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200 BCE
Hide and Seek (GAME)
Hide-and-seek is a traditional children's game. Players (at least three) need to be found by one or more seekers. One player is chosen and then closing their eyes s/he counts to a number (like 100) while the other players hide. After counting to 100 the player tries to locate the rest of the players who are hidden in the surroundings. The player found last is the winner and is chosen to be the seeker in the next game.
Origins: 200BC Greece -
70 BCE
Colosseum (Monument)
Also known as "Flavian Amphitheatre" is an amphiteatre in Rome.
It is the largest amphiteatre even built.
The Colosseum could host between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators. They were used to make gladiator contests, spectacles as see battles, animal hunts, dramas and so on.
They named it "Collosseum" for its colossal dimensions. -
1173
Tower of Pisa (Monument)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower in Pisa, Italy. It is famous because it is not vertical. When the second floor was built in 1178, the tower started to lean. This was because it had a small three-meter foundation in soft soil. Originally the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees. After restoration work between 1990 and 2001 this angle was reduced to 3.97 degrees. Construction of the Tower of Pisa started in the year 1173 and was completed in 1372. Construction stopped due to wars. -
Gulliver´s Travels, by Jonathan Swift (book)
Gulliver embarks on four separate voyages in Gulliver’s Travels. There is a storm before every journey. All the four voyages add new perspectives to Gulliver’s life and also give him new opportunities for satirizing the ways of England. -
Impression, Sunrise (PAINTING)
This painting was made by Claude Monet, a french painter who named this painting "impression, soleil levant" in his language.
Monet was known for being one of the first "impressionists" painters and started the "impressionist movement".
In the painting we can see Le Havre, Monet's hometown.
This painting can be seen in Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris. -
Sunflowers (PAINTING)
"Sunflowers" is the name of a Vincent van Gogh painting. You can see this painting in his museum "Van Gogh Museum" in Amsterdam.
Vincent was a Dutch painter. He painted in France, so the original title is "Tournesols" in French.
He loved painting those sunflowers and made different series.
New pigments were invented and he used those to create new yellow tones. That's why his paintings were so innovative.
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Eiffel Tower (Monument)
You can find the Eiffel Tower on Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
It has its name for its engineer Gustave Eiffel.
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall and it is the tallest structure in Paris.
The tower has tree levels. You can go on the top on foot trough several stairs or you can get a lift.
The views from the top are amazing! -
Hot Potato (GAME)
Hot potato is a party game that involves players gathering in a circle and tossing a small object or even a real potato to each other while music plays. The player who is holding the object when the music stops is eliminated.
The origins of the hot potato game are not clear. However, it may go back as far as 1888, and they would use a lighted candle. The one in whose hand the light expired had to pay a forfeit. -
Composition V, Vasili Kandinski (Painting)
Vasili Kandinski -
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S.Lewis (book)
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are four siblings who are sent to live in the country with the eccentric Professor Kirke during World War II. The children explore the house on a rainy day and Lucy, the youngest, finds an enormous wardrobe. Lucy steps inside and finds herself in a strange, snowy and magical world. -
We will rock you, by Queen (SONG)
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
Singin'
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you... -
Harry Potter and the philosopher's Stone, by J.K.Rowling (book)
Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. -
Pirates of the Caribbean (movie)
This is a Disney film series, which gathers the adventures lived by a peculiar pirate named Jack Sparrow and his unique crew. The film series is composed of five films and each of them explains a different adventure. -
The Simpsons (movie)
The Simpsons Movie is an American animated comedy film based on the television series The Simpsons. Thanks to Lisa Simpson, Lake Springfield is cleaned up from pollution. However, Homer Simpson manages to damage the good cause, thus leading to EPA placing a large dome over Springfield. -
Despicable Me (movie)
This is a comedy film who explains the adventure of a criminal mastermind named Gru. He has prepared a malicious plan to steal the moon and he counts with the help of an army of little minions and an arsenal of war machines. He has everything planned except for a last surprise: three adorable orphan girls who want to make him their dad. -
Happy, by Pharrell Williams (SONG)
It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break
I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don't care baby by the way
Huh, because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do... -
Shake it off, by Taylor Swift
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off -
Dodgeball (GAME)
Dodgeball is a game that consists of two teams trying to throw balls at each other while avoiding being hit themselves.
The main objective of each team is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls.
The number of balls can vary, but more balls means more fun!
Fun fact: international dodgeball day is April 27th.
Watch the video for the rules!
