Ideals of Beauty
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Ideals of Beauty
What Is Beautiful
1. What Is Beautiful? 1.1 Definition of Beauty 1.2 Beauty Can Be Measured (2 texts) 2. Ideals of Beauty in the Course of Time 2.1 Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo 2.2 Variable Ideal of Beauty (1 text) 2.3 Being Beautiful – from 1920 until Today 2.4 Changes in Fashion Tastes (1 text) 3. The Trouble with Beauty 3.1 Why We Wish to Please 3.2 Self-Marketing (2 texts) 4. The Downsides of Beauty 4.1 Be Beautiful! 4.2 Beauty at All Costs 4.3 Beauty at All Costs (2 texts) 5. Beauty as a Performance 5.1 A Fictional Character 5.2 Eternal Beauty (1 text)
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- <> Languages: DE, EN
- <>Target Groups: GRU, Sek I
- <> Subject: Society
- <> Length: 25:15 min
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Picture Analysis
Picture analysis is a reliable method of revealing the secrets of works of art. Let us take for example the portrait of a child. There would have been innumerable ways of depicting the child but the painter painted it specifically the way he did and not otherwise. Why? What did he want to express? And what painter’s tricks did he use in doing so? It is worthwhile examining the picture in detail to unravel the message of this work, after all, the painter invested a lot of time and effort in it. Those who occupy themselves intensively with a work of art do not only learn more about the artists’ technical subtleties. In the process, they also go on a journey back through time, to forgotten customs and habits. It is a dive into the everyday lives of our forebears, their wishes and dreams.
Internet Addiction
The film consists of two parts. The first part is the 15-minute short film “In the Net”. It describes the problem of excessive Internet use in a humorous way, in particular the risk of losing touch with reality when chatting. The second part illustrates with three real persons how Internet addiction can develop and the problems encountered by those who are afflicted. The authentic statements are commented by an experienced therapist. For many pupils, the issues addressed here are related to their everyday lives. What is a “sensible” use of the Internet, where does pathological addiction start? In contrast to addiction to alcohol, nicotine or drugs, the public seems to be largely ignorant of the problem of this addiction, which is not related to any substance abuse. The film provides material for discussion in the classroom (crossdisciplinary) and can be used as a basis for the formulation of prevention strategies.
Peer Mediation
Lena and Max attend the 7th form. Max is new in class. During a break, Max notices that Lena and her friend are laughing at him again. Max loses his temper! He slaps Lena in the face. That hurts and Lena runs back into the classroom with a red cheek. The growing conflict between the two has escalated. Just like Lena and Max, every day pupils all over Germany have rows with each other. At the Heinrich Hertz Gymnasium in Thuringia, pupils have been trained as mediators for years. At set hours, they are in a room made available by the school specifically for mediation purposes. The film describes the growing conflict between Max and Lena and shows a mediation using their example. In doing so, the terms “conflict” and “peer mediation” are explained in a non-technical way. The aims of peer mediation and its progress in five steps as well as the mediators’ tasks are illustrated. The art of asking questions and “mirroring”, which the mediators must know, is described and explained. Together with the comprehensive accompanying material, the DVD is a suitable medium to introduce peer mediation at your school, too.