For many German speaking people the decision to redraw boundaries made at the Paris Peace Conference led to enormous changes in their citizenship and identity. Only the German speaking people in Denmark/Northern Germany were given their say in this change. (The majority voted to become part of Denmark). However even today there is a German speaking minority in Southern Jutland (complete with German speaking schools) and a Danish speaking minority (complete with Danish speaking schools) in North Schleswig. Consider the consequences for people in other regions. Select one region and research people's perspective. Answer the following questions: 1. What were the effects of this change? 2. What were the options for these people based upon these decisions? 3. How were these German speaking people treated initially and then over time? 4. How did politicians (both at the time and later) manipulate these concerns?
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II. Select one region and research the people's perspectives. <~~Choose one of these regions named in the first part of I above. Conduct research on different people's perspective re the use of two languages.
III. Specific questions to address in your research and writing:
1. What were the effects of this change? [Make sure you are clear on what change you have chosen to write about.]
2. What were the options for these people based upon these decisions?
3. How were these German speaking people treated initially and then over time?
4. How did politicians (both at the time and later) manipulate these concerns?
Researching for something like this will take time and may be tricky. Here are some websites to help you conduct online research:
http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/
Especially the links in the section called HOW TO SEARCH THE INTERNET
http://scholar.google.com
Google searches, but more focused on scholarly articles, which may help you more than a simple Google search
http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/11/23/infographic-get-more-out-of-google.html
VERY specific ways to search Google more efficiently. Scroll down and note how to use quotation marks, symbols and punctuation (: and + and -), etc.