L2ACR2_E_ Barcelona_Bombardment
Barcelona under bombardment
Source 1
Barcelona March 1938. Associated Press of Great Britain. London |
Source 2
Humanity Will Not Forgive This! "During the last fifteen months I saw murder done in Spain by the Fascist invaders. (…) You see them do it in Barcelona where they bomb the workers' quarters from a height so great it is impossible for them to have any objective other than the blocks of apartments where the people live. You see the murdered children with their twisted legs, their arms that bend in wrong directions, and their plaster powdered faces. You see the women, sometimes unmarked when they die from concussion, their faces grey, green matter running out of their mouths from bursted gall bladders. You see them sometimes looking like bloodied bundles of rags. You see them sometimes blown capriciously into fragments as an insane butcher might sever a carcass. And you hate the Italian and German murderers who do this as you hate no other people. (…) Before Teruel, there was the murderous bombing of Lérida. Afterwards there was the horror de Barcelona and the daily raids on the coastal towns between Valencia and Tarragona. Later the Fascists bombed the town of Alicante, not the port, and killed over three hundred people. Still later they bombed the market place of Granollers, far from the war or any war activity and murdered hundreds more. They murder for two reasons: to destroy the morale of the Spanish people and to try effect of their various bombs in preparation for the war that Italy and Germany expect to make. Their bombs are very good. They have learned much in their experimenting in Spain and their bombing is better all the time(..) Ernest Hemingway. 1-8-1938 .Newspaper: Pravda |
- SOURCE 1:
What kind of source is Source 1? (3- 4 lines) (2 points)
(Textual, iconographical, statistical, cartographical, public/private: Picture, image, text, map...) (Justify your answer)
- SOURCE 1:
When was it created? What was happening during this time period? (5-6 lines) (2 points)
(explain the general context national and international, not in Barcelona) - SOURCE 2: (2 point) (6-7 lines)
3.1 Who created source 2 and why? How do some writers contributed to the interpretation of historical events and people as our civil war?
3.2 Do you know how many of the most important international intellectuals tried to help the second republic?
- SOURCE 2:
Read these sentences and exlain who and why did they bomb Spain?
"They murder for two reasons: to destroy the morale of the Spanish people and to try effect of their various bombs in preparation for the war that Italy and Germany expect to make." - Explain what happened in Barcelona in march 1938 and give your opinion about it. (5-6 lines) (2 points)
( read this article- link- before answering this question).
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Structure | Useful starters | Useful vocabulary |
Introduction:
Describe the picture/ |
It is perfectly clear. As you can see |
Cartoon/ image/picture. Cartoonist. Spanish civil war. |
Artist intention |
I think the artist is trying to/ explore/ contribute to...... |
Reflect/ Express.....historical events, symbol,anguish, despair, violence , |
Source | This source is a ..... | primary/secondary source/ textual/ iconographical/ cartographical/ public/private/ political, economical, statistical |
Context | It refers to..... Spanis C. W. ...he first armed conflict ... ....supported Franco’s army. The civil population They have been injured... |
Before/after the Second World War/ Germany. Italy.Condor legion. Nazi Germany's prime contribution to Franco's forces.. |
Your reaction |
The picture/ photography/ cartoonist make understand better.../ |
The interpretation of historical events and people..// Picasso... significant organizational capabilities, |
Conclusion |
I like/ I don't like this picture/ image /cartoon.../ My conclusion is that..// |
The theme...The topic is not for joking about/ All those dictatorships/All these dictators// |
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