History of Burma: A Multi-ethnic Perspective - The Curriculum Project

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The Burma RoadOBJECTIVES AND KEY CONCEPTS:- the Burma Road and Ledo Road- consider perspectives of the people who built the Burma Road- map skills: Japanese supply lines from Kunming to Rangoon- analyze the reasons for international awareness of the Burma RoadThis section excerpts a section of “The Burma Road” by Donovan Webster, a book about theexperiences of Allied soldiers in Burma during World War II. If you or your students wouldlike to read this book (in English), please contact the Curriculum Project for a copy.41
exercisesAnswers:1. If you don’t want someone’s plan to succeed, you can try to sabotage it.2. The Minami Kikan collected information about what was happening inside Burma duringWW II.3. The Burma Road was an important way to transport supplies.group workA. In groups, students draw the Burma Road and the Ledo Road on the map. The information they need todo this is in the text.Answer:B. Students look back at the excerpt from The Burma Road. This describes the experience of the workersbuilding the Ledo Road. In their groups, students write more of this description—they continue writingthe story. Groups present their writing to the class.Extra IdeaDo a Collaborative Chain Story. The class takes turns to add a sentence to the story—student 1 continues the story from the text. Student 2 says what happens next, etc., etc.discussionThe Burma Road is very famous in the US, especially to people who were alive during WW II. ManyAmericans who know nothing about Burma know about the Burma Road. Discuss the reasons for this withthe class. Do they think the Burma Road story can help Americans understand the situation in Burma?You might like to elicit or make these points:- The Burma Road story is mostly about Americans, so American know about it.- The Burma Road story focuses more on Americans and Allies trying to win World War II. Itdoesn’t involve Burmese people or the Burmese situation much.- However, the Burma Road story is very important in the history of Burma, as it wasimportant in who controlled Burma. When the Ledo Road was built, the British were able toregain control over Burma.homeworkStudents write the events from this section on their timelines.42
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