Dutch Resistance Webquest: Step 1: Dutch Resistance Dossier

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Step 1: Dutch Resistance Dossier

Use the links below to compile the following information in your Dutch Resistance Dossier. Researching these questions will help you figure out strategies used by the Dutch Resistance to counteract the German occupying forces, and the challenges, dangers, and obstacles they faced. Each person on your team can take one item to research and then share their findings with the rest of the group.

1. What were conditions like for people in the Netherlands during the German invasion and occupation from 1940 – 1945?

War II Memories of Ronnie Groeneveld

Memories of the War in the Netherlands

War Memories, Netherlands

Growing Up During the War

Two People Recall Air Raids and Invasions

A Dutch Nurse’s War Memories

Summary of The Secret Room, A True Story of Nazi Occupation

2. Who needed to hide from the Nazis? Why? What happened to many Dutch men?

Summary of The Secret Room, A True Story of Nazi Occupation

The Story of Anne Frank

Memories of Being a Boy, Hiding from Germans, and the Liberation Day

What Happened to Resistance Members Who Were Caught by the Germans?

Erika Van Hesteren’s Story: A Dutch Woman Recalls Hiding During the War

3. How did the Resistance work against the Nazi occupiers?

Summary of The Secret Room, A True Story of Nazi Occupation

Highlights of the Collection of the Resistance Museum, Amsterdam

Two Women in Underground Secretly Take Photos

The Dutch Underground and the Stoottroepers (StormTroopers)

4. What happened during the Hunger Winter of 1944-5?

The Hunger Winter (scroll down)

Hans Remembers the Hunger Winter

Memories of the War in the Netherlands

Life at the End of the War/After Liberation

5. Find 3 photos of people and places related to the Netherlands in WWII to inspire your group’s design. Print each one out to include in your dossier.

World War II Image Bank
http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/zoek.jsp?action=setlocale&lang=en

There are many World War II photos available on this site. To find the following photos, enter the image number in the Detailed Search section,
and then click the Search button:

Civilians Showing Identity Cards: Image Number 41315
Danish Rifle Factory Sabotaged: Image Number 15322
War Destruction in the City of Arnheim: Image Number 12544
Flooding in Groningen After Dikes Are Bombed: Image Number 125225
A Downtown in the Netherlands: Image Number 125325
Destruction in Groningen, Netherlands: Image Number 125387
Civilians in Groningen, Netherlands: Image Number 125500
Civilians in Amsterdam: Image Number 134572

Recreated Scenes
This website is developed by a firm specializing in recreating authentic costumes and settings for museums, films and other projects. Scroll down to Showreels to watch several short films to give you ideas for settings and costumes.

The Netherlands at War
Hundreds of historic photos, cartoons and other material from 1940-1945 in the Netherlands.

For Teachers

Smuggling a baby in your handbag, stealing bridge passes from a German officer, secretly delivering counterfeit identification to refugees in hiding, riding past the authorities in the dark of night with contraband hidden under your coat—these were just some of the acts of bravery of the Dutch Resistance during World War II.

This WebQuest was designed for students in grades 7 – 12 in conjunction with Passing on the Comfort, an exhibit featuring World War II aid quilts. The exhibit tells the story of An Keuning-Tichelaar, a member of the Dutch Resistance who sheltered many refugees in her home in the Netherlands during and after the war. Inspired by An, her husband Herman, and other members of the Dutch Resistance, this WebQuest can complement a visit to the exhibit, and works just as well on its own.

Nazi German forces invaded the Netherlands in May of 1940, and within several days had taken control of the country. The Netherlands remained under Nazi control until 1945. It was not easy to fight against the Germans, who took control of much of the country’s resources and sent many Dutch men out of the country to labor in German work camps. Many people just tried to get along as best as they could without placing themselves in danger.

However, An and her husband Herman were among a small group of brave people in an underground network called the Resistance who secretly worked against the German authorities and risked their lives to help other people in need. As Mennonites, a Christian faith that practices non-violence, An and Herman found many ways to fight the Germans that did not involve weapons or violence.

You can read more about An's story in her book, written with Lynn Kaplanian-Buller, Passing on the Comfort.

Evaluation
Here is a rubric to use with your students.

How's It Work?
We're interested in hearing how this webquest works with your students. Please email us at linda@riverhillpartners.com.

Resources for Service Learning

How To Get Involved

Not only does service learning make the world a better place, it provides unique learning opportunities. Service learning involves teamwork, community involvement, intergenerational interactions, and the complexity of real-life problem solving. Service projects allow students with diverse skills and backgrounds to shine. They can motivate students to apply and deepen core academic knowledge and skills while meeting new challenges.

Not sure how to begin? Here are some specific examples to get you started. At the bottom of this section, you’ll find links to guidelines and tools to help you custom-design a service-learning project tied to the specific needs of your students, curriculum, and community.

Service Learning Project Examples

Oral History Projects
Oral History Project Guidelines:
Oral History Project Lesson Plan
A lesson plan from the University of Illinois connecting oral history projects with the objectives of day-to-day classroom learning.

Library of Congress: Sample Interview Questions for Veterans
This helpful website also includes guidelines for submitting your interviews to the Library of Congress Archives!

Examples of Transcribed Interviews with World War II Survivors:

Teen Ink: An Interview with World War II Veteran Angelo Abruzzi

Novi High School Interviews

Examples of High School Service Learning Projects
Brief overviews of several excellent high school projects that have been implemented in history, computer, English, biology, accounting, civics, forensics, and speech classes.

Education Beyond the Classroom
Many examples of K-12 service learning projects related to environmentally responsible solid waste management (reducing garbage, reusing, recycling, and composting). Each of the project summaries includes contact information for project coordinators, from teachers to waste management companies, park service educators, composting experts, and others.

Service Learning in Action
Many examples of successful K-12 service learning projects from Learning In Deed, a national initiative launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Learn and Serve Clearinghouse
A searchable database of K-12 service learning projects. Find ideas across the curriculum or submit your own success story to share with others.

Start a Disaster Preparedness Team
Information about creating a school or community disaster preparedness team, including training recommendations.

Service Learning Lessons: Hurricane Katrina Relief
Service learning lessons and projects related to Hurricane Katrina.

Work with an Established Aid Agency

Working with an established aid agency is a great way to get started. Organizations like MCC and the Red Cross have decades of experience. They have many service programs already underway, and are always looking for more volunteers.

Mennonite Central Committee Website
MCC is the Mennonite aid agency that organized the collection and distribution of aid quilts, along with food and other emergency supplies to refugees and devastated communities during and after World War II. Visit their website to find out about their many ongoing projects in the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Click on “Get Involved” to learn how you can participate. The site provides clear and simple directions for making a variety of relief kits, a project accessible to every grade level. You’ll also find challenging volunteer, internship, and scholarship opportunities.

American Red Cross Partners
This listing of the Red Cross’s partner organization provides links to many great organizers of youth volunteer effort.

DESIGNING YOUR OWN SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT

Planning, Implementing, and Assessing Service Learning Projects
Developed by the Corporation for National & Community Service, these guidelines are useful for those who want to custom-design a rich, student-centered, need-driven community project.

Service Learning Toolbox
An in-depth packet of checklists and worksheets to guide you through the process.

CREDITS

This WebQuest was created by Education Consultant Joann Harnden, in conjunction with Riverhill on behalf of the Mennonite Central Committee in 2008.

Image Credits
Title Bar, left to right
Attic, Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
Members of the Dutch Interior Forces eating, The DI played an important part in welcoming and guiding allied forces into the country. Historisch Adviesbureau
Bicyclist in Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for War Documentation

For Student Section, top to bottom:
DIF Forces, Historisch Adviesbureau
German soldiers checking identity papers, Historisch Adviesbureau
Checkerboard with hidden identity papers, Resistance Museum, Amsterdam
Typewriter used by Amsterdam housewife Coba Veltman to type the call for the February strike, 1941. Resistance Museum, Amsterdam
Child eating during Hunger Winter, Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
Dutch children with relief supplies after the end of the war.
Mennonite Archives

Last updated 11/13/08

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