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Chapter 1
What three things do you find most difficult about individual research tasks?
Finding useful/ correct Information
Keeping up with work load
Sourcing information
What three things do you find easiest
Quoting
Research
Falling behind on work load
1. Explain why the Bronstein’s decision to move to Yanova was so unusual
At the time farming was unfamiliar livelihood for Russian Jews most of whom were concentrated in towns and cities of the Pale of Settlement.
2. Describe the nature of lev’s relationship with his parents
As parents, David and Anna Bronstein were generally too preoccupied with the work of the far to devote any significant time to their children. In fact the chief mechanic at Yanovka spent more time with Lev then anyone else.
3. Give examples of how Lev was exposed to the daily life of the local peasants?
As he grew up, Lev was exposed daily to the miserable existence of the peasants who’s came from the surrounding districts to work. Lev frequently overheard the bitter complaints of the peasants against his parents and at time witnessed their desperate strikes for better food and pay. Lev also witnessed many of the peasants suffer from night blindness a condition caused by severe malnutrition.
4. Explain why Lev was sent to a heder instead of a state school for his primary education
There was little chance of Lev being accepted into a state school, due to Jewish enrolments being restricted to 10% or less of the total school population.
5. Briefly describe Lev’s first experience of school
His first experience of formal schooling was one of frustration and disappointment as he understood very little of the lessons which were conducted in Yiddish.
6. Compare and contrast the Spentzer family with the Bronstein’s
The Spentzer family was a typical middle class Russian family who were well educated and located from the cities