Those not familiar with Brian Selznick or one of his novels The Invention of Hugo Cabret may or may not know that Brian takes extreme effort in understanding and expertising his writing by thoroughly researching his topics. One awesome aspect of the story of Hugo is learning about Hugo and Isabelle's fondness for silent films. This could easily be passed over, unless of course you bring the films into the class. Today we brought in a few of the films mentioned (so far):
- Safety, Last! - we watched the most famous scene (also mentioned in Hugo) where the character is trying to climb a building and has many mishaps along the way
- The Clock Store - mentioned as a trailer prior to the start of a movie in the early 1900's:
- Le Million - the movie that Hugo and Isabelle go to watch at the movie theater (this is only the trailer):
We had a great time watching these films. They provided some needed perspective as to how different, but also how much alike, our lives are to those who lived in the early 1900's. We are excited to see what movies pop up as we move along.
We are also in the process of wrapping up our famous inventor cubes. These cubes contain information about all sorts of inventors. They will be displayed at our "Trash to Treasure Invention Fair" on June 5.
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