El escenario de una historia es el momento y el lugar más importante. La historia de A Night Divided se desarrolla en la década de 1960 en Berlín, Alemania, cuando se dividió entre Oriente y Occidente. La historia se centra en los protagonistas que luchan por escapar del Este más allá del Muro de Berlín, por lo que es importante que los estudiantes comprendan el período de tiempo. Los estudiantes pueden utilizar un mapa de entorno para ilustrar la hora, el lugar y el período de tiempo y escribir una breve descripción de cada uno en el cuadro de descripción.
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
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