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Now coming to some really amazing news that we would seriously like to share with students as it will give them some more shivers and will make them jump with joy and happiness.
The series, based on author George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood, follows the the Targaryen family 300 years before the events of the original series. And in the first glimpse of the new series, the relatives of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) are sporting the mother of dragon's white-blond hair.
“House of the Dragon has been in development for several years (though the title has changed a couple of times during that process),” Martin wrote on his blog in response to news of the series pickup.
“It was actually the first concept I pitched to HBO when we started talking about a successor show, way back in the summer of 2016.”
House of Dragon recently began production and is set to debut in 2022. The three images show five of the series' characters standing stoically on a beach (maybe the shores of Dragonstone, the longtime seat of Targaryen power) clad in Westeros' best finery.
credits: HBO
The second image shows Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower and his daughter Alicent Hightower.
Otto is the Hand of the King to the current ruler of Westeros, King Viserys Targaryen.
"Ser Otto loyally and faithfully serves both his king and his realm," according to HBO's character description. "As the Hand sees it, the greatest threat to the realm is the king's brother, Daemon, and his position as heir to the throne."
Alicent is described by HBO as "the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms." She was raised in the Red Keep, in King's Landing, "close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen."
credits: HBO
In the final image, Steve Toussaint is pictured as Lord Corlys Velaryon, aka "The Sea Snake."
He's the heir to a house of Valyrian blood as old as the Targaryens, and is "the most famed nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros. Lord Corlys built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world."
The real hints for fans eager for the new series are in the character descriptions HBO provided along with the three images in a news release.
The show will debut on HBO and on its streaming platform HBO Max in 2022. Let's be patient.
But you can show the spinoff to your students. They will be glad! These images provide glimpses of the cast, which features ‘The Crown’s Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint and more.
Education:
A play and a prequel? A true sequel? Yes. Two interesting themes to include into your lessons - remote learning or in-person lessons.
As I wrote, a Narrative textlets us know something. It tells us what happened. It tells us a story. Our students love to hear narrations. And Game of Thrones was a huge success among young people. Among teachers as well.
Movies, TV and streaming series based on children and teen books are an attractive and enjoyable digital resources to motivate students to read at school or on remote learning.
So, we can motivate young readers, presenting literary books trough movies, actually, streaming series or TV series due the Covid-19 pandemic.
House of the Dragons
The first look at the dragons have been aired
credits: picture HBO
Whatever we take from this series, everything is just extremely fantastic and fabulous. Don't you think?
The bestselling inspired the popular HBO streaming saga Game of Thrones. And it was the HBO series that inspired students to read the books. Movies or series offer teachers and students a nice captivating push!
Some teen literature is difficult for the 'screen-generation' to read. Movies or TV series adaptation can help students to understand better those books, to appreciate and enjoy the book by having a different approach before... or after.
They strain to hear the latest news about what happens over the week and they rush to watch the latest TV or streaming series that promise a good story! We know that! So, get ready!
House of the Dragon Golden Globe Best Drama Series
Stephen Hawking died today (March 14), leaving behind a massive legacy of work as an astrophysicist, science communicator, activist, and figure of pop culture admiration."
Rafi Letzter, Space.com
Indeed. As a teacher, I would like to remember the physicist and brighter star Stephen Hawking as one of the most innovative mind, a visionary and creative mind in the field of cosmology.
It's my tribute to a man who didn't give up, after diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. His courage, persistence and scientific work inspired me as global audiences in the millions.
"It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining,"
Hawking, 2005
With his courage, humor, and sapience helped me and all the teachers and practitioners to bring appealing science and humanities into school curriculum.
Curricula became more attractive for students and easier for teachers to enhance skills in-person lessons or distance learning.
‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’
Stephen Hawking
Oh! Yes, we love teaching, love our students and it will be difficult to be a teacher without passion.
Prof. Hawkingrevolutionized completely the concept of science bringing a captivate way to talk about sciencefollowing the publication of his 1988 popular science book "A Brief History of Time," his most important scientific work was behind him.
"In 1988, I was a recipient of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for publishing my short book."
For teachers and students, "Hawking’s intuition and wicked sense of humor that marked him out as much as the fierce intellect that, coupled with his illness, came to symbolize the unbounded possibilities of the human mind."
Videos, conferences, books and comic books were and are awesome resources to include into school lessons.
Biopic:
And his biopic was a huge success! Students and teachers went to the theaters to watch The Theory of Everything. We loved it!
The film had a huge impact on students. They loved the film so much and asked to read the book in the classroom. We compared with the film, discussing both.
Activity:
We developed an interesting cross-curricular project : Languages, Sciences, Music and Multimedia. We were so excited, teachers and students. The project was well succeeded and opened to the entire school staff.
As impressionable young students, it was a tremendous thrill to meet such a celebrity and renowned physicist who entered in their classroom through a speech-generating devices, books, film or TV series as The Simpson or The Big Bang Theory. So captivating to students! An honor to us as teachers to bring wonderful digital resources into our lessons.
As an innovative educator since the 90's, it was a joy to share my dreams and projects with my students: practicing both in-person lessons and hybrid learning (online learning).
“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”
Stephen Hawking
Hawking's most famous paper, Black Hole Explosions?, published in 1974, 44 years ago, took a hatchet to the whole notion of black holes as physicists had previous understood them. And it was Hawking's first whack at that basic question.
Teachers are always thinking in captivating the students mind to a better learning and performance. So, they understood immediately how amazing is science by the voice and books of Stephen Hawking. And they did incredible experiences. And grew up to his example of courage and persistence.
We will miss you Prof. Hawking. But we will follow you looking up at the stars.
"Look up at the stars not, not down at your feet."
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