DISPLAY Resource K: Slide 7 and lead a discussion about which terms would best describe the paintings of Sikh soldiers (pupils might suggest additional adjectives).

THEN reveal that the paintings were painted by German artists of Sikh prisoners of war.

DISPLAY Resource K: Slide 8, which shows a German commandant speaking to Indian prisoners of war.

EXPLAIN that the Germans captured thousands of Allied non-white colonial soldiers from Africa and Asia and set up a special prison camp called the Half Moon Camp in the town of Wunsdorf in Germany.

EXPLAIN that around one hundred Sikhs were held prisoner in the camp and that German scientists interviewed them, recorded their voices, measured them, tested their strength and had their portraits drawn or painted.

GIVE OUT Resource N and ask pairs to read it carefully.

LEAD a discussion about how much the text (part of which was included in Resource K: Slide 2) supports the list of attitudes in Resource K: Slide 9 and whether another bullet point could be added.

(Note: for a summary of the historic background as to how the Germans treated Sikh and other Indian prisoners of war, see Resource O.)