Aidan by Mrs. Hornick https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n en-us 2016-04-15 16:36:12 UTC 2023-07-22 01:44:10 UTC hello@padlet.com The Monuments Men https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111541678 2016-05-18 19:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111541678                                                                 Introduction script:                                                                                             https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111541982 Now, I know your teacher Mrs. Hornick gave you some background on the Monument Men Before I had arrived, but just to refresh your memory, it is a group of about 350 people that volunteered to help save the many arts looted by the Nazi's. The people that were involved were usually cultivators, historians, and artist. So far the Monument men have recovered over 5 million paintings. These are just the basic facts that everyday citizens should know, but what about the parts they do not know, it is my job to inform you about those secret parts. The monument men had to undergo many hardships. They did not often know what they were going to find, or what dangers awaited them. You see, what most people don't understand about the monument men is that they were actually put in danger at times. It was not just exploring through beautiful palaces looking for paintings. Searching through the Alt Aussie mine (for example) was not an easy task. Oh I’m getting too ahead of myself, my name is Harry Ettlinger, a Jew who left Germany during WWII. I was sent back to Germany to fight as one of the American Soldiers, something I had desired to do for a very long time. However, the harsh realities of the war, even from the American side, was very hard to comprehend for someone who had suffered in Germany. I felt sick every night, and day for weeks. About 3 weeks after being stationed in Normandy, on the front line, one of the American generals realized that I could speak fluent German. He had decided I would be most effective in the post office, translating the messages written in German. Although I had liked this better than the war front, I felt that I wasn't serving the United States in the way I originally desired. I felt I wasn't paying my dues for the country, so I started to tell people.When they heard this most of the time they would say something like "what am I supposed to do", but one day the general of my group had found out about my remarks and he recommended me to be one the Monument Men. This had just started up, and they needed recruits, I felt I couldn't say no to the offer. Therefore I was shipped of to France where I started my first few days of being a monument man. I had to learn to read maps and take extensive notes, and work on a physical level, which were some of the many thing I had struggled with. In my head everyone seemed so much better than me at everything. (Pause for drama) Only I could speak and read German, which the other people could not. So, for that reason and that reason only I was put in for the job. This job wasn't much better than the front line, but it did have safety benefits. You had to do some serious cave exploration where it would be sometimes fun, but most of the time you would end up hitting your head and having a lot of soreness. This may seem bad to you but the front line was even worse, you had to withstand the constant fears, and you had to have a way to survive the Nazi's. However, the mental benefits of the Monument Men just simply weren't there.  Everyday you were checking through multiple files, deciding how to price paintings, you also have to do tons of research on each painting so you know the artist, when it was made... I could go on forever. This is why I need your help to find some very praised paintings.

]]> 2016-05-18 19:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111541982                                                                        Genre #1: speech                                                                                  Now before I begin blabbing I want you all to have a little time to explore these paintings and artifacts. You may take notes on the back of your card about the painting you are looking at.  This may help in the future... (Give them 3 minutes to look and take notes on the artifacts) Are you guys good or do you need more time? Good. Now I shall start my blabbing. So, all of you need to come toward the mystic lamb painting. This painting was created by Jan van Eyck, one of the more famous artists I would say. And it was found in 194. Some of you may know this piece because it is the centerpiece of the original Christian church. Let's just say it's a pretty huge deal to have found it. This painting was found in the Altaussee mine. Now this is located in the high Austrian Alps, just southeast of Munich. The Altaussee mine is actually the location where most of the paintings were found. Any guesses on why they would locate the paintings in the high Alps? Ah, yes mostly because it is very rural, and VERY hard to find. This was the case with most of the paintings; they were located in rural areas so that nobody would find them. The next painting we are going to be looking at is the Wintergarden painting. This was by the artist Eduard Maynet, who is also very well known. Although you may not be familiar with this painting, you should know that it is truly priceless. This painting was found in 1945. And where was it found Matt? Good. The Vault at Merkers was near the center of Germany. Now, although it may seem like the center of Germany would be very populated, it is actually very rural. Are you starting to see a pattern about where these paintings are being hidden? This pattern will continue throughout the whole art gallery. The next painting that we are going to look at, is not a painting at all. This artifact is an actually crown from the Hungarian rulers. This artifact was stolen from the Palace of Buda in Budapest and was quickly transported near the Village of Mattsee in Bavaria, Germany. Now, Bavaria is only rural in some parts which make it apart from the other paintings. First off the Village of Mattsee is in southeast Germany, near Munich and other big cities. However, since this particular village is north of Munich, it is more rural. The funny thing about this artifact was that it was so valuable that they could not put it in a mine, but sunken in a marshland. We had to go swimming and find the crown using special tools. The final painting is Philip IV King of Spain by the artist Diego Velazquez. As you can imagine a painting of a world ruler is a pretty big deal, especially if it is crafted by Velazquez, a very famous artist. This painting was found in the Altaussee Mine, which again is in the high Austrian Alps southeast of Munich.   https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111542296 2016-05-18 19:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111542296 1-2 Genre transition script:     Now, I hope that you have all taken extensive notes because without them, you will be inefficient to the help of saving the art community. Now something so simple as to taking notes may not seem like a big deal. But if we monument men did not take notes, take it from me; the job would be 200 times harder. So, if you used the information given to you about the monument men to your advantage, you should do well, but if you did not take notes, and then you will most likely suffer in the next part of the simulation. I wish this has given you some motivation, and urge to do well in this next part, that is all I have to say. So, I guess that means we are on to the next fragment follow me. https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111543031 2016-05-18 19:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111543031  Genre #2 Speech:   Another important thing to note about the monument men is that they always had a plan whether it worked out or not, we always had a plan. What you guys are going to be doing is you will all be trying to find where each of these paintings was found on the map. However, one person can’t do all of that. So, you will each be broken into groups where you will examine your painting, or artifacts that will in the end lead you to place your panting in the correct position. The way you can achieve this, is by drawing. Line from your painting to where you believe it is located on a map of Europe. (Tell them, that it should look like this draw a line) You may now get into your groups and discuss you notes to conduct a finished project. Once you are all done we will reveal the answers. (Set a timer for 2 minutes) Ok I assume you are all done with your product. (Inspect each of the lines closely) Well, I not really sure how to put this… Um, at least you tried I guess? I don’t know if I should show you the answers, it may be too embarrassing for some of you. Oh, I’ll show the answers anyway (show the answers and do a quick review).  https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111698973 2016-05-19 15:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111698973 2-3 Genre transition script:     As you can see taking notes is a big part in being a part of the Monument Men. Some of you learned this from the failure of your classmates, and some of them learned this, well the hard way. However, taking notes is not the only big factor of being a Monument Man. It may seem like I am taking this good notes stuff too far, but believe me, you will need these skills if you want to be successful. Now this next part of the simulation not only test your physical ability to find the paintings, but the efficiency of the time given to you. Along the way you will face many faults as we did and that's ok, it just how you persevere through the faults that matter. So, I shall now take you to the caves where you will start true exploration.   https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111699669 2016-05-19 15:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111699669                                                                               Monument Men Digital Map https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111700603 2016-05-19 16:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111700603                                                                         Monument Men Art Gallery https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111731171 2016-05-19 18:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111731171                                                                  Genre #3: speech and exploration,                                                            (Have them divide into their teams) For the next few minutes you all will be looking for your paintings in a monument men simulation. The task is simple, find your painting based off the information already given to you. The first group of monument children to succeed in the task will be rewarded w/ great respect from the artist community. Not only because you have found a great masterpiece, but in some cases a centerpiece from a religion, or even a country. All of these things the Monument Men were finding, which believe me was a lot of, were not always paintings. Take for example group 4, their piece is a crown stolen from the Rulers of Hungary. That of course I had found (shrug). As you can imagine, stealing a counties royal crown is a pretty big deal to some, so you can say I'm pretty much a hero. Since you kids are still pretty young, you may look up to a hero like me. Knowing that people want to follow in my footsteps makes me feel so good and I'm sure you guys would feel good too. However, to become such a hero you need to be able to understand/ withstand many things. The first thing you people need to know about is the true struggles, the struggles that we had faced. Not only did we have to keep ourselves together physically, but also mentally. You had to withstand fitting through small caves, and of course getting VERY dirty. However, the more common struggle had to be not being overwhelmed by things. We may be given the task to retrieve, classify, and price 3000 paintings in one day. This may seem like the hardest thing to do in the world, but we understood that no job is easy. So, we are going to make you not only find you painting, but find classify, and price 1000 paintings. I joke, that would be too easy 3000 paintings. What? Ok fine, only 30 paintings, but don't make me raise the amount, because believe123 me I will. That is just a warning. Now I hesitate to say this, but I’m going to give you but one hint, paintings are not always where they seem, look high and low, and heck with it look medium, wherever you can. The final hint is… well actually you’ll find out in a bit. You will have 2 minutes. Only one person from each group in the cave at once. When you are not in the cave you will be looking in the research center where you will be trying to classify each of the paintings you found. Once one person finds a painting, it is next person’s turn. Any questions? Gut. Jetzt gehen, müssen Sie nicht viel Zeit. Ihr Plan schnell entwickeln. What? Oh yeah, that means go and develop a plan as quick as you can.                                                                                                                                                                                                   Have them make a plan- go in the caves | Set a timer for 2 minutes |                                                                                                                                                                                                      At 1:30 tell them that there is hints as to where there painting was found on the backs of other paintings.|                                                                                                                                                                                                      At 1:00 tell them that my crew would have definitely found all of the paintings by now |                                                                                                                                                                                                       At 45 sec. tell them to use their hints to their advantage |                                                                                                                                                                                                      At 30 sec. tell them is it really that hard. |                                                                                                                                                                                                       At 25 sec. tell them you're having fun at least right. |                                                                                                                                                                                                      At 15 sec. Start counting down from 5, wait you still have ten seconds left, go, go ,go|   https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111732251 2016-05-19 18:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111732251 3-4 Genre Transition script     As you may now know, having a plan is a pretty big part of being a Monument Man. The ones who followed directions and made a plan stood out amongst the other groups, while the ones who didn’t, act as a disgrace to the artist community. The students who decided to do their own thing, while others worked hard,  ended up almost as useless as ST math. Nobody likes ST math, nd for that reason you shall stay here and get a scolding for their careless actions, while I proceed with the students who were able to complete the task. (Take the students to the next Genre). https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111737136 2016-05-19 18:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111737136                                                                                             Genre#4:script                                                                                These are the successes! The ones who were able to follow the rules and become a great help to the artist community. I am proud to say that I have raised all of you to become great helps in one of the most important war efforts of all time, the Monument Men. (Look proud) And on the other side, the rejects of Monument Men school. We successes could laugh at the rejects for their foolishness, but that is not the main purpose of the M-Men. The Monument Men were made to help people not to laugh at someone because of a simple mistake. For that reason, we will all be looking at a documentary of real-life Monument Men like me. This will help guys learn even more about these particular people, and also how our jobs connect with the generation today. Plus, your teacher, Mrs. Rife is it, says it is always good to put a face with a story.   https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111737348 2016-05-19 18:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111737348                                                                                           Bibliograhies https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111741656 2016-05-19 19:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111741656 Work cited https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111741813 2016-05-19 19:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111741813 HGenre #4-closing remarks: Tenacity, Perseverance, self motivations, some of my favorite words that without them you and me alike would never have been able to reach such heights, and achieve such goals. https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111779596 2016-05-20 01:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111779596 https://vimeo.com/167470272  https://padlet.com/hornickamanda/qy84k44k253n/wish/111918682 Interview with The Monument Men

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