{"id":639,"date":"2021-05-24T17:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/tpswesternregion\/?p=639"},"modified":"2021-05-24T17:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:06:44","slug":"creating-empathetic-narratives-using-world-war-ii-sketches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/tpswesternregion\/creating-empathetic-narratives-using-world-war-ii-sketches\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Empathetic Narratives Using World War II Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Howard Brodie, combat artist, medic, and later, famed courtroom artist, had an uncanny ability to capture the raw emotions of the subjects of his sketches. His <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/documentary-drawings\/?fa=contributor:brodie,+howard%7Caccess-restricted:false&amp;sb=date_desc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WWII drawings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, for example, depict soldiers doing everything from trying to sleep in a foxhole to marching into enemy lines, and were done firsthand. Brodie was known for putting himself in compromising situations in order to capture authentic situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are four exemplary resources from his collection at the Library of Congress:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/ppmsca.22671\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The stench of dead&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/ppmsca.22672\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nightime on &#8220;Bloody Knoll&#8221;&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/ppmsca.22665\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bringing wounded down&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/ppmsca.22666\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Litter bearers on a jungle trail&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brodie\u2019s sketches remind us how humans experience war. They are simply drawn in black and white with a graphite pencil; likely done in the moment or with little time in between the experience and a chance to reflect. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After giving students a chance to perform an <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/teachers\/primary-source-analysis-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Observe, Reflect, Question<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> analysis activity, either in small groups or individually, prime students\u2019 thinking by asking them to imagine the sketches were going up in a gallery. In writing, have them answer two questions: How might the sketches be arranged? and, What would the captions for each of the sketches be? This should only take 10-15 minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next, ask them to choose from a number of writing prompts. Encourage students to take risks! Here are some good writing starters:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Build a narrative about island hopping from these sketches. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose any one perspective from one of the sketches. Create a story about that perspective\u2019s typical day. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Imagine yourself as the artist. Write a first person account of being in these combat situations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Write a poetic ballad about a soldier in one of the sketches. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using only dialogue, write a narrative of one of the sketches.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many different ways students could approach creating narratives around these sketches, but the objective should be to better understand the humanistic element of war. In other words, the narrative should attempt to answer questions about the soldiers rather than the war as a whole.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">Featured Image:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/ppmsca.22672\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/ppmsca.22672\/<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard Brodie, combat artist, medic, and later, famed courtroom artist, had an uncanny ability to capture the raw emotions of the subjects of his sketches. His WWII drawings, for example, depict soldiers doing everything from trying to sleep in a foxhole to marching into enemy lines, and were done firsthand. 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