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The Victorian Age

Prezi presentation. Click on the screenshot to open it.

Mindomo map with presentations and videos on Victorian Era and literature.
Click on the map to open it.

A video on William Blake

To work on this video you need to join the classroom in Edpuzzle using the code you got during lessons. After that you have to watch the video and answer to the questions.

A video on Romanticism

"Romanticism is one of the most important historical events of all time. Unlike a lot of what gets called ‘history’, Romanticism isn’t a war or a piece of technology or a political event. It refers to the birth of a new set of ideas; it’s about a mindset and a way of feeling."

I've used the web tool VideoAnt to create comments/questions on the video History: Romanticism created by The School of Life.
@students: go to this link , watch the video and answer to the questions.

Be happy

Also this year we start with an activity taken from the webpage Film English by Kieran Donaghy. This lesson is designed around a beautiful short film which was inspired by Be Happy: A Little Book to Help You Live a Happy Life by Monica Sheehan. Following Kieran’s lesson instructions students speak and write about happiness, and watch a short video. As homework students write a short composition titled: What I do to live a happy life.

Watch the film on Vimeo.

@students: post your composition in commento.

Shakespeare lives in 2016

2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
Watch this video by the British Council.

Videos about Shakespeare from Ted-Ed

Here you have some interesting videos about William Shakespeare from Ted Ed Lessons Worth Sharing.
After watching each videos on You Tube click on 'mostra altro', open the link next to 'view full lesson' and do the activities.
Remember to click on the 'subtitles' icon (English).

Your Mindomo maps on the video about Literature

Here you have the results of your group task on the video about Literature. Congratulations! Good job:-)
Click on the map and open it using the + sign under each sub-themes.

Group 1: Fabio Allegra, Federico Caboni, Davide Cossu, Filippo Erdas, Samuele Murroni.

Group 2: Nicola Atzori, Stefania Chergia, Enrico Colleoni, Francesca Pala, Nicola Piredda.

Group 3: Arianna Catzula, Martina Floris, Francesca Fresu, Alessandro Russu, Chiara Scanu.

Group 4: Davide Maccioni, Chiara Mallocci, Giovanna Nonnis, Silvia Serra, Anita Zucca.

What is literature for?

Yesterday in class we watched this video created by Marcus Armitage and Ignatz Johnson Higham for The School of Life. The video explains why we read books and the benefits of this activity. 

 "Why should we spend our time reading novels and poems when, out there, big things are going on? We tend to treat literature as a distraction, an entertainment (something for the beach). But it’s far more than that, literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others: because it’s a tool to help us live and die with a little more wisdom, goodness and sanity."