Brunelleschi’s Courage

Brunelleschi portrayed courage by not being afraid to share his ideas about the dime in front of 100’s of architects. Brunelleschi’s idea for the dome soon became one of Florence’s biggest attractions. This all happened because Brunelleschi was not afraid to share his ideas. Brunelleschi also showed courage by going to all extreme to make sure his Dome would stand. He went inside it himself and placed a brick at a different angle and it miraculously worked. The problem was, that if it had failed and over time the ceiling collapsed, Brunelleschi would be blamed, and so would the Medici’s. It took a lot of courage for Brunelleschi to take that risk, and if he hadn’t the beautiful Dome would never have been created. It took a lot of courage for Brunelleschi to do what he did, and all of Florence is grateful, because without him; There master piece would have never been created.

Where Do New Ideas Come From?

Personal Experience is where new ideas originate according to me. If you climb a mountain, once you reach the top, you will be able to see the environment around you. If you are looking to write a book about mountaineering, you will be able to describe the top of the mountain with enormous detail. Also if you have a near death experience, you will have a new idea of how to prevent another persons near death or actual death. Personal experience is what I think the birth place of new ideas are born. If it wasn't for personal experience, where would our ideas come from?

What Makes A Good Story?

A good story needs to have many different things, in many different categories. A good story always needs to have a good hook to draw the reader in. If the reader is interested, then the story will seem a whole lot better. A good, or well prepared story; also needs to have a well-designed Pot Map. The Plot Map always needs to start will a hooking Exposition. In the Exposition, the author has to establish the setting and introduce the protagonists in great detail. Next, you need to start building your Rising Action. Your Rising Action is the part of the story where the conflict is introduced and where the tension starts to build. The most important part of a story is the Conflict. The Conflict is the peek of the tension and the most thrilling part of the story. It is also the highest point of Conflict. The Falling Action follows the Climax. It is the part of the story after and it leads to into the Resolution. The Resolution is the ending of the story. It is the part of the story where tension is lifted and the conflict falls back into place. If you want to write a good story, this is what you need.

This I Believe

Goals. Goals are like the top shelf, you start at the bottom and work your way up until you reach your final destination. My Goal is to be the best rugby player I can possibly be. It all started when I first picked up a rugby ball and I remembered my AFL days and how I wanted to play for my favourite team ‘Carlton.’ It was a dream that would never be fulfilled because frankly, I wasn’t that good at AFL. But, when I picked up and examined the rugby ball that felt so right in the palm of my hand, I felt the feeling where all you know is that’s what you want to do with your life, a goal that needs to be reached. That is a goal that I know that is my destiny to fulfil. So, I started training. I joined a rugby club by the name of ‘Bintang.’ At first it was really hard because I had been out of action for about three months. The fitness that was required was almost impossible for me to handle but after I got used to it, I was on top of my game. My goal is not an impossible one for me to do. I keep my intense training up and I keep my fitness up to standard, so I think that if I continue to work hard, then my goal is right in front of me, waiting for me to reach out and grab it. Many rugby players start at a young age and have the same goal as id. They don’t stop until they become famous rugby players and represent there country by playing against other countries team. All of these examples just prove that no goal is impossible to achieve. I can become a big shot rugby player if I want. I just have to work as hard as I possibly can.

Catherin Called Birdy

Catherine Called Birdy is about a young girl who finds living in the middle ages quite difficult because of lack of power. When she discovers that life has different choices for her she seizes it and starts plotting. She does no want to live the way she is and neither does any of the other woman living there. So when Catherine has the opportunity to change things, she does.

Game Questions

1. The game is about the 1066 wars. You play as each one of the countries and try and fight your arm to victory. You use your men as good as you possibly can whether your playing as archers, kings-men, knights or spearers. The snatch victory from your opponents, all you have to do is kill everyone of there men.
2. I enjoyed having to plan ahead and decide what moves to use against the opposite country. It was fun to decide who to play whether it is shoot arrows with your archers charge forward with your spears or have a one on one fight with the other countries kings-man.
3. I learned that to be in a war, you always need a war plan that is one step in front of your opponents.
4. The English had just walked for miles at a day. Very tiered and sore, they approached home to find it was being invaded by William. The English sprang into action. Running to the top of the hill, the formed a shield wall so that the French would not get any further. Seeing that the French were loosing, a very clever knight called “the king is dead.” Everyone retreated. Expecting to see sorrow, the French were taken aback to find out that the whole thing was a hoax. With the English confused, the French charged back up and shattered what was left of the English. The ending of the battle came when King Harold G got hit in the eye by an arrow and died shortly afterwards. The crown was given to the new man in charge… King William.
5. The game is fun and people tend to learn more if they are having fun. I think we should do mire of these kinds of things.

Steve McCurry Reflection

1000 words, that’s how most people describe pictures but not me; I believe that there is more to it. Take Steve McCurry; born in 1950, McCurry grew up in Philadelphia where he attended the Collage of Arts and Architecture. His picture makes you think more of the entire point. Take his most renowned picture of the Afghanistan Girl. That picture makes you focus on what really matters. We all have fear or anger behind our eyes. Mainly, the theme behind McCurry’s pictures is to show that there isn’t just good in the world. His pictures show us what it is like for other people to survive day after day.
“Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face.” - Steve McCurry.

The photo that really stands out for me is one of his most famous “The Afghanistan Girl.” The eyes full of wonder. They stare at you like they’re looking into your soul. Who knows what this girls thinking? She could be troubled, she could be depressed; she may even be in pain. Judging by this picture, I think it may be all three. The story that can be told behind those big, green eyes full of sorrow, is that no life is perfect. Out there in the world today; Fathers, Mothers and children struggle to live as each day goes on. They struggle to eat a meal a day (let alone three.) Every second a child starves because what the family could provide wasn’t enough to feed everybody. Every time I look at the picture of the Afghanistan Girl, I feel pity and sorrow because it reminds me, as I’m living a lovely life; other people aren’t getting much of a life at all.

After looking at Steve McCurry’s work, I have learned that; it’s not what the picture is showing; but what it represents. Is it fear, happiness, cruelty, anger, depression or any other feeling or emotion you can receive from looking at a picture. He has also shown me that photography can change their people’s ways of looking at things. Now other people should understand that life is hard. Whether you’re rich and healthy, or poor and sick; we all face challenges. A finally lesson that McCurry has helped emphasize is making a picture remembered. It takes a lot to make a good picture. It needs to clearly show what the photographer wants us to see. It also needs to be easily read, so the reader doesn’t get lost between all its surroundings, and it also needs to make a point. It needs to tell a story in all the tiny details that can be seen. A good picture is one that is almost clearly visible to the naked eye.

All photographers want to know, how to make their picture memorable? What makes it stand out over everyone else’s? Answer, it depends how people feel when they look at your picture. Steve McCurry always makes you curious with his photos. He always leaves you wondering, “Why is that happening?” Someone looking at his photos will go home and think about it, trying to see different explanations to why the events in the photo are happening that way. Steve McCurry’s photos show how he travels around the world. From Afghanistan, all the way to Cambodia. His life’s journey is to capture every breath taking moment on film so that it can be remembered.
“What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.” - Steve McCurry

You might say that a picture is worth 1000 words, but after looking at pictures that Steve McCurry has taken over the year; it’s not 1000 words that jump to mind; but four, “THE WORLDS NOT PERFECT.”




















After looking at Steve McCurry’s work, I have learned that; it’s not what the picture is showing; but what it represents. Is it fear, happiness, cruelty, anger, depression or any other feeling or emotion you can receive from looking at a picture. He has also shown me that photography can change their people’s ways of looking at things. Now other people should understand that life is hard. Whether you’re rich and healthy, or poor and sick; we all face challenges. A finally lesson that McCurry has helped emphasize is making a picture remembered. It takes a lot to make a good picture. It needs to clearly show what the photographer wants us to see. It also needs to be easily read, so the reader doesn’t get lost between all its surroundings, and it also needs to make a point. It needs to tell a story in all the tiny details that can be seen. A good picture is one that is almost clearly visible to the naked eye.

All photographers want to know, how to make their picture memorable? What makes it stand out over everyone else’s? Answer, it depends how people feel when they look at your picture. Steve McCurry always makes you curious with his photos. He always leaves you wondering, “Why is that happening?” Someone looking at his photos will go home and think about it, trying to see different explanations to why the events in the photo are happening that way. Steve McCurry’s photos show how he travels around the world. From Afghanistan, all the way to Cambodia. His life’s journey is to capture every breath taking moment on film so that it can be remembered.
“What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.” - Steve McCurry

You might say that a picture is worth 1000 words, but after looking at pictures that Steve McCurry has taken over the year; it’s not 1000 words that jump to mind; but four, “THE WORLDS NOT PERFECT.”

Questions

1. Go to student, and then into Nazi rise to power. What do you think the people witnessing this are thinking?

2. Go to student, and then to Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust. What do you think the children are thinking?


3. Read the first paragraph, why do you think this would have been helpful to the Nazis.

4. Where is the largest Jewish community?


5. When did the Nazis seize power?

6. Go to Nazi rise to power, in what year was Hitler appointed Chancellor?


7. Go to Nazi rise to power, scroll down to the bottom and look at the picture. What do you think Hitler was thinking then?

8. Go to Antisemitism, look at the picture and tell me what do you think the boy represents?


9. Go to Antisemitism, scroll down to the bottom picture. What do you think the people in the background think about the man standing before them?

10. Go to Antisemitism, look at the first picture. Why do you think they drew the Jews looking like that?