Dickens Day
at Foshay is December 18! It is a part of the school wide event,

A Tale of Three Cities:

Paris, London and Los Angeles —

A Day and Evening of Immersion in Art, Industry and Revolution

About Dickens Day:

Dickens Day is our contribution to this school wide thematic learning experience, celebration of the holidays, launch of Dickens and the 19th century studies in various classrooms and support of Foshay students’ literary and literal travels to Europe!

About A Tale of Three Cities

What: Join us as Foshay travels to different cities through a fun-filled day and evening of activities, art exhibits, 19th century lessons, Dickensian discussions, Victorian tea, Parisian culture and Jazz!

Why: Create a shared thematic learning experience, celebrate the holidays, launch a series of units on Dickens and the 19th century, support our students as they travel to Europe!

When December 18 Thursday, All Day and Evening, Various Periods

Where: Various Locations throughout Foshay Campus

Who:

Presented by

IB Dickens Interdisciplinary Unit Team and the Dickens Launch Day Project

Foshay Band

Room 13

HS Academies

And any participating classroom or office!

Directions:

Teachers can plan a lesson, project or activity based on the 19th century, Dickens, Parisian culture or any combination of the above. This can be can either be a stand alone activity or be a part of a larger unit you may be planning. Take a look at some ideas below and let me (Barrios) know of and how you'd like to participate! If you need help researching stuff, please send me an email. Please email me before we return so I get a sense of who will be involved.

SCHEDULE of ACTIVITIES as of 12/8 (more details coming soon)

Dickensian Ambassadors (Barrios-all day, various locations)

Dickensian Gingerbread House Decorating (Hoffman-all day, Miami Room)

Pop Art and Intellectual Graffitti (Barrios and participating teachers-all day, various locations)

Animated Dickensian Dialogue (Aaronson-class periods)

Dickensian Quotes Candy Cane Booth (McFadden-lunchtime)

American Notes close reading and Intellectual Graffitti (Mc Fadden-class periods)

Great Victorian Tea Party and Collaborative Mural (Barrios-all day, H14)

Paris Holiday Winter Spectacular Show and Art Exhibit (Womack, Room 13-evening, Theater)

Ideas and Resources for Dickens:

Possible Activities:

Victorian Tea Party Exchange

Great Exhibition/Victorian Material Culture Museum

Dickensian Character Chalk Map

Lesson on Victorian era statistics

Close Reading Workshops on Dickensian texts

Victorian Gingerbread House Decorating

Design a Book Cover/Victorian Advertisements

Recreate the Le Salon-- French juried art show where the Impressionists first exhibited

Industrial Revolution Jeopardy

A Christmas Carol Scavenger Hunt

Victorian Caroling and Dance Lessons

Dickens/London Mosaic/Mural

Traveling Christmas Carol Theatrical Scenes

Film Screening

Reader’s Theater

Other famous Victorian fiction—Sherlock Holmes, Peter Pan

Resources and Links

What I (Meaning Jacqueline Barrios) Have Been Using the Most:

Inventions:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/victorians/inventiotimeline.html

Steampunk:

http://steampunkdistrict.com/how-to-make-your-own-steampunk-costume/

London:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-charles-dickens-saw-london-13198155/?no-ist

General:

Victorians_BritishLibrary a great set of links Im using with seniors—detailed, primary sources and also well written

Dickens WebQuest a lesson plan—the most usable I think is the activity based on a web quest to get students to be “experts” on Victorian culture (Fashion, Etiquette, Entertainment, History)—>

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson238/role_cards.html

DickensProject_Resources vetted links to various resources on line

Charles Dickens - Frequently Asked Questions quick and easy one pagers

Dickens Project: Our Mutual Friend more in-depth ideas—studying education, sanitation, advertising, Dickens’ London