Second World War One Lesson

In todays lesson we started by getting a lecture from Ewan in the other Theatre Class, It was really interesting and i made alot of notes about what he said, as i do not study history it was all new to me and i found it very interesting some of my notes where ....

• The war was between the British, Russian, French, German, Austria, America and Hungary.
• Assassination of Duke France Ferdinand was said to be the cause of the war.
• 75000 Germans where lost 
• 95000 French men where lost  
• 6000 killed by Chlorine gas. 

We then went on to making pieces of movement theatre in groups of four, i was with Ben, Tyler and Romy and we made a really good group, we all had plenty of ideas and i think it turned out really well as we where all in time and we used simple movements that where very bold.

At the end of the session we where told that we need to make a one minute sequence about World War One, we had the option to work in partners or alone and i chose to work with Chem, i think me and chem will be good as partners for this as we are good friends so i wont find it awkward or embarrassing. 

First World War One Lesson

Yesterday we started the lesson by Miss Goodall asking us what symbol comes to mind when we think about the words world war one, for me, the word guns came to my mind due to all the fighting and killing that happens in war. I found it interesting to see what everyone else's symbols where and most of them where very different. We got into groups of four and I was with Chem, Cameron and Tj, I found the music we devised the short pieces with really good because it was very dramatic which made it easier to work with.

For the second exercise we had to work in boy girl pairs, there weren't enough boys in our group so I worked in a three with Ella and Kim and instead of doing it as a pair in love we did it as three house wife's that's husbands had left, I enjoyed doing this because are was different to everyone else's so we could play around and do what we wanted and make up are own short story line for the piece we had to try and focus on it being a piece of physical theatre so when we went back to develop are pieces we included balances and 'trust exercises' ( when Kim fell back and I caught her).

Web Research

Website	What does it teach us about WW1	Example of information
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/29/simply-amazing-photos-of-wwi-that-you-may-have-not-seen-before-bonus-is-that-c-s-lewis/	Photographs of things you wouldn’t expect to see in world war one	Millions of Europe’s best men marched off to the “Great War” in 1914 ready to be home by Christmas — but four years later their graves would make World War I one of the most savage and brutal conflicts known to mankind.
http://centenarynews.com/article?id=760	Executive Director of 'The Great War Dance Project' explains the Boston Arts Academy effort to mark the Centenary	Since the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) opened its doors in 1998, one of the guiding principles of Boston’s first public high school for the visual and performing arts has been the integration of arts and academics.  The Great War Dance Project affords BAA the opportunity to engage the entire school community in a compelling and powerful example of this principle.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260672/The-greatest-nurses-First-World-War-Inspirational-women-overcame-fear-prejudice-save-thousands-lives.html	The greatest nurses of the First World War: Inspirational women who overcame fear and prejudice to save thousands of lives	They overcame insurmountable odds, endured gender-based prejudice, and helped a constant barrage of wounded soldiers under enemy fire
http://www.firstworldwar.com/	The Causes of World War One	The explosive that was World War One had been long in the stockpiling; the spark was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.  (Click here to view film footage of Ferdinand arriving at Sarajevo's Town Hall on 28 June 1914.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/humanfaceofwar_gallery_01.shtml	The Human Face of War	John William Mudd - better known as Jack - was a cockney from Bow in London's East end