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The Children's War Follow-Up Work
Follow-Up Work Source-Based Analysis One of the key aims of this series is to introduce a new and unusual form of source material. It is therefore logical that follow-up work might focus on the extent to which the picture presented in this programme contrasts with, or supports, accounts of childhood experience from other sources. An interesting way to combine this resource with others, especially the Internet sites, might be to test a series of hypotheses such as: - Wherever you were, childhood in wartime was much the same.
- German children hardly suffered during the war.
- Evacuation was a great adventure.
Historical Reconstruction Another good activity is an empathetic reconstruction of the experiences of children in wartime. For this to be a valid historical exercise, such work must be rooted in research. For instance, a study of Anne Frank might draw out similarities and differences between her experience and that of some of the children in the programme. Using that starting point, you could try to recreate a segment of a notional diary of one of the participants in the programme.
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