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What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?

Part 1: Questionnaire

• Design a questionnaire that contains at least TEN open and closed questions to find out about the experiences of ONE woman in our local community during World War II.

Part 2: Collection and Presentation

• Collect and record a variety of information from Primary and Secondary sources about the experiences of New Zealand women in wartime.

• Present your information on the Research Summary Sheet.

• Write up the answers to your questionnaire in the form of an Oral History Report. It should have a title, introduction, be set out in paragraphs and have a conclusion. Go back to the War Stories Web site to give you some ideas.

• The findings of the class will be presented in the form of a Booklet for the Library. It will be titled: What did you do in the war Grandma?

  Set it out as follows:

  • Title: Appropriate for the woman that you interviewed. Have a conference with your teacher.
  • Type on one side of the page only
  • justified alignment
  • 1.5 line spacing.

  You will be given time in class to word process your war story.

• In 2-3 sentences describe the experiences of the woman you interviewed and attach it to our class collage: New Zealand Women In Wartime.

Part 3: Synthesis and Evaluation

• Use the summaries of class members to write a generalisation that explains the different experiences of New Zealand women in wartime.

• Evaluate your findings by completing the evaluation sheet.