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  After World War II ended in 1945, much of Europe lay in ruins. Cities, rural areas, communications, and transportation systems were destroyed. Over fifty million people were dead, including over six million Jews, many of whom had been murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Led by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, the Allied forces had worked together to defeat dictator Adolph Hitler’s Germany and Germany’s ally, Japan, along with other Axis countries in their bid to take over the world. But almost immediately after the War, relations between Allied countries began to fall apart.
 * Read the Following Information and then answer the questions at the end in full sentences in your wiki.**
 * //BACKGROUND- What life was like in Europe after World War II. It will help you understand the // ****//world David travels through in order to find his way home. //**

By the end of World War II the Soviet Union had driven German soldiers back to Germany. However, Soviet soldiers were still in many Eastern European countries. The leader of the Soviet Union, dictator Joseph Stalin had promised the Allies that as soon as possible he would allow free elections in these Eastern European nations and withdraw his soldiers. But right after the War, Joseph Stalin broke his promise. The Soviet soldiers did not withdraw, and by 1948, every Eastern European country was under the control of the Soviet Union.

The government of the Soviet Union was //communist //, which comes from the word “communal,” meaning “of the group.” Communists believe that practicing religion and holding private property should be forbidden. The communist government of the Soviet Union did not believe in a free press. Disagreement by citizens with the government was against the law, and people could be put in prison if their beliefs were different from what the government wanted people to believe. The rights of individuals did not matter. In practice, the government of the Soviet Union was a dictatorship of the proletariat ( //proletariat // means “the poorest class of working people”). A very small group of leaders controlled the lives of all citizens. In countries with Communist governments, the government owned all factories and workplaces. There was no independent economy, no independent newspapers, no independent courts, and no independent legislature.

But now, after World War II, on one side was the United States and Great Britain and on the other was the Soviet Union. In fact, on March 5, 1946 the Prime Minister of Great Britain,Winston Churchill, made a famous speech at Westminster College, in Fulton,Missouri.With United States President Harry Truman in the audience,Winston Churchill warned about Eastern Europe becoming separated from the rest of Europe because of what the Soviet Union was doing. To make his point more forcefully, Churchill used the image of a giant iron curtain coming down on Eastern European countries, separating them from the rest of Europe:


 * //“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, //**
 * //an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. //**
 * //Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient //**
 * //states of Central and Eastern Europe.Warsaw, Berlin, //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vienna, and Sofia; all these famous cities lie in what //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I must call the Soviet sphere.” //**

<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Behind the “iron curtain,” the Soviet Union was establishing repressive governments and labor camps. In labor camps, people who were thought to disagree withvthe government were imprisoned, forced to do hard work, tortured, and sometimes even put to death for their beliefs. In the year 1952, the year in which the film //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I Am David //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> takes place, over two and a half million people were in labor camps in the Soviet Union. In Bulgaria alone, between 1948-1954 there were 99 forced labor camps. This is the backdrop against which the story //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I Am David //<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> takes place.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 400%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">QUESTION S <span style="display: block; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> **Due Date: 1st June, 2009**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Answering these questions will help you to understand some of the perils involved in the journey David makes to find his way home. You will need a dictionary.Write your answers in complete senteces. 1. Roughly how many people died as a result of World War II? 2.What is a “dictator”? (Look up the word in your dictionary and write its definition here.) 3. List the two dictators mentioned in this selection, and the countries of which they were the leaders. 4.Who first used the expression “iron curtain”? What is meant by an “iron curtain” ? 5.What is a “labour camp”? Who was put into labour camps? By whom? Why is David in a labour camp? 6. Make up one question of your own about something you think is important to know from reading this selection.Then answer your question.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 200%; color: rgb(15,15,199); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">**__CHAPTER ONE -__ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">__DUE 04/06/09__ <span style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: 18px;">__Vocabulary__: Look up the following words and give the dictionary definitions ** <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">repulsive - thicket - grating - catastrophe - dwell - dozed -

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">1. As in most novels, the first chapter introduces the character and sets the scene for what is to follow. But what you are told in the first chapter of I Am David is some- what mysterious, even outright confusing. A snippet of information here, a tantali- zing bit there. Why does the author do that? Why doesn't she tell you outright who David is and where he is? 2. Why does David hate the man? Does this hatred seem justified, considering what the man is doing for him? Explain. 3. Look up the word paranoid. Would you call David paranoid? Explain by giving exam- ples that might explain David's odd behaviour. 4. In the truck, on his way to Salonica, David experiences a moment of intense fear. How does this sudden fear come about? How does David conquer it? Who is Johannes? What does he symbolize? Why does Johannes "stay behind in Salonica"? 5. Geographically, David has moved from wherever the camp is, to Italy. From where has he moved emotionally? 6. Make a short list, in point form, of the bits of information you have thus far received about David. <span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 200%; color: rgb(5,5,194); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 200%; color: rgb(9, 9, 185); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">__**CHAPTER TWO - <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">DUE 04/06/09 **__ **<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions ** <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">intermingled - lithe - irresolutely - irksome - intervals - spurs - verge - clamber - credit - arancia - apfelsinen - intricate - passionate
 * <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">__Questions:__ **

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">1. The Chapter begins with a descriptive paragraph. List the descriptive words. 2. David gives himself a good scrubbing. But he is doing more than just washing himself. Re-check the meaning of the word symbolic and explain what is symbolic about David cleansing himself. Why is it so important to him? What effect does it have on his relationships with his surroundings? List the words that indicate a change in David. 3. Why had David thought at one time that he might be Jewish? 4. Why had there been scarcely any difference between the men and the women in the camp? Find an image showing what people in the concentration camps looked like and upload it to your wiki site. 5. What is strange about David's eyes?
 * <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Questions: **

===**<span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(5, 5, 194); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">__CHAPTERS THREE & FOUR__ <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">__DUE 05/06/09__ <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(5,5,194); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> **=== <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> exhausting - terrain - dispassionately - disconcerted - brevity - anxious - awkward - ensnare - sinister - genuine - conspicuous - lorries - hostage - daft - succumbed
 * <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions **

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> > (a) What purpose would a God serve? > (b) What kind of God does he select for himself? What factors are considered by David as he makes his choice? > (c) Which factor do you think is the most important to him? Explain. > (d) Read David's prayer and tell what he expects from God. > (e) Compare his God with those he rejects. What does this tell you about David? <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Questions **
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Why does David feel he still has to obey the man and go north to Denmark, even though the man can no longer control him?
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">After losing his compass, David decided that he must have a God.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When David helps the couple he feels: "... a strong impulse to do something quite voluntary for another person... It felt almost like possessing something, something so big that he could give some of it away." (p.63) Explain what he means with that.
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">David has a way of deciding if a country is a free one or not. What is his method? Do you think it is a good one? Explain.
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Why is it that David cannot teach himself to smile.
 * 4) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">David, till he meets Angelo, had thought that good people must also be clever. Why did he think so and why was he puzzled?
 * 5) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Why had the prisoners in the camp said: "Don't tell the boy anything they may try to worm out of him afterwards"?
 * 6) <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When David meets up with the mean little boy, he doesn't fight back. Explain why he doesn't and why he compares the boy with the camp guards.

**CHAPTERS FIVE & SIX**

 * Vocabulary**

lather - gracious - deception - absurd - rebuffed - contempt - wretched - sorrow


 * Questions**

1. Why does Chapter 5 start with an analysis of the word beautiful?

2. Why did the book have to be published before 1917, so that they couldn't have made it up? Check what famous historical event - "that shook the world" - took place in that year.

3. David's hatred for Carlo is described as pure. What does that mean? Are David's actions toward Carlo "normal" for a twelve-year old boy? Explain.

4. Why are Andrea's questions more threatening to David than Maria's questions?

5. Do you think the children are aware that David is different? Explain, using examples from the chapters.

6. Why does chapter 6 end with a discussion on the meaning of sorrow. What is the meaning of sorrow according to Signora Bang?


 * Directions**

Determine what the characters listed feel about each of the following topics. You may use quotes, paraphrases, or inferences (logical conclusions) in your responses.

1. **Escape from the Camp**

a. David

b. the Man

2. **Understanding**

a. the priest and the villagers (pp.48-49)

b. David

3. **Helping out**

a. the English couple

b. David

4. **Trust**

a. the American couple

b. David

5. **Aggression**

a. Carlo

b. David

6. **Gratitude**

a. the di Levana del 'Varchi parents

b. David

7. **Understanding David**

a. the di Levana del 'Varchi parents

b. Signora Bang

Europe in the 1950's

In the movie //I Am David,// the guard tells David, “You must get this envelope to Denmark. First, head south to Salonika and hide on a ship that’s going to Italy.When you arrive there, travel north as far as you can.” Locating information about where David traveled on the map provided will give you a better understanding of the difficultyof David’s journey to freedom. His journey begins when he escapes the labor camp in Belene, Bulgaria.

Instructions: Find a map of Europe during the 1950's and 60's and locate places that are important to the story of //I Am David//. Copy the map onto your wiki page and answers the questions in full sentences. This will help you to understand the distance and peril involved in David’s journey as he makes his way across Europe to Denmark.

1. List the countries that share a border with Bulgaria. 2. A “landlocked country” is a country that is not bordered by any seas or oceans. Is Bulgaria a landlocked country? 3. Find the city of Salonika in Greece. By what other name is this city called? 4. According to the book //I Am David//, David washes ashore near the city of Salerno, Italy. Draw the route David could have taken from Balene to Salonika, then draw the route you think his ship may have sailed. Name two bodies of water the ship must have sailed through. 5. In the book and the movie, David rescues a girl named Maria and then stays with her family near a town called Perugia, in Italy. Find Perugia and with a red marker draw the route David might have taken to get from Salerno, Italy to Perugia. 6.What small country that was neutral during World War II lies directly north of Italy? 7. The book mentions that David crosses into Switzerland near Lugano, Switzerland.With a blue marker draw the route David might take from Perugia, Italy to Lugano with a blue marker. © 2004 Walden Media 8 **www.iamdavidmovie.com** STUDENT PAGE Europe in the 1950’s (Continued) NAME: DATE: 8. In the book, David leaves Sophie somewhere near Lugano, Switzerland and continues to travel on foot. David goes through several Swiss cities, including Lucerne and Basel. From Basel David passes through Frankfurt, Germany, then goes on to Kolding, Denmark, and finally arrives in Copenhagen. Draw this last stretch of David’s journey onto your map with a green marker. 9.Why do you think Paul Feig, the writer/director of the movie //I Am David//, chose to change the last part of David’s journey from the way it is described in the book? 10. Using the scale provided on the map and a ruler, estimate the distance of David’s journey. 11. Applying what you learned from the worksheet //David’s World in Ruins//, tell why you think the guard told David to take the path he did. 12. Using the map, make up a question of your own about David’s journey and then answer your question. © 2004 Walden Media 9 **www.iamdavidmovie.com**
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