LIVING BEHIND THE WALL

 The 155-kilometer-long Berlin Wall, which cut through the middle of the city center, surrounded West Berlin from August. 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989. The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin. In all, at least 171 people were killed trying to get over, under or around the Berlin Wall. Escape from East Germany was not impossible, however: From 1961 until the wall came down in 1989, more than 5,000 East Germans, including some 600 border guards, managed to cross the border by jumping out of windows adjacent to the wall, climbing over the barbed wire, flying in hot air balloons, crawling through the sewers and driving through unfortified parts of the wall at high speeds.  

 OVERVIEW: 

 At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to • Understand the purpose and the consequences of the Berlin Wall. • Utilize their creative skills to create artwork in accordance to the subject of the lesson.  

 MATERIALS & DOCUMENTS:

  Martin Marne Video 

Cardboard Boxes 

Berlin Wall Fill-In Notes Handout (Doc A) 

Paint or markers 

Computer Access