After many hours of hard and dedicated work, River and I finally finished our project! The project wasn't exactly what we anticipated, but I think it still turned out as an overall very well done product. Next time, I would give myself more time (this tends to happen with every project), and maybe the project could be even better than it is. Originally we wanted to use photographs I had taken, but I'm not sure if that quite worked out...
Furthermore, I learned more than I thought I would about the Holocaust through the process of researching and creating the final product. Due to the creation of our own journal entries, I was really able to get a point of view from what survivors, supporters, and others playing important roles in World War II really felt like. I was able to see the atrocities associated with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the experiences in concentration camps. It really makes you wonder what the point of all that was...
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
More Progress...
We've decided on six events to (probably) emphasize throughout our scrapbook. These are:
- the invasion in Poland
- the life of someone in a concentration camp
- the rise of Hitler and the Nazis
- the point of view from someone outside of the concentration camps
- the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- the end of the war
Hopefully with these different occurrences, we will be able to get a perspective of people outside of the United States, such as someone from Poland and Japan. I also found a website with various personal accounts, which is seeming to be helpful in providing examples we could use for things such as journal entries. http://www.history.noaa.gov/ww2_personal.html
Another Winston Churchill quote:
Nancy Astor: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.”
Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”
- the invasion in Poland
- the life of someone in a concentration camp
- the rise of Hitler and the Nazis
- the point of view from someone outside of the concentration camps
- the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- the end of the war
Hopefully with these different occurrences, we will be able to get a perspective of people outside of the United States, such as someone from Poland and Japan. I also found a website with various personal accounts, which is seeming to be helpful in providing examples we could use for things such as journal entries. http://www.history.noaa.gov/ww2_personal.html
Another Winston Churchill quote:
Nancy Astor: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.”
Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”
Winston Chuchill!
I am quite fond of Winston Churchill, prime minister of England during World War II, so here are some quotes by him:
"Eating words has never given me indigestion. "
"Great and good are seldom the same man."
"He has all the virtues I dislike, and none of the vices I admire."
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
He was a wise man.
"Eating words has never given me indigestion. "
"Great and good are seldom the same man."
"He has all the virtues I dislike, and none of the vices I admire."
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
He was a wise man.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
An Irishman Foresees His Death
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My county is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
-William Butler Yeats
I think this is a good example of World War II poetry because it shows the opinion of a country fighting in the war, but is not personally affected. This poem could be relevant to the different feelings of many people in various nations. (Also, I love William Butler Yeats.)
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/warpoetry/Irish.html
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My county is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
-William Butler Yeats
I think this is a good example of World War II poetry because it shows the opinion of a country fighting in the war, but is not personally affected. This poem could be relevant to the different feelings of many people in various nations. (Also, I love William Butler Yeats.)
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/warpoetry/Irish.html
Progress
I'm a bit worried in terms of the time we have left to finish the project. There's less than a week, and we still have a lot of work to do, particularly because we chose such a detailed project medium. We plan to work together outside of school a couple of times before Monday, so hopefully that will give us the opportunity to get everything done. Also, this conflict of time is leading me to question whether I will be able to take photos. I might already have some pictures I have taken in the past that would fit into the concept, but I've yet to look through those. Although there are these complications, we intend to complete this project to the best of our abilities.
Anyway, in terms of the actual information, I have discovered how crucial the role of every single nation is, and how different the response was for each separate nation. For example, France quickly surrendered to the Germans on June 22, 1940, and remained occupied by them until 1944. Countries such as Britain and Russia were more inclined to fight against Germany, along with the assistance of The United States. World War II also raised the question of character. People had to do things they could never imagined, and they had to make decisions that very well meant life or death. For example, many had to chose whether to hide someone and risk themselves and their entire family being killed. Many starved humans resorted to means one might never think possible. Occasions such as these just exemplify the horrid life conditions during the war.
Anyway, in terms of the actual information, I have discovered how crucial the role of every single nation is, and how different the response was for each separate nation. For example, France quickly surrendered to the Germans on June 22, 1940, and remained occupied by them until 1944. Countries such as Britain and Russia were more inclined to fight against Germany, along with the assistance of The United States. World War II also raised the question of character. People had to do things they could never imagined, and they had to make decisions that very well meant life or death. For example, many had to chose whether to hide someone and risk themselves and their entire family being killed. Many starved humans resorted to means one might never think possible. Occasions such as these just exemplify the horrid life conditions during the war.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Ideas
Coming into class today, I discovered my partnership with River, who had come up with many innovative ideas about how and what to do the project on.
Our three main objectives are:
1. Compare the the varying perspectives of victims, survivors, bystanders, rescuers, and perpetrators during the Holocaust.
2. Assess the responses of the United States and other nations to the violation of human rights that occured during the Holocaust and other genocides.
3. Explain how World War II and the Holocaust led to the creation of international organizations to protect human rights, and describe the subsequent impact of these organizations.
We have reflected on these ideas and combined them all into one to form the essential question:
What were the responses to the Holocaust and World War II as it began, evolved, and concluded? What resulted from this train of events?
Futhermore, we have decided on the project format of a scrapbook. With this, we would be able to include various forms of creativity, such as photographs, poetry, journal entries, etc. I'm trying to come up with ideas in which to incorporate my actual photography within it. I would love to be able to do this, but I'm not quite sure where I would find subjects to take pictures of and still have them be relevant to the Holocaust. Perhaps I could take pictures with a darker and slightly sinister feeling because it reflects the overall mood of the Holocaust and World War II. I still have a lot of brainstorming to do.
Our three main objectives are:
1. Compare the the varying perspectives of victims, survivors, bystanders, rescuers, and perpetrators during the Holocaust.
2. Assess the responses of the United States and other nations to the violation of human rights that occured during the Holocaust and other genocides.
3. Explain how World War II and the Holocaust led to the creation of international organizations to protect human rights, and describe the subsequent impact of these organizations.
We have reflected on these ideas and combined them all into one to form the essential question:
What were the responses to the Holocaust and World War II as it began, evolved, and concluded? What resulted from this train of events?
Futhermore, we have decided on the project format of a scrapbook. With this, we would be able to include various forms of creativity, such as photographs, poetry, journal entries, etc. I'm trying to come up with ideas in which to incorporate my actual photography within it. I would love to be able to do this, but I'm not quite sure where I would find subjects to take pictures of and still have them be relevant to the Holocaust. Perhaps I could take pictures with a darker and slightly sinister feeling because it reflects the overall mood of the Holocaust and World War II. I still have a lot of brainstorming to do.
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