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Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 20

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Source 20.1A Julian Grenfell, Letter from a British Officer in the Trenches

Source 20.1B John Nash, Over the Top

Source 20.1C Hugo Mueller, Letter from a German Soldier on the Western Front

Source 20.1D Behari Lal, Letter from a Soldier in the British Indian Army

Source 20.2A Women of Britain Say — “Go!”

Source 20.2B Keep the Home Fires Burning

Source 20.2C Editha Von Krell, Recollections of Four Months Working in a German Munitions Factory

Source 20.2D Berlin Police Reports

Source 20.3A Otto Dix, Prague Street

Source 20.3B Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

Source 20.3C Nar Diouf, A Senegalese Veteran’s Oral Testimony

The following exercises provide an opportunity to use the sources collectively to respond to a guiding question.

Guiding Question

In what distinct and different ways did individuals experience the war?

Instructions

Below are four topics that might find a place in organizing an essay responding to the guiding question. This exercise asks you to identify which sources would provide relevant evidence for that topic. Select the best answers for each question. Choose ALL that apply.

Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 20.13

Which sources provide evidence of positive personal experiences of the war or its aftermath? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 20.2C: It is clear from Krell’s account that she gained a great deal of personal satisfaction working in a munitions factory in support of the war effort. Source 20.3C: In his testimony, Diouf emphasizes that he gained social standing in his community and among colonial officials because of his service in the war. Source 20.1B: Nash’s image expresses disillusionment with trench warfare. Source 20.1C: Mueller laments the impact that experiencing war has on those who serve. Source 20.2A: While this propaganda poster offers a positive upbeat message, it does not provide evidence of personal experiences of the war.

Incorrect: Source 20.2C: It is clear from Krell’s account that she gained a great deal of personal satisfaction working in a munitions factory in support of the war effort. Source 20.3C: In his testimony, Diouf emphasizes that he gained social standing in his community and among colonial officials because of his service in the war. Source 20.1B: Nash’s image expresses disillusionment with trench warfare. Source 20.1C: Mueller laments the impact that experiencing war has on those who serve. Source 20.2A: While this propaganda poster offers a positive upbeat message, it does not provide evidence of personal experiences of the war.

Question 20.14

Which sources provide evidence of disillusionment with the war or the deprivations caused by war? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 20.1B: Nash’s image expresses disillusionment with trench warfare. Source 20.2D: The food riots described in these reports express the civilian population’s discontent with the deprivations caused by war. Source 20.3A: Dix depicts injured former veterans begging in the streets. Source 20.3B: Remarque’s work focuses on the disillusionment with war among veterans who saw combat Source 20.3C: Diouf’s testimony concerns the positive effects of service during the war on his position in his local community.

Incorrect: Source 20.1B: Nash’s image expresses disillusionment with trench warfare. Source 20.2D: The food riots described in these reports express the civilian population’s discontent with the deprivations caused by war. Source 20.3A: Dix depicts injured former veterans begging in the streets. Source 20.3B: Remarque’s work focuses on the disillusionment with war among veterans who saw combat Source 20.3C: Diouf’s testimony concerns the positive effects of service during the war on his position in his local community.

Question 20.15

Which sources provide evidence of tensions within society either during or after the war? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 20.1D: This source reveals racial tensions between Indian and British troops serving on the western front. Source 20.2D: These reports reveal tensions over food shortages on the home front in Germany. Source 20.3A: This source depicts the failure to reintegrate wounded veterans into society after the war and the anti-Semitic feelings of some of these veterans. Source 20.1A: This source describes the violence of war, but does not touch on tension within society. Source 20.2A: This propaganda poster depicts British society united in its determination to send troops to the front.

Incorrect: Source 20.1D: This source reveals racial tensions between Indian and British troops serving on the western front. Source 20.2D: These reports reveal tensions over food shortages on the home front in Germany. Source 20.3A: This source depicts the failure to reintegrate wounded veterans into society after the war and the anti-Semitic feelings of some of these veterans. Source 20.1A: This source describes the violence of war, but does not touch on tension within society. Source 20.2A: This propaganda poster depicts British society united in its determination to send troops to the front.

Question 20.16

Which sources provide evidence of efforts to mobilize society for war? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 20.2A: This propaganda poster seeks to mobilize British women to pressure men to join the armed forces. Source 20.2B: This source encourages the maintenance of stable households at home while British men go off to fight. Source 20.2C: Krell is actively recruited to work in the munitions factory by the government. Source 20.1B: This source depicts disillusionment with trench warfare. Source 20.2D: These reports reveal tensions within society, not efforts to mobilize the population for war.

Incorrect: Source 20.2A: This propaganda poster seeks to mobilize British women to pressure men to join the armed forces. Source 20.2B: This source encourages the maintenance of stable households at home while British men go off to fight. Source 20.2C: Krell is actively recruited to work in the munitions factory by the government. Source 20.1B: This source depicts disillusionment with trench warfare. Source 20.2D: These reports reveal tensions within society, not efforts to mobilize the population for war.