We are the world...

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During the previous week we developed the peace and war theme in the classroom. Firstly I presented two photos that show people in peace and in war.


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*    What do we see in the first photo?
*    What are the kids doing?
*    What's the similarity among kids?
*    Why do they hold their hands?
*    What's the name of the bird in the middle? What does it symbolize?

*  What do you see in the second photo?
*  What are the kids doing?
*  What are they wearing?
*  What's the similarity among kids?
*  How do they feel?

    In which of the two states do the kids want to be? They listened two music tracks and they tried to recognize which song is for peace and which for war. The first song which represented the peace was the walz of sleeping beauty of Tchaikovsky and the second was the song of Prokofiev: Dance of  knights which rhythm is more aggressive. After that the kids became children in the peace or in the war accordingly the song.
    Then I asked them how they imagined the peace and the war while they were dancing. Can they draw their thought ? So they used water colors and brushes and they made this all together.



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