150th Anniversary of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. PBL 1 BATX.

Welcome to the 2015 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 150th Anniversary!

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. To celebrate it, we've prepared a PBL activity for our 1st Batxillerat students on the different topics in the book. 

Our students were divided in 11 groups and they had to work on different aspects. Each group drew one of the characters in the story. You can see them in our Batxillerat corridor. They are real artists!!

Then, they were asked to find information on a topic and write it down. Only 1 page. So we could also place their writings at the corridor.

They've learnt many things about the story!! These are a few of their writings: 

"Lewis Carroll’s real name is Charles Ludwidge Dogson. He was born in January 1832 and died in January 1898 when he was 65.  He was an English writer, mathematician, logician, deacon and photographer"

Albert, Aida, Marc, Clara  

"Alice Pleasance Liddell was an English girl who inspired the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis’ real name) and Alice were friends since Alice was a little girl."

Diana, Mònica, Arnau, Brittany 

"The White Rabbit may represent Alice’s father in Wonderland, Dean Liddel, the main coincidence is that both of them are  always late, as we can see in the book."

Ainhoa, Ignasi, Javi, Laia 

"The Cheshire Cat is a really important character in Lewis Carroll’s book, it represents madness. It is the Duchess cat, Alice finds it in a tree when she leaves the Duchess' house. The cat is able to disappear and appear when he wants; he always has a big smile on his face. However, it is the only character that listens Alice and explains her which are the rules of Wonderland, for example when he says: “Everyone is mad here, even you Alice”. 

Dani, Gerard, Mireia, Elena 

"The expression “to be mad as a March hare” is used, of course, to describe people who act as if they were lunatic. This quote became popular when Lewis Carroll included the March Hare in his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She is always doing rare things. For instance, she thinks that she is at Tea Time all the time. She also celebrates a Party of Unbirthday!"

 Laura, Paula, Ana, Joel

“Animal, Vegetable or Mineral” is a popular Victorian parlour game.

In the book,  the game appears when Alice meets the Duchess 

and she tells her:

"Flamingo's and mustard both bite"

Alice responds:

"Only mustard isn't a bird. It's a mineral, I think"

In Through the Looking Glass, the Lion asks Alice:

"Are you animal - vegetable - or mineral?" "

                Ru, Cèlia, Enric, Aitor

And finally, they were also asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to be explained in front of all the class. This time, about a different and more demanding topic such as GROWING UP, IDENTITY or CURIOSITY, FANTASY and REALITY, GROWING UP, LOGIC SYLLOGISMS or MATHEMATICS and ALGEBRA. 

Some groups have also had time to prepare some activities related to the story of Alice for our Primary Education boys and girls. So, very soon we'll go to their classes to work with them.

It's really been a rewarding experience for all of us. And we want to conclude by giving you a couple of wonderful quotes: 

“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.” 

― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” 

― Lewis Carroll