Objective 1: To frame a timeline of events in the lead up to and
early days of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
When did World War Two actually start? A lot of people say that it began in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. The USA entered the war 2 years later after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. The War for China and Japan started earlier with the occupation of Manchuria and invasion of Chinese in the 1930's. For Hong Kong, war came later. In this first section, we will attempt to look at the timeline of events that led up to the occupation of Hong Kong by Japanese forces. You will create a timeline of events using one of the websites listed below. You can also use the details in the attached file but be creative and try to add in images and further research beyond the initial source.
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This is an example of a timeline for the invasion. It includes a map so you can relate the timeline to the areas where things happened. So, this is a good use of image to go with the timeline. Your timeline includes 1942 and some details about the occupation which might not fit with just a map. You could use the map as a resource for one of your points but think about any other images you could include or ways to make the timeline more interesting and easy to visualise for people looking at it. |
Objective 1 and a half: To understand the reasons behind and strategy of Japanese growth in Asia in the 1930's and 1940's.
Japan was one of the few Asian countries to avoid direct colonisation influences and Industrialised earlier than other countries in the region. As a result, it became an extremely powerful regional player both economically and militarily. By the time WW2 began it had already been flexing its muscles and looking to expansion for over 50 years. As a highly developed economy at the time, Japan was extremely resource hungry and lacked basic energy resources such as coal and oil on its own territory. Therefore, it was inevitable it would aim to spread outside its borders to secure these resources and subsequently challenge European dominance in East Asia.
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Objective 2: To understand, through research, an individual
experience running up to and during the occupation.
Your task is to create a "Facebook" page for one of the characters listed below. It is important that you learn about each of the characters. Some of the characters may not be in Hong Kong at the time but you will need to talk about the roles that they played in the Battle for Hong Kong. There is a video tutorial on how to use fakebook on the website below, but you can add in the elements you would find on a normal facebook page. Your Facebook page should show a chronological record of the experiences your chosen person had during the occupation. You can add comments on to each post that might come from their "friends" and "enemies" that you can also add. You should research the details and dates and also add pictures that could be related to the events you are recording.
Below is the list of important people during the battle and subsequent occupation;
Below is the list of important people during the battle and subsequent occupation;
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Objective 4: To understand and be able to recognise the
main characteristics of propaganda material
What s propaganda? and what is its purpose? Propaganda is a word that most people find familiar, but what does it actually mean? In this section we will look at propaganda and start to break down what is needed to produce a good piece of propaganda. We will do this by looking at some examples of propaganda with the aim of producing a "recipe" to identify all of the main ingredients required to produce a good propaganda poster. |
Objective 5: To understand OPVL as a method for source analysis
To research something we need to find sources, but what are these different sources and how do we understand if they are useful and how we should treat them. During this section we will learn a technique for analysing different sources that we can continue to use throughout our I&S lessons in the future. We will use a technique called "OPVL" to analyse some propaganda artwork.
You will need to pick one of the images below and complete the OPVL analysis sheets handed out during the lesson. Have a good look through the sources below and choose one that you find interesting or that you think will provide a lot of detail to help you build your analysis.
You will need to pick one of the images below and complete the OPVL analysis sheets handed out during the lesson. Have a good look through the sources below and choose one that you find interesting or that you think will provide a lot of detail to help you build your analysis.