Introduction
In William Golding’s the Lord of the Flies a group of British boys' plane was shot down, leaving them stranded on an island. The following webquest will help you to build an understanding of life in Britain during World War II. It will also educate you about two heroes and show you how power can corrupt. Happy reading!
Task
Search the following websites on the "Process" page and answers the questions that apply. You must write in complete sentences and write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. No typing. Due at the end of the period.
Process
Task: Log on to: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/homefront/
Read each of the following sections: Evacuation, Gas, Internees, Home Guard, Spies. They will help you to answer the questions below.
1) Why were children evacuated from Britain in the 1940’s?
2) Which countries offered to accept evacuees?
3)Why did the British public support oversees evacuation?
4)What caused the government to change its mind and discontinue the oversees evacuation policy?
5)How many children were evacuated or sent oversees from Britain or its colonies during World War II?
6) By September of 1939, who had gas masks in Britain? Why?
7) What is meant by the term “internee”?
8) Who was interned in Britain during World War II?
9) Which was the last country in Europe to stand fighting against Germany
(Hitler)? Spies
10) Who was Karel Richter?
Task: Read Hugh Thompson's and Ron Ridhenhour's story on the following website and answer the questions that follow:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/myl_hero.html#HUGH THOMPSON:
11. Summarize Hugh Thompson's story in your own words.
12. Would you consider Hugh Thompson a hero? Why or why not?
13. Summarize Ron Ridenhour's story in your words.
14. Would you consider Ron Ridenhour a hero? Why or why not?
15. Why do you think certain humans react with courage and bravery and some reaction with fear when they find themselves in certain situations?
Task: Read about the abuse of Iraqi POWs and answer the questions that follow:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/abuse-of-iraqi-pows-by-gis-probed/
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/opinion/28lagouranis.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0
16. Explain in your own words what happened in Abu Ghraib?
17. What does this say about certain people who are placed in power?
18. Do you think power corrupts? Explain.
Task: Read about Sigmund Freud and answer the questions that follow:
http://allpsych.com/psychology101/ego/
19. Explain Freud‟s Structural Models of Personality. Connect the Id, Ego, and Superego to Ralph, Jack, AND Piggy.
20. Use a specific example or quote that proves your theory from #19.
Evaluation
40 POINTS. Answers need to be complete and well thought out to earn full credit!