We’re not going to take it!
As a class we just did a project on the “Appeasement” of the League of Nations- we learned about how the major World Powers (The United States, Great Britain, France, etc.) stood by and did nothing while nations like Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan broke international laws and violated human rights.
Even though policies of “appeasement” had allowed Germany and Japan to become extremely powerful, there were many people who were not willing to let them have their way- AT ANY COST.
These people were determined to not give up their cause even though they were up against some of the strongest empires of the world. These “movements” ranged in size from a handful of people working slowly to undermine a factory, to thousands fighting with weapons. Underground humanitarian aid (helping/hiding people) was also very important.
What is your role in all of this?
In the “early days” in order to promote a cause, you had to use paper flyers, secret newspapers, word of mouth or the radio. These forms of communication were limited and not very effective.
Today’s protesters (and anyone else promoting something) have one very easy and effective tool- the internet!
People can use websites like myspace or facebook to get the word out about concerts, parties, protests- just about anything.
You are going to take on the role of a leader of one of the many “RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS” which occurred during World War Two. I will give you a list of different “movements” you could choose to represent, or you could do research and find one on your own.
Choices I support include
The White Rose
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Hukbalahap “Peoples Army Against the Japanese”
Maquis du Vercors French Resistance “Free French Forces”
Yugoslav Partisans
Polish Home Army
Italian CLN
Greek Resistance
Operation Anthropoid
Danish Resistance (how they saved the 20th train)
Remember-you can do research and find one I did not list, then ask to do your project on that one...
How are we going to do this?
The site you are looking at now was built on www.weebly.com
You will be using this same site to build your movement’s website. The PDF below explains how to use Weebly.
Things I expect you to have on your site include (but are not limited to)
1. An Introduction page; here you should have the name and location of your organization. You should list the basics of your movement and if you can find any related artwork or pictures you could add them here. A nice touch for this page would be to emphasize the importance of keeping the movement “secret”- this would allow you to put accurate information on the page without worrying people will “rat you out”.
2. Details page; here you should provide more in-depth information about the movement- how it got started, when it got started, who has been important, types of things you have been doing, etc.
3. Future Plans page; this page would be something like an “upcoming events” page where you tell new recruits what the next activity will be…
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