FR HA WAR & ART

The activity took place to commemorate a historic event in the city (the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo) and as part of a course on war in French poetry. First, each student selected a painting or film (or documentary) about war, regardless of its temporal or spatial context. Students were not allowed to choose the same work, and had to agree to cover a variety of periods and places.

They were then asked to explore the work they had chosen from different angles, filling in a digital document sent to them by the teacher :

-cartel: title, artist, date, genre, location

-biography of the artist 

-historical, social and cultural context 

-description of the work

-interpretation of the work 

-links between the work and current political events

-links between the work and three other cultural works 

They were given several instructions for completing the digital document : 

-use the specified font and font size

-produce a two-page document

-illustrate cultural events (books, films, exhibitions, theatre performances, etc.) with a picture.

All digital documents were collected, sorted chronologically, and compiled into a booklet entitled ‘War and Art,’ which was distributed to the whole class and can be consulted in the school library.