The Winged Watchman is a wonderful living history book! I recently used the book for a book club during our Academic Summer Camp. These notes are from my personal file. The noted here are definite "keepers" for the next time!
SYNOPSIS:
This acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual truth. Every element of occupied Holland is united in a story of courage and hope: a hidden Jewish child, an "underdiver," a downed RAF pilot, an imaginative, daring underground hero, and the small things of family life which surprisingly carry on in the midst of oppression. The Verhagen family, who live in the old windmill called the Winged Watchman, are a memorable set of individuals whose lives powerfully demonstrate the resilience of those who suffer but do not lose faith.
Born February 9, 1908, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Hilda van Stockum was a noted author, illustrator and painter, whose work has won the Newbery Honor and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Brotherhood Award. Died 2006
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Info for Winged Watchman Support
Review of book:
https://thechildrenswar.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-winged-watchman-by-hilda-van-stockum.html
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Geography (funny and well done)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4TmQEZzsec
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All About The Netherlands, Holland, the Dutch
How the Dutch Beat the Ocean | Why Amsterdam Has Canals Full URL: https://youtu.be/XoEZvSl5Cg8
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Overview - geography, history, economy, culture, people
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Skating on the canals in Holland - Dutch canal skating 2018
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Skating to work in Holland after a hard sleet
The Dutch are using the roads to ice skate to work/school after night of heavy sleet
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Article at The Imaginative Conservative:
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GENERAL NOTES:
At the start of World War 2 the Netherlands was a neutral country like it had been for over a century. This policy had kept them out of the bloody WWI. The Dutch sat on the sidelines as other countries in Europe first experienced slaughter on an industrial scale. The Dutch would only fight when attacked.
Say It with Sails
The position of the sails on a windmill can be used to convey messages such as a death in the family, a joyous
occasion such as a wedding, a short or a long time of inactivity or even a call to come to the mill as quickly
as possible. Sail signals also warned locals against impending Nazi raids during World War II.
Windmills in art Windmills abound in the paintings of the Golden Age. They could hardly be avoided:
some nine thousand dotted the landscape in the 17th century.
What Were Windmills Used For?
The energy generated by wind and watermills was used to turn any raw material that needed pounding,
mauling, shredding, hacking or mixing into a tradeable product. The Zaanstreek paper mills, for instance,
were renowned throughout the world for their good quality paper. In fact, the American Declaration
of Independence was printed on sheets produced by the Zaanstreek paper mills.
Types of Mills
There were mustard mills, hemp mills, grain mills, snuff mills, cocoa mills, oil mills, chalk mills,
paint mills and saw mills.
Because of their ability to turn trees into planks (for shipbuilding) much more quickly, the latter were
instrumental in making the Netherlands a powerful and very rich sea-faring nation.
No. The architecture of the Dutch mills is extremely varied. We’ll mention just a few types.
The stellingmolen or smock mill is found in cities. It had to be tall enough to catch the wind and has a high gallery from which to arrange the sails.
De Gooyer in Amsterdam is a smock mill.
A grondzeiler is a smock mill whose sails nearly reach the ground.
It is dangerous because people or animals could easily get ‘a klap van de molen’.
St. Andrews Cross
https://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/andrew.html
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A windmill TODAY
Dutch windmill water-pump home as climate adaptation lesson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STOY9DEi2s
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5 min. mark explains Germans hurting the polder in the 40s
How The Dutch Dug Up Their Country From The Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ir1Vj1D930
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4.02 to 4:35 (mention pollards and a town with no roads) Waterways dominate the Netherlands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4TmQEZzsec
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TULIP FIELDS in THE NETHERLANDS
Dutch flower fields near Keukenhof, The Netherlands drone footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoT8E4COqc&t=9s
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MORE GENERAL NOTES:
WOODEN SHOES
The Dutch have been wearing wooden shoes, or clogs, or “Klompen” since medieval times. ...
The wood also absorbs perspiration so that the foot can breathe.
In Holland, wooden shoes are worn by "workers". Farmers, fishermen, factory workers,
artisans and others wear wooden shoes to protect their feet.
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Famous People
-> Anne Frank (June 12, 1929, Frankfurt, Germany / Died 1945
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage.
One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously
with the 1947 publication of The Diary
-> Vincent Van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) a Dutch post-impressionist painter
who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date
from the last two years of his life.
-> Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4,1669) a Dutch draughtsman,
painter, and printmaker. His dad was a miller. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual
artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.
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OLD Black and White film -- simple/excellent
watch up to the @ 2:10 point when the video switches to a Russian windmill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-0OX15eRU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-0OX15eRU
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another explanation of how windmills work (female narrator)
shows water
explains how to change direction of sails when wind changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJzqp3Doys
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Class snippet - Analysis of the symbolism of The Windmill (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLHWtA3vFdQ
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https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/world-war-two/
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