Historical Fiction Children’s Literature By Christy Berry Christine Brillhart Jeanne Parkinson
Why put up a wall? Wall Image from Microsoft Clip Art 2010
Iron Curtain The boundary that symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas after World War II. Sis, P. (2007). The wall: Growing up behind the iron curtain. Frances Foster Books. New York, NY.
Behind the Iron Curtain Scanned image by Christine Brillhart of Inside Cover of The Wall by Peter Sis (2007)
Berlin Wall Guarded concrete wall, 28 miles, with minefields and controlled checkpoints, erected across Berlin by East Germany in 1961 and dismantled in 1989. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Berlin+Wall
Berlin Wall Image of Berlin Wall from Microsoft Clip Art 2010
Berlin Wall “Split from their families on the other side of the wall, West Germans could do little but watch as the wall divided their city.” Photo of police officer http://photos.america.gov/galleries/amgov/4110/berlin_wall/
How you would feel if your freedoms where taken away? Celebrate image from Microsoft Clip Art 2010
Where would you want to live? Atlas Image from Microsoft Clip Art 2010
Communism The ideology of the Soviet Union & other countries; a system of government in which the state controls all social and economic activity. Sis, P. (2007). The wall: Growing up behind the iron curtain. Frances Foster Books. New York, NY.
Communism “The Soviet regime intervened as necessary to assure the existence of communism in the “fraternal nations,” as in the Prague Spring of 1968.” Photo of tank http://photos.america.gov/galleries/amgov/4110/berlin_wall/ http://photos.america.gov/galleries/amgov/4110/berlin_wall/
Capitalism Economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods determined by competition in a free market. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalism
Cold War The geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged between capitalism and communism from 1945 to 1991. Sis, P. (2007). The wall: Growing up behind the iron curtain. Frances Foster Books. New York, NY.
Fall of the Berlin Wall Documentary This video shows events that lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall. http://vimeo.com/2446975 http://vimeo.com/2446975 Screen shot by of video clip by Christy Berry (2011)
End of the Cold War http://www.nps.gov/archive/mimi/history/srs/hrs3-2b.htm
The Wall By Peter Sis Book Cover Image http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780374347017&imId=12776830
Peter Sis He born in 1949 in Czechoslovakia He is an author and Illustrator He was in a rock band He defected in 1984 Sis, P. (2007). The wall: Growing up behind the iron curtain. Frances Foster Books. New York, NY. Image of author retrieved from: http://www.petersis.com/content/about.html
National Geographic Website: Professional Sites Peter Sis’s Website: http://www.petersis.com/content/about.html National Geographic Website: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/photography/windowsofthesoul/2009/11/fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/photography/windowsofthesoul/2009/11/fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html http://www.petersis.com/content/about.html