20th Century - synthesis

20th Century - synthesis

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This blog is a tool for the Language and Culture II course at Instituto Superior Palomar de Caseros. Here students can share their findings on the web and think together about the comings and goings of the 20th century.

miércoles, 14 de agosto de 2013

Inside the Reich

Inside the Reich


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Read this guide while you see the film

1.       Throughout the film, pay attention to symbols, ceremonies and rituals of the nazi rule.
2.       “The crowds were delirious with exaltation and relief.” Why?
3.       What adjectives can you use to describe the crowds?
4.       What did the woman feel?
5.       How did they live in cities untouched by war?
6.       Did Hitler have plans for a long struggle?
7.       How did they put propaganda into practice?
8.       What does Cristabel Bielenberg tell?
9.       How is ethnic cleansing put into practice?
10.   Did the program to exterminate the mentally ill continue?
11.   What happened in June 1941?
12.   What was their next target?
13.   What did Germany need for a long war?
14.   What did they sign on 15th June 1941?
15.   What did Goebbels inspect? They intended it to be a serf region of agriculture. They thought that Slavs would enjoy the situation?
16.   What happened six months later
17.   How did citizens help?
18.   Why was Todd´s death so important to Hitler?
19.    How did Germany´s economy gradually change?
20.   How did Hitler change from 1942 to 1943?
21.   Did the ministers under Hitler´s rule work together?
22.   Christmas, 1942. The men at Stalingrad had come through on a radio linkup loud and clear. But the brave words were faked in a Berlin studio.
23.   “the battle of Stalingrad has come to an end.”
24.   What tragedy couldn´t be hidden¿
25.   What would the allies demand?
26.   What was germany´s answer?
27.   What did “total war” mean?
28.   What slogan ran among the population¿
29.   How many people died in Hamburg?
30.   What effect did the bombing have according to the woman?
31.   How did they feel in the bunker?
32.   How much power did the SS have?
33.   What was the official name given to the policy of extermination?
34.   What did Berta Beese do?
35.   Where was Christabel Bielenberg´s husband?
36.   What piece of advice did her neighbor give her?


jueves, 6 de septiembre de 2012

Casablanca and WWII

Watch the video and answer the following questions without transcribing the exact words:

1. What was the argument of the film?

2. What does Murray say about Rick´s past?

3. What did the Spanish Civil war represent according to Murray?

4. What attitude towards politics did the scriptwriters want to bring into the film?

5. What does Victor Lazlo represent?

6. What does Louis Renault represent? Is he a static character?

7. What do you feel when you see the scene shown in 9.30?

8. What does the scene in 11.30 represent?

9. Why is the idea of sacrifice present in the film?

10. When was the film released and why?

martes, 21 de agosto de 2012

sábado, 5 de junio de 2010

Picasso in Tres de Febrero



We are very proud in the North West of Buenos Aires. Picasso is visiting Tres de Febrero University. From May 29th to September 10th we will be able to enjoy 60 works by the great Spanish artist at the MUNTREF – Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de febrero. The exhibition, “Picasso: The Look of Desire”, has been organized by the Museum, together with Pablo Ruiz Picasso-Casa Natal. It reviews desire, a driving force in the artist´s work, in different forms: as the bodies observed or created, as the reconstructed body , as the eternal feminine and female loves, among others.
The project will be completed when Argentine works of art chosen by Antonio Berni and curated by Diana B. Wechsler (Untref),are presented next October at the Picasso Museum in Malaga.

You will find further details at: http://www.untref.edu.ar/muntref.