AlonsoDT Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I'm doing mine on Winston Churchill's speeches and its effects over British performance during WWII. My general outline goes like this: relate the speeches with their respective historical events and then see the effects over the population. I haven't had any problems on gathering info for the first part, but I'm not quite sure how to deal with the second one. Help, please? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eydie Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I saw a documentary the other day on Robert Menzies (Australian prime minister at the beginning of WWII), which contains detail on his visit to England and relationship with Churchill. In that it got footages of Churchill speaking to the British people and his famous 'Victory' gesture. There were shots of people cheering as he spoke and stuff. So maybe as well as books, other (visual) sources may be of use. Another thought: could you possibly interview someone (that's old enough but still around) to tell his/her personal feelings or what he heard from parents etc. towards Churchill and his speeches? - not quite sure how realistic it is for you...It's a great topic and good luck! 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 To add to above, find if public opinion changed by looking at statistics/opinion polls. I don't know if you'll be able to find conclusive ones, but in the best case scenario, you could have one of a British defeat and public response before and after Churchill gave a speech. I found a book for my IA that had a bunch of information from polls and talked about the reliability as well, so that was good, although I didn't use it much.Also look at if the number of volunteers for the military surged right after a well-received speech, if you can. Look at what happened to war bonds. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlonsoDT Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hey, thanks to both of you! . I'll look for that documentary on internet.About the book you used, sweetnsimple, could you tell me the name please? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Hamerow, Theodore S. Why We Watched. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008It's called Why We Watched, but I don't think you'll find it useful as it talks about why America [& Western Europe, but less of that] didn't do more to stop the Holocaust. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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