WWII Real Voices Research

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🎯 Learning Objectives

WALT (We Are Learning To):

• Research and analyse the experiences of real people during WWII

• Connect historical events to individual human stories

• Develop inquiry and presentation skills through museum exhibit creation

Success Criteria - I can:

Research my assigned person's background and wartime experiences

Identify key choices and challenges they faced

Explain how they are remembered today

Create an engaging museum exhibit card

📋 Your Research Assignment

1. Your assigned "Real Voice" is:

2. What type of person were they during WWII? (Tick one)

Nurse/Medical worker

Codebreaker/Intelligence worker

Resistance fighter

Jewish refugee/Holocaust survivor

Other: ________________

3. Week A Focus - Identity: What do you need to find out about their early life?

Where and when were they born?

What was their family background?

What was their life like before the war?

What skills or qualities did they have?

4. Week B Focus - Extraordinary Choice: What major decision or challenge will you investigate?

5. Week C Focus - Remembrance: How might this person be remembered today?

Memorials or statues

Books or films about them

Family stories passed down

Museums or exhibitions

Awards or honours named after them

🏛️ Museum Exhibit Planning

6. Your museum exhibit card should include (tick when planned):

Eye-catching title with person's name

Key facts about their identity

Their extraordinary choice/challenge

How they're remembered

Visual elements (photo, illustration, timeline)

7. Extension Activity: Advanced learners should also research:

How does your person's story connect to themes in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (innocence, friendship, prejudice, moral choices)?

8. Research Sources: List 3 reliable sources you will use:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

WWII Real Voices Research

WWII Real Voices Research

🎯 Learning Objectives

📋 Your Research Assignment

🏛️ Museum Exhibit Planning

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