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Bataan Death March
Designed by Katy Stithem

 

  1. What was the Bataan Death March? Go here to read more about it http://www.icu.com/marconi/reports/nhd1.htm
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  2. What was the cause of the Bataan Death March? To learn more about this go to http://www.thehistorynet.com/MilitaryHistory/articles/1999/1299_cover.htm
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  3. Go to this site and read about a survivor of the Bataan Death March http://www.nemisys.com/memorial/mike261.html. How would you have felt if you had been in the march?
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  4. How were the soldiers on the Bataan Death March treated? Go to http://hometown.aol.com/bcmfofnm2/memorialmarch.html.
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  5. What was one of the main reasons the death march was so difficult for people to stay alive (think about the weather conditions)? Go to http://www.acusd.edu/~ehimchak//death_march.html
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  6. Take a look at this picture. How does it make you feel? http://www.thehistorynet.com/WorldWarII/images/0996_1l.jpg. ________________________________________________________________
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  7. Look at this map http://www.sfps.k12.nm.us/academy/bataan/batmap.jpg. Where did the Bataan Death March start and end?

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  8. What did the Japanese do to amuse themselves on the Bataan Death March? Did the women or men get treated worse? To learn more about this go to this site http://home.comcast.net/~rgrokett/POW/

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  9. Read this survivor story http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/8967/. What was it that made this man able to survive (was it a lot of hard work or luck)?

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  10. Read this newspaper article on the Bataan Death March http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Jun-15-Sun-1997/news/5549470.html. What do you think was this man’s biggest accomplishment?
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