THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
THE BOMBING
EVERYDAY LIFE
1- During the war, many newspapers were published. This was because at that time there were no social networks and it was, along with the radio, the only means of communication that allowed the population to be informed of the course of the war. The cartoons that are displayed, in which newspapers do they appear? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2- Could you say who is the cartoonist who published more cartoons, according to the panels of the exhibition? ……………………………………………
3- Identify the characters: Hitler, Mussolini and Franco.
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EVERYDAY LIFE (Room C) 4- The daily average wage of the population in 1936 was 10 pesetas. Based on this, do you think the restaurant's menu is expensive or cheap? ……………………………………………….
Why do you think they would put that price? ……………………….……………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….
Is that fair? …………………………..……. Why? …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5- As we can read in the text in room C, which two main reasons made it difficult for food to reach the civilian population? a) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… b) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………… 6- What does this cartoon represent? ……………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………….…… …………………………………………………………………………………….………
Does it remind you of any current situation? Wich one? ………………………………..………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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THE BOMBING (Room A) 7- Could you say what position Goering held during the Hitler government (Third Reich) in Germany? a) Commander of the German air force b) Minister of Propaganda c) Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 8- In this cartoon, a militiaman (republican soldier) is happy that it's raining. Could you say why? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9- Could you tell the difference between "military objective" and "civilian objects"? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10- According to the cartoon Heroes of Space (Héroes del espacio), what idea do you think the cartoonist wants to convey to us? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
·Do you think that for the cartoonist the pilots were real heroes? Yes No ·What is a hero to you? ……………….……………………………….………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… · In the current wars, do you think they distinguish between military objectives and civilian
objects? always
almost always
hardly ever
never
11- How is Gernika (Guernica) shown in the cartoons’ exhibition? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION (Room B) 12- There is a cartoon entitled Unstable Equilibrium (Equilibrio inestable). It explains the international situation at the time. World War I had ended in 1919 and World War II would not begin until 1939. This interwar period could be called a time of: (mark the words that best represent this period) ·peace
·calm ·instability ·admiration ·anger
·tension ·submission ·joy ·inequality ·surprise ·grief/sorrow ·terror
What other words evokes this image? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……
13- The Non-Intervention Committee was signed by 27 countries and its function was to ratify that none of the signatory countries intervened in the war in favor of any of the sides (Republicans or rebels). But, as it is mentioned in the cartoons, was this treaty respected? ……………………….
14- Mark if any of the following countries intervened in favour of one of the sides (Republicans or Rebels): · Sweden and Norway · England and France · Italy and Germany *******************************************************************************************
What cartoon, of all those on display, could be inserted in a current newspaper without looking outdated? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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