Overview: Writers at War

Black and white photo of three children sitting at the edge of a pile of rubble. They all have their heads propped on their hands. Furniture and other household goods are evident in the rubble.

Children of an eastern suburb of London, who have been made homeless by the random bombs of the Nazi night raiders, waiting outside the wreckage of what was their home. September 1940. New Times Paris Bureau Collection.

Objectives

  • Respond to the weekly readings within the context of your own perspective (Textual Annotations)
  • Analyze the American perspective of war (Weekly Journal Entry)