Date
|
Topics to be
covered
|
Readings
& Assignments
|
Tuesday
28 Aug 12
|
Introduction
|
Timeline of London, 1930-1939 |
Thursday
30 Aug 12
|
Logistics of London
|
1930's Map of the London Underground
Children's Map of London
Map of Great Britain -- Her Natural & Industrial Resources (1939)
|
Tuesday
4 Sept 12
|
Evacuations
|
Daily Telegraph article from Sept. 2, 1939
Footage of children being evacuated (1939)
The National Gallery in Wartime
Map Assignment Due
|
Thursday
6 Sept 12
|
Blitz Preparations
|
London Goes to War, 1939
The Blitz on Clydeside
|
Tuesday
11 Sept 12
|
Blitz Preparations
|
Worksheet on Blitz Preparations from the Metropolitan Police Office
Shop Windows in Soho
Paper Proposal Due
|
Thursday
13 Sept 12
|
Attacks Begin
|
Day one timeline of where the bombs fell
The Blitz...in pictures
The first night: Black Saturday
|
Tuesday
18 Sept 12
|
Life Underground
|
School Radio: Sheltering in a London Tube Station
The Tube in the Blitz
Shelter Underground
"London tube station opens for blitz tours" (2010)
|
Thursday
20 Sept 12
|
Keeping spirits up
|
We will view "Their Finest Hour" in class
First Draft of Paper Due
|
Tuesday
25 Sept 12
|
Keeping spirits up - songs v. speeches
|
There'll Always Be An England and other War Music
Vera Lynn Songs on YouTube
Speeches & Audio: Churchill on the Battle of France
Winston Churchill Speech on The Blitz
|
Thursday
27 Sept 12
|
Role of the Royals
|
Princess Elizabeth's Broadcast to Children
Buckingham Palace Bombed
Queen Mother Blitz letter: in full
Songs v. Speeches Assignment Due
|
Tuesday
2 Oct 12
|
In-class Artwork Assignment
|
Exhibition of work by war artists of the London Blitz
Museum of London: The Blitz
|
Thursday
4 Oct 12
|
Assessing the damage
|
The Big Story (Facts & Figures)
"Censored for days, this picture was finally published in the Mail..."
The Blitz: Oxford Street's store wars
Corbis Images of Blitz damage
|
Tuesday
9 Oct 12
|
No Class...
|
...Fall Break |
Thursday
11 Oct 12
|
Paper Presentations
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Final Draft Due by 10:00 p.m.
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