Category: Humanities

Winter Exhibition ❄️ and more!

Hi it’s Maggie again! In this post I will be sharing my last portion of work for this project

What we had to do:

We had to work with a group to create 3 different acts in a tableaux. We had to do medieval, Renaissance and contemporary. And present it to friends family and other class mates. We took 2 weeks practicing and creating 3 acts. It was hard especially since we had the smallest group and it was hard to make it work with only 4 people. I didn’t think that when it was time to perform we were going to make a fool of ourselves. But I was wrong. Our group had some of the best props and we crushed the performance. We did amazing and everyone incorporated on making the project amazing!

 

We had to create a Renaissance piece of art but with our face just like the one we did for the medieval times. In the background we had to choose specific pieces of art that were created in Renaissance times. I choose all of the pieces of artwork because they all have a special meaning in my piece.

Here is a photo of my Renaissance artwork that I created.

Moon and sun:

In my artwork there is a picture of the sun and the moon. The reason that I included this photo into my artwork, is because I believe that we used the sun and the moon for everything before clocks were invented. In todays time we still use the sun and the moon to tell what time it is in the day and when it is morning and night.

Tree: 

I added this piece of artwork because it shows the climate in the Renaissance and how they treated the environment. They would take advantage of the plants and crops. Only the wealthy would grow crops and have land with animals. We still have farmers and eat plants that grow on farms. But we need to take a better care of our planet and the environment. We can help by using less plastic and recycle more often.

Clock: 

I incorporated the picture of how a clock looked liked in Renaissance time. It is very important that we remember that we have not always end had clocks in the past.  We still use clocks in todays time. We use clocks for everything. If the clock had never been invented we would not be where we are today. They used clocks for lots of things during the renaissance. 

 

What the exhibition is:

 

 

 Me and my group represented our tableaux at the exhibition, and it was awesome. I think we did a really great job of acting out what is was like during medieval and Renaissance times. Here are some photos of are tableaux at the exhibition.

This is the medieval act.

This is the Renaissance act.

This is the contemporary act.

 

If you haven’t checked out my medieval post and want to learn more about it just click here and take a look 👀.https://www.blog44.ca/maggiet/

Medevial Times

Have you ever wondered what life was like in the medevial times?

For our Project we had to read the Book of the lion and create a piece of medieval art. The driving question for this project was, what can we learn for the past and why does it matter to us today.

The book of the lion:

For the first step on this project, we had to read The book of the lion. Every week once we had finished reading the specific portion of the book we had to meet with groups and do role sheets like, what we did for the Outsiders. Our first role sheet was to read chapters 1 to 10 and then number 2 was 11 to 24 and 24 to the end of the book. I really enjoyed reading the book and thought it was interesting. What I learned about medieval was that their were points in time that have changed and have stayed the same. Comparing the past to the future I learned many things. In the past women did not have any rights and were considered property of men, but nowadays that isn’t how women are treated where I live but in other parts of the world lots of women still don’t have the rights that men have.

 

The artwork:

In  the artwork we had to create an art chart and describe all of the medieval art and incorporate it into are design. I took this photo of a medieval art piece. I am really happy with how my art turned out and how I created it. I tried to find a photo that s kind of like me. Once we had added our head to the art, we needed to add the rest of the art piece’s to the background our art, also we had to explain why we chose those pieces of art and what they are. Here is a photo of the finishing artwork. 

 

What I learned:

I learned so many things about what had happend in the past and comparing it to today. I learned that not all medieval art is inappropriate. Also I found out that I really enjoy learning about history and events that had happend in the past. Some things from the past are still relevent to today, I thought that it was interesting to learn and think about for are future and what its going to look like for the next genoration.

Thanks for reading!

It’s the end of my time as we know it.

 

Have you ever heard of The outsiders? I had never even heard about it. But by the end of this project I know everything thing thier is to know about The outsiders. Just wait and see.

 

What we had to:

Our goal for this project was broken down into many parts. Part 1: first thing we needed to do was start the book “ the outsiders” every week we would have needed to have read a specific portion of the book. Once we have done the chapters that we were meant to read we were, meant to complete a role sheet. Role sheets are meant to reflect on the part of the book we had just read and to share with your group your thoughts and opinions about the book. For me I didn’t mind reading the outsiders, sure it was a little outdated and some rude humour but I enjoyed reading it.

 

 

Here is a picture of the outsiders book:

 

Next step was to take your information about the book and the characters worldviews and compare it with your own worldview. Then we had to list to the song “ it’s the end of the world as we know it”, we needed to listen to different versions of the song plus trying to work with a group and create song lyrics that match the beat of the original song. We needed to make the lyrics refer to our worldview and how it’s changing from our transition from primary school to high school. And record the song all together.

 

Here is a link to the original song of “it’s the end of the world as we know it”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY

Working with my group: 

This was my first time in plp working with a group, it was hard to communicate outside of school on massages. It was hard but I think we did a really great job at completing this assignment. We tried our best to all come in before school and get some of the work done before class. The hardest part was getting photos of us when we were younger kids. Because we had to go through all of our photos and pick out specific ones. 

 

What I learned while creating this project.

I learn all of these cool tips on iMovie so next time I need to use that app I know a cool few tricks to make my future assignments look good. I learned that working with a group in plp is really fun and exciting, especially to work with people that I have never even talked to. I also learned about different worldviews and how my worldview and the outsiders characters worldviews were so different to how my worldview and how it changes over time. I also found out that my singing voice isn’t that bad!

I really enjoyed creating this project and seeing how all of these steps that I had to complete had all added up into this super cool video, although it’s a bit embarrassing for me and my group members to watch I hope that others will enjoy looking at it.