom. In January 1943, Billy and two other rural Louisiana schoolchildren were chosen to attend the launch in New Orleans as representatives of the winning schools in a statewide per-capita school scrap contest sponsored by the local newspaper. The children were all selected for the trip by their classmates. Billy's entire one-room schoolhouse in Zimmerman, Louisiana numbered twelve children in all. The three children chosen for the trip, all traveling to New Orleans for the first time, were treated to an inspection tour of the city in a jeep, which included a stop at the Audubon Zoo (@auduboninstitute) and a luncheon at the Delta plant where they were shown how Liberty ships were constructed. Billy's mother assembled mementos from this trip in a scrapbook, donated to the Museum by Mr. Michal in 2002. #wwii #homefront #recycle #children #kidscanmakeadifference #libertyships #neworleans #servicelearning #service #serviceproject #education
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    During World War II, six year old Billy Michal and his classmates played an important role in collecting scraps for the war effort to build Liberty Ships. Today, students can use the example of WWII kids for inspiration to have a positive effect on their world today. Click the link in our profile to learn how you can get involved with the Museum's national recycling project #GetInTheScrap with your classroom. In January 1943, Billy and two other rural Louisiana schoolchildren were chosen to attend the launch in New Orleans as representatives of the winning schools in a statewide per-capita school scrap contest sponsored by the local newspaper. The children were all selected for the trip by their classmates. Billy's entire one-room schoolhouse in Zimmerman, Louisiana numbered twelve children in all. The three children chosen for the trip, all traveling to New Orleans for the first time, were treated to an inspection tour of the city in a jeep, which included a stop at the Audubon Zoo (@auduboninstitute) and a luncheon at the Delta plant where they were shown how Liberty ships were constructed. Billy's mother assembled mementos from this trip in a scrapbook, donated to the Museum by Mr. Michal in 2002. #wwii #homefront #recycle #children #kidscanmakeadifference #libertyships #neworleans #servicelearning #service #serviceproject #education
  • In World War II, collecting and reusing needed materials was called scrapping; today we call it recycling. During World War II, it was done to help win the war. Today we do it to conserve natural resources and protect the environment. No matter the name, students today can use the example of WWII kids for inspiration to have a positive effect on their world today. #GetInTheScrap with your class and enlist your classroom in our service learning project launching November 4th! Image: Scrap piled high at a central collection point in Tulare, California. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-fsa-8c32138. #servicelearning #recycle #activitiesforkids #education #wwii #environment #reuse #class #school
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    In World War II, collecting and reusing needed materials was called scrapping; today we call it recycling. During World War II, it was done to help win the war. Today we do it to conserve natural resources and protect the environment. No matter the name, students today can use the example of WWII kids for inspiration to have a positive effect on their world today. #GetInTheScrap with your class and enlist your classroom in our service learning project launching November 4th! Image: Scrap piled high at a central collection point in Tulare, California. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-fsa-8c32138. #servicelearning #recycle #activitiesforkids #education #wwii #environment #reuse #class #school