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Welcome back!

Today

Kickoff working on PA.

Make a choice: 
who's life are you going to investigate? 

Goal of today 

Pick a historical figure who lived during the outbreak of World War II. Pick somebody you find interesting to research! Both ‘sides’ are allowed.

Do a first research round: what do you know about the childhood? Jobs? Mayor events in his/her life? What kind of ideology or view of the world? 

Subjects 

- Interesting cities/countries like Japan, Poland, London
- Interesting events (check the book!) like atomic bombs, battles, genocide

- Enemy, victim, helper, neutral
- Macro-history or micro-history

Sources

• Google Scholar 
•  https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II
•  https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii
• https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-in-depth 
• https://axishistory.com/ 

• Historiek (Dutch)
• Isgeschiedenis (Dutch)
  
  Netflix!!!
  - Band of Brothers, World War Two in Colour, ...

Research start tip

1: To orientate: Wikipedia.
Scanned reading in a subject of interest. 
Click on the interesting names. 

2:Are there more reliable sources about this person and the history events?

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Today 

Working on PA

•  Research: what do you know about the childhood? Jobs? Mayor events in his/her life? What kind of ideology or view of the world?
  
  
•  Find three themes to structure your interview.
  For instance: Anne Frank. Theme 1: Her life before the war. Theme 2: Life in het Achterhuis. Theme 3: Concentration camps. 

Welcome back 

Today

Announcement: 
Wednesday 27th of March
Visiting Batavia shipyard
Gather in classroom 4th hour
Bike to school please!

PA-working lesson 

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Important info- PA

• Handing in via Magister in stead of Teams!
  
• Format: you look back on the life of the person. 
  For instance: You joined the Hitler Jugend in 1941. Can you explain why you made this choice?
• Don't forget your primary sources. They are easy to find, but more difficult to use. Make sure you connect a question or answer to your primary source. 
• Empathize! A nazi soldier has a different view on Hitler than a Jewish person in hiding will have.
• Open questions (no 'yes' or 'no' answers). You can show off your knowledge. 
  For instance: Can you explain how Bevrijdingsdag in The Netherlands went and how you experienced this moments?

Example - primary source 

Anne Frank - picture of Westerbork 1944. Hoofdstraat ('Boulevard des Misères') 

You were detained in camp Westerbork. Can you describe what your days looked like there?

I was send to Westerbork in august 1944. As you can see in the picture of this Hoofdstraat, we were living in small, wooden barracks. I woke up everyday at 6.... etc

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