Day 2: The Roaring 20’s (The 1920s)
Activity 1: Popular Culture – The Silent Movie
The 1920s saw a massive surge in the number of people going to the movies.
Huge new cinemas were built in both Auckland
(The Civic Theatre) and Dunedin (Empire De Luxe).
The most popular type of movies showing at local NZ cinemas were ‘silent’ films.
Gold Rush is an example of an iconic silent film.
It features a famous actor named Charlie Chaplin.
Watch the trailer for Gold Rush. On your blog, tell us what you think the movie is about.
There are no words spoken movie
There are no words spoken movie
so you will need to pay careful attention to what the actors are doing!
Do you think you would enjoy watching a silent film?
Why/Why not?
Do you think you would enjoy watching a silent film?
Yea what will go wrong sometimes
i like silent movies because they get interesting
you hear the music and it goes with the people
i love the trailer it was cool and interesting.
Why?
Why did tramp keep on hurting himself and he went to the door and hurt
hus ford head and because he was scared of the things like the bear and he had fear
in himself.
hus ford head and because he was scared of the things like the bear and he had fear
in himself.
Activity 2: Art Deco
In the 1920s a new artistic movement emerged in New Zealand (and around the world).
It was called ‘Art Deco.’
The picture to the right is a classic example of an ‘Art Deco’ piece. Take a close look at the painting.
Do you like it?
I do like it
On your blog, give the painting a rating out of 5 stars
(1 star = terrible painting, 2 stars = pretty bad painting,
3 stars = okay painting, 4 stars = good painting and
5 stars = amazing painting). After you’ve rated the painting out of 5, tell us why you gave it that rating.
5 stars = amazing painting
Because i choose it because when i look closer it pop up out of my head
whoever did this they were creative and artistic.
Bonus Activity: Crossing the Tasman
In 1928, a crew of four men flew, for the first time, across the Tasman from Australia to New Zealand.
One of the men on board the Southern Cross airplane was a New Zealander named
T.H. McWilliams. His job was to operate the radio in the airplane.
T.H. McWilliams. His job was to operate the radio in the airplane.
Unfortunately, the radio stopped working shortly after take-off and
the rain and ice were so heavy that the pilot,
Kingsford Smith,
couldn’t see out of his front windscreen. Yikes! Fortunately,
the plane made it all the way across the Tasman landing
in Christchurch after a 14 hour trip.
Imagine that you were a member of the flight crew.
Write a poem that describes how you would have felt
when you landed safely in Christchurch after such a long trip.
Remember, there are lots of different types of poems,
and they don’t all have to rhyme.
When i landed The sky is the blue the sky is blue
When i hope out
i was dizzy i felt so scary
That i was going to fade
!!!!!!BONUS POINTS: 10!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there Maria, I love your poem it is fantastic. You have really captured the emotions that would have been felt by the soldiers on the plane.
ReplyDeleteI like how you repeated that line 'the sky is blue'. It gives it a great effect.
Keep up the good blogging!
Billy
Hi Maria!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Ellee, I am another part of the Summer Learning Journey Crew that is commenting on your blogs this summer.
Looks like you have been really busy with the Summer Learning Journey activities - Awesome work!
Activity One: Silent Movie
I am glad you enjoyed the trailer to the Gold Rush film, I thought it was a little bit hard to follow! I think I would have some of the same questions as you...I would also like to know how the 4 characters meet during the film - what do you think?
I really enjoyed the movie Wall-E, have you seen it?
even though the whole movie isn't silent I thought it was pretty cool that there wasn't much talking in the film.
Activity Two: Art Deco
I am glad that you liked the painting too! I agree with you the artist is very creative. Is there something specific you like about the painting? I like that the image is quite close up so you can't see the background of where she is - I think it makes the image a bit mysterious, I like to think that maybe she is running away from something...What do you think?
Great job Maria, you are working really well - keep it up!
Ellee :)