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Your
Name:_______________________________________ Other
members in your group:__________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Behind
Barbed Wire: Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany Worksheet Directions:
Your class is now a group of Red Cross officials
visiting different POW camps, trying to figure out what the conditions in
the POW camps are like. Your
job is to answer the following questions as they relate to your topic
(Health, Food and Supplies, Death Marches, Treatment of Prisoners or Escape
Attempts). Make sure to include
where you get information (from which website did you find the
information?). After you have
finished with the questions, get together with your small groups and try to
find any similarities or differences between the camps.
Later you will be reporting back to the other Red Cross officials
about your specific topic. 1)
What
topic are you researching (Health, Food and Supplies, Death Marches,
Treatment or Escape Attempts)? 2)
What
POW Camp are you researching? 3)
What are the conditions of the prisoners concerning your topic?
(Only answer the question that is related to your topic: Do the
prisoners have enough food? What type of food are they given? Are
they given enough medical supplies? Are the prisoners in good health?
Are the prisoners treated fairly?
Are the prisoners treated like slave labor? If not, what way are they
treated? How many escape attempts occurred?
What happened to people who tried to escape? What were Death Marches?
Why did they occur? What
happened to POWs during Death Marches?
Directions: As a small group, answer these following questions about your
topic: 1)
Are
there any similarities between the camp’s conditions or situations?
List and describe the similarities. 2)
What
the are main differences between the camp’s conditions or situation?
List and describe the differences. 3)
What
are some things that you learned that you thought were interesting? Jonathan
Alt of Des Moines’ Drake University created this worksheet (© March
2004). It may be reproduced or modified for educational purposes.
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