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The purpose of this assignment is to give you some background and a sense of what going to school at Devon might have been like---basically the setting. You will look at Phillips Exeter Academy, which was the basis for Devon School in the novel. You will view photos of the campus, bulletins from Exeter in the 1940s, and essays by John Knowles. The assignment is meant to be enjoyable and provide a more solid understanding of school life during World War II. Enjoy.
· Type in the following address http://www.exeter.edu/libraries/553_4390.aspx or go to my website and click on the link for the A Separate Peace webquest.
· Click on Photo Essay
Peruse the photos & read the accompanying text. Then answer the following questions:
1. Select 5 adjectives to describe the campus and students.
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2. What do you imagine it would be like to attend this all boys prep school?
· Go back to the main page and click on Exeter Bulletin Articles
· Click on The Academy in Wartime
Read the bulletin and answer the questions:
3. How did schools/Army/Navy feel about ROTC and SATC programs?
4. What two courses were being emphasized to better prepare students?
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5. What did the War and Navy Departments recommend in terms of sports?
6. How did the war and Navy Departments feel about other extra curricular interests?
· Click on Return to Exeter Bulletin Articles
· Click on Labor Enters Curriculum
Read the bulletin and answer the questions:
7. How was the time period of the 1940s different from the Depression in terms of the way youth looked at their futures?
8. What are three types of work boys could volunteer for?
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9. How many boys volunteered their time to work helping the Boston & Maine Railroad? How many faculty?
10. How much would they be paid for their work?
11. Explain at least two reasons that the school participated in these work programs.
· Click on Perspectives on the movie filmed at Exeter
· Click on John Knowles on A Separate Peace
12. Why did Finny, Gene and the other boys develop such an intensely close relationship?
13. How did Knowles do academically?
14. Who is the character Brinker based on?
15. Who is the model for Phineas?
16. Who was the boy that died while Knowles was there?
17. How does this boy die?
18. What does Knowles say about the character Leper?
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· Click on Life in the Forties
19. Why were there so many substitutes at Exeter?
20. Why would boys take summer courses?
21. Two years of what language were required to graduate from Exeter?
22. How did the academy attempt to keep a normal program at school?