Class Notes 02/07/17 & Notes for The Hiding Place Cha. 1-5

The Hiding Place Notes

In class, following brief reflections of the first five chapters of The Hiding Place, a group assignment was introduced to the class. Students were then divided into groups of four or five, of whom took on the roles of Recorder, Delegator, Historical Researcher, and Chapter Expert. Each groups task varied in that their assignment were contingent on the chapter that they were assigned. With that focus, each group create a visual timeline to help depict a more profound understanding of the events taking place in Europe- in general, specifically in Holland, and the events taking place within the Ten Boom family during this period. 

Additionally, we were to summarize the key elements of our given chapter, especially to understand God’s Providence over Corrie’s life and her faith in that Provision. Then we stipulated examples of specific incidents that support Corrie in the development of her faith and circumstances that revealed the character of God. It was expected that we cited at least one example to answer this question. To complete the task, there were several resources for historical research at our disposal. 

We could use digital devices to help us locate information; one of which were links on the course blog, as a place to start. We were also able to utilize resources afforded to us through the library, especially information regarding World War I as it surrounded Holland or the trajectory of Nazi occupation and World War II.

When completing the task, we had three timelines lined up to show how the Ten Boom family’s life overlapped and intersected with the world at large. We labeled dates and events, accordingly, but when we got to Corrie’s life timeline, we estimated as best as we could. 

Summarizing the given chapter was a responsibility of the Chapter Expert, who wrote up the basic arc of the chapter to help us see what this chapter reveals about the roles of faith in Corrie’s life. 

Presenting was the last portion of this assignment as each group decided how we wanted to share our information with the class. In total, we were given 30-40 minutes to prepare the assignment and about 6-8 minutes to present our findings. 

For example, my group was responsible for chapter one:

                  

                                    *1937 (Dutch women had to wear knee length skirts) 

                                         (Corrie is concerned with her image) (ten boom fam. Realized the darkness in the world) 

                     *1927 (Willem writes doctoral thesis about evil taking place)

   *1891 (Corrie’s grandfather dies)

     

*1837          

(Corrie’s grandfather places sign 

ten boom watches) 

          *1914 (WWI begins)

               *1919 (Tante dies)

             *1921 (Corrie’s mom dies)

                              *1939 (things start to go bad in Holland and- Nazi take control of Holland after WWII) 

*What is happening in Europe

*What is happening in Holland 

*What is happening in the Ten Boom family