World War II Workshop Day, Wed 10/12
by Dr. H - October 11th, 2011
Last Friday, we brainstormed some questions – things we were curious about & wanted to know about World War II. On Wednesday the 12th I have arranged for some activities to help us get at those questions.
There will be 4 “stations” set up during our class time. We will all start in the classroom together and then break into groups. You’ll have the chance to visit 2 stations on Wednesday in class, and if we want to keep the workshop going we can repeat it or extend it onto Friday so you can visit 1 or 2 more.
The stations will be:
–working with one of our reference librarians to answer your own questions about the war (“open inquiry”) so you’ll need your laptops for that one
–listening to radio programs, radio commercials, and/or popular music of the war on CD
–viewing newsreels and/or wartime-era cartoons
–working with archival documents from the time period
You will choose 2, one for the first half of the class and one for the second half of the class.
Bring your curiosity and your laptop! See you in class.
