The Butterfly
The last, the very last,So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.
Perhaps if the sun's tears would sing
against a white stone. . . .
Such, such a yellow
Is carried lightly 'way up high.
It went away I'm sure because it wished to
kiss the world good-bye.
For seven weeks I've lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto.
But I have found what I love here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut branches in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don't live in here,
in the ghetto
*written & discovered at Camp Terezin
Web Links
Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen
Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen
Unit Readings
Unit Readings
The Rise of Fascism
Looking at the Map, Outline the Link Between the Harsh Terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Policy of Appeasement
Basic Concept Map SAMPLE
Unit 4 → 1929 to 1945
A Global Crisis > From Economic Crisis to Political Extremes
B World War 2
Love, Hate & Propaganda: WWII for a New Generation → A 6-Part Series on Why WW2 Still Matters
Love Hate & Propaganda Episodes 1 to 6 Summary
Economic Extremes Cause Political Extremes
EPISODE 1 Ideology Venn Diagram → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 1 "The Strongmen"
EPISODE 1 Ideology Venn Diagram → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 1 "The Strongmen"
Fascism, Nazism, Communism Venn
Samples of the Centre of the Ideology Venn
EPISODE 2 WW2 Causes → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 2 "Selling War"
EPISODE 2 WW2 Causes → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 2 "Selling War"
TASK → Make notes about the causes of WW2 put forward by the episode. Generate 2 new causes that are not included in the sample concept map linked above as "Connections Between Causes of WW2" that are supported by episode 2 content.
EXAMPLES
CONCEPT MAP PROJECT
Create a concept map as a small group that illustrates the relationships between all the competing causes of WW2.
Create a concept map as a small group that illustrates the relationships between all the competing causes of WW2.
EPISODE 3 Historical Perspective → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 3 "Meet the Enemy"
EPISODE 4 The Dieppe Raid → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 4 "Truth and Total War"
See the Dieppe Outline Thesis for the Task and Project Details.
Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942
Five thousand troops of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, along with a thousand British troops, many of them commandos, attacked the French port of Dieppe on the English Channel Coast in August 1942. Led by Major-General J. M. Roberts, the force was supported by ships of the Royal Navy and aircraft of the RAF and RCAF. The purpose was to make a successful raid on German-occupied Europe over water, and then to hold Dieppe briefly. The results were disastrous.
The German defences were on the alert. The main Canadian landing on the Dieppe beach and flanking attacks at Puys and Pourville failed to reach any of their objectives. Only the commandos enjoyed any success.
After nine hours fighting ashore, the force withdrew. Over one thousand were dead and two thousand prisoners were in German hands, more prisoners than the whole Canadian Army lost in either the North West Europe or Italian campaigns. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, largely made up of soldiers from the Hamilton area, had taken 582 soldiers into the thick of the fighting. 197 of them were killed or died as prisoners and 175 became prisoners of war. Many of the prisoners and many of those who got back to England were wounded. Two Canadians received the Victoria Cross for their bravery.
In the air above the landings, the RAF waged its most intense air battle on a single day in the whole war. The Allies lost 106 aircraft (including thirteen RCAF machines and ten pilots), and the Germans 48 aircraft.
Behind the failure lay a poor, overly complex plan, insufficient fire support from aircraft and artillery, and inadequate training of troops for their first test of battle. Yet lessons were learned for later amphibious landings in the Mediterranean and at Normandy.
Five thousand troops of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, along with a thousand British troops, many of them commandos, attacked the French port of Dieppe on the English Channel Coast in August 1942. Led by Major-General J. M. Roberts, the force was supported by ships of the Royal Navy and aircraft of the RAF and RCAF. The purpose was to make a successful raid on German-occupied Europe over water, and then to hold Dieppe briefly. The results were disastrous.
The German defences were on the alert. The main Canadian landing on the Dieppe beach and flanking attacks at Puys and Pourville failed to reach any of their objectives. Only the commandos enjoyed any success.
After nine hours fighting ashore, the force withdrew. Over one thousand were dead and two thousand prisoners were in German hands, more prisoners than the whole Canadian Army lost in either the North West Europe or Italian campaigns. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, largely made up of soldiers from the Hamilton area, had taken 582 soldiers into the thick of the fighting. 197 of them were killed or died as prisoners and 175 became prisoners of war. Many of the prisoners and many of those who got back to England were wounded. Two Canadians received the Victoria Cross for their bravery.
In the air above the landings, the RAF waged its most intense air battle on a single day in the whole war. The Allies lost 106 aircraft (including thirteen RCAF machines and ten pilots), and the Germans 48 aircraft.
Behind the failure lay a poor, overly complex plan, insufficient fire support from aircraft and artillery, and inadequate training of troops for their first test of battle. Yet lessons were learned for later amphibious landings in the Mediterranean and at Normandy.
EPISODE 5 Camp Terezin → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 5 "Hiding the Horrors"
Art as Resistance (Art of Jewish Children at Theresienstadt)
EPISODE 6 Universal Crimes → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 6 "Changing the Story"
Canada, Immigration and Jewish Refugees 1933 to 1945
Canada, Immigration and Jewish Refugees 1933 to 1945
Why Studying the Holocaust is so Critical to Understanding Ourselves
Entire Rebel Sell Reading
C Just War & Proportionality
C Just War & Proportionality
Screen Shot from the Original Call of Duty Set in WW2 ** Challenge Yourself to Play the Game While Following the Geneva Conventions on the Laws of War
Moral Judgement → Theaters of War & Battles
Moral Judgement → Theaters of War & Battles
"the strong do as they CAN and the weak do as they MUST"
♥ THE DEEPEST SACRIFICE IN WAR IS NOT THE PROSPECT OF DEATH BUT THE UNWILLINGNESS TO KILL BECOMES NORMAL
Central Question → Can war be just?
→ mass killing for a political process?
→ mass killing in defence of innocent people / survival?
→ using as little violence as possible to stop aggressive countries?
3 Stages of War → 1. Start of War 2. Middle of War 3. End of War
Each stage has separate rules (e.g., middle = not targeting civilians / end = how to write a fair & proper peace treaty).
The change in technology, weapons, controversial methods of combat & strategy by allies actually violated just war rules.
1. use of air power and targeting (military targets & civilian targets to wear down morale).
2. invention of WMD (brutal and indiscriminate slaughter).
3. use of chemical warfare.
→ For the Dieppe Raid, the Normandy Invasion, the Bombing of Berlin, the Tokyo Fire Bombing, and the Use of Atomic Bombs pose one moral question that comes out of the details gathered while viewing episodes 4, 5, & 6 of Love, Hate, and Propaganda.
DEBATE QUESTION # 1 → Was it wrong to send soldiers to certain death?
DEBATE QUESTION # 2 → Was it wrong to use chemical weapons and/or WMD?
DEBATE QUESTION # 3 → Was it wrong to use propaganda to create hate toward the enemy and build support for the war?
DEBATE QUESTION # 4 → Was it wrong to profit from war?
DEBATE QUESTION # 5 → Was it wrong to send soldiers in to battle high on drugs?
DEBATE QUESTION # 6 → Was it wrong to force young men to fight in war?