O cenário de uma história é o momento e o lugar importantes. A história de A Night Divided se passa na década de 1960 em Berlim, Alemanha, quando foi dividida entre o Oriente e o Ocidente. A história gira em torno da luta dos protagonistas para escapar do Leste após o Muro de Berlim, por isso é importante que os alunos entendam o período de tempo. Os alunos podem usar um mapa de configuração para ilustrar o tempo, local e período de tempo e escrever uma breve descrição de cada um na caixa de descrição.
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A NIGHT DIVIDED SETTING
August 13, 1961-and- 1965
TIME: 1960s
Berlin, Germany
PLACE: Berlin, Germany
TIME PERIOD: The Cold War
East Germany: Deutsche Demokratische RepublikGerman Democratic Republic
Berlin
A Night Divided begins August 13, 1961 when Gerta first sees that the Berlin Wall to separate East and West Berlin had been erected overnight. At first the wall was just a barbed wire fence. Later it was made of concrete blocks 12 feet high and four feet wide. The book jumps forward to 1965 and Gerta says her family had been separated by the wall for four years.
The book takes place in Berlin which is the capital of Germany. Gerta, her mother, and brother Fritz live in East Berlin while her brother Dominic and father live in West Berlin.
The time period is during the Cold War. After World War II, the allied powers divided Germany into East and West. Great Britain, France, and the United States controlled West Germany and West Berlin while the Soviet Union (Russia) controlled East Germany and East Berlin. At this time there was great tension between the democratic governments of the West and the communist government of the East.
West Germany: Bundesrepublik DeutschlandFederal Republic of Germany