Exercise 1 - madametussaudslespakket.nl

Barack Obama, Justin Timberlake, David Beckham … Where else than at
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam can you stand face to face with all the stars
of yesterday and today? Stars who have influenced our history and will
colour our future!
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam is the ideal destination for a school trip
that’s not only informative but a whole lot of fun as well!
Take a spectacular journey through time with your students. The journey
starts in the Golden Age, with merchant Claas Janszoon telling you all about
the glory days of the Dutch East India Company and introducing you to the
most prominent people from the 17th century. After that, we leap through
time to the present day.
Nowhere else will you meet so many famous faces in one place. From movie
stars to sports heroes, and from world leaders to national and international
artists - Madame Tussauds has something for everyone!
What’s more, Madame Tussauds has gone interactive. Try your hand at
our celebrities’ jobs. Rule the country from the office of Prime Minister
Balkenende, for example, or sneak into the painting next to the Mona Lisa.
If you’re more of a fashion buff, then supermodel Doutzen Kroes is waiting
for you to join her on the catwalk. Perhaps you prefer training your abs with
David Beckham or practise your ball skills with no one less than Ronaldinho
himself. Don’t forget your camera!
Introduction
page 1
Worksheet: The Golden Age
page 2
Worksheet: Art
page 3
Worksheet: The Dutch Royal House
page 4
Worksheet: World Leaders
page 5
Worksheet: Music
page 6
Worksheet: Sport
page 7
Worksheet: How is a wax figure made?
page 8
Worksheet: The life of Madame Tussaud
page 13
This is the Madame Tussauds teaching package, specially developed for
secondary school students.
The teaching material provides a good basis for a school trip to Madame
Tussauds Amsterdam and offers a fun and educational approach to
introducing students to various themes that form part of their regular
syllabus as well as at Madame Tussauds Amsterdam: the Golden Age, art,
the Dutch Royal house and world leaders. Naturally, we also explain who
Madame Tussaud is and how a wax figure is made.
Learning objectives
Students develop themselves on the following points:
After the visit
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam attaches great importance to the opinions
of its visitors. Did the attraction meet your expectations? Were there
elements you found were missing or would have preferred to be different?
And which stars would you like to see at Madame Tussauds if you could
choose?
Please give us your feedback by filling in the brief questionnaire at the
so-called ‘Merlin pillar’ after your visit to Madame Tussauds.
Independently carry out assignments in class
Learn how to work together in small groups
Prepare a simple presentation
Think and work creatively
Your viewpoint is important to us! You are also welcome to e-mail your
feedback to [email protected].
Preparation
The teaching material gives you the opportunity to encourage your
students to participate actively in the lessons. Special worksheets have
been developed for the students for this purpose. The topics covered in the
teaching material fit in well with the subject matter of current school
curricula. You can copy these worksheets and hand them out in class.
The assignments can be carried out before or after the visit to Madame
Tussauds. The teaching material can be used in history class, or for arts and
culture subjects or as project material.
In addition to the education package, our website:
www.madametussauds.nl also provides background information to give
you the opportunity for a more in-depth coverage of certain topics.
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One tip when you visit
Why not take a few disposable cameras along to Madame Tussauds
Amsterdam? Your students can then take photos of one another with
their favourite stars.
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Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
The shipping merchants who traded with Asia started
working together in 1602. This resulted in the
establishment of the Dutch East India Company. A journey
undertaken by one of these ships could take up to more
than two years! Many of the crew died along the way.
Can you think of reasons why?
Answer: Mutiny, Diseases, such as scurvy or the plague,
Pirates and Food shortages
Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
Find the following words in the puzzle below. All the
words have something to do with the Golden Age
and have been written vertically, horizontally or
diagonally. The remaining letters form a sentence:
Answer:
The Netherlands flourished in the Golden Age!
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Exercise 3
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Show the class a number of pai
Dalí and
Picasso, Rembrandt, van Gogh,
Mondriaan.
why.
Ask which one they prefer and
Exercise 5
Exercise 2
ups of 4 students each. Ask
Divide the class into gro
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each group to choose a fam
of
ber
mem
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up. Next, ask eac
appeals to them as a gro
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qua
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the group to paint
4 separate parts can be
painting, after which the
driptych!
joined to form a real qua
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Exercise 4
The students are asked to identify the
artists depicted in the paintings.
Answer:
,
3
,
True / False
Vincent van Gogh was a
painter in the Expressioni
st
style.
Rembrandt did not earn
much from his painting,
so he
was forced to file for bank
ruptcy in 1656.
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True / False
Exercise 1
tch Royal family.
members of the Du
Below is a list of names of important
Match the names to their photos.
Queen Beatrix / photo 3
Princess Juliana / photo 4
Princess Wilhelmina / photo 1
Princess Máxima / photo 2
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Exercise 2
Exercise 3
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arrested, but should
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beate
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are
you
if
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reven
ce. This will force
patien
with
hips
hards
instead bear these
your oppressors to feel shame and humiliation and
subsequently change their ways.
What is this theory also called?
Answer: Satyagraha
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Did you know that...
Gandhi was forced to
leave a first class
compartment at the
Pietermaritzburg train
statio n in South Africa
in 1893 because he was
non white?
The 1982
, film entitled
Gandhi portrayed the
life of Mahatma Gandhi?
And that the film won
eight Oscars, including
the award for Best
Picture, Best Director,
Best Original Screenplay
and Best Actor in a
Leading Role!
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Musical styles
Madame Tussauds is home to many singers, both stars of the
past and of today. Below is a list of musical stars, each from a
different musical style.
Assignment
s to the
The students are asked to link the musical style
correct artists.
Bob Marley
Reggae
DJ Tiësto
Electro/Techno/Trance
Jon Bon Jovi
Rock
Ali B
Rap
Elvis Presley
Rock & Roll
Frans Bauer
Sentimental songs
James Brown
R&B
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Exercise 2
Exercise 1
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Imagine you r students are
sports
reporters for the radio
and are
asked to write a report
on the
exciting finals in wh ich
one of
their fav ourite sports sta
rs is
playing as well. Ask the
m to
describe the mos t exciti
ng part
of the match in no more
than 200
words.
Did you know
that...
Beckham is mar
ried
as one of the five to Victoria Adams, who becam
e famous
members of the
British girl grou
Spice Girls, wher
p called
e her nickname
was ‘Posh Spice’
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?
pated in a comm
er
World, where h
e played the role cial for Walt Disney
of Prince Philip
Beauty?
in Sleeping
Beckham chose
23 as his shirt n
umber when he
Real Madrid, pos
played for
sibly as a tribute
to Michael Jord
always wore th
an, who
e number 23 wh
en playing for th
Bulls?
e Chicago
Did you know that...
Armstrong won the Tour de
France seven times in succes
sion
between 1999 and 2005?
Did you know that…
Armstrong recovered from
cancer in 1998, and made
his first
comeback to cycling in 19
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Armstrong said he did not
want to earn any money fro
m his
comeback? And that all the
money he makes goes dire
ctly
towards the cancer research
foundation Livestrong that
he had
set up himself?
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who made
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a
A. The making of
wax figure
Exercise 2
,
s critically
work of artist
Analysing the
rials
the process
owledg e of mate
for each step of
Implementing kn
ed
us
help
e
ar
s
em
ich it
critical eye to
Es ta blishing wh
photos with a
d
an
es
ag
im
udying
Viewing and st
eir own work
p id eas for th
lo
ve
ing new ones
st ud ents de
ucts and design
od
pr
ng
ti
is
ex
chnique
Analysing
r style and te
fo
g
in
el
fe
a
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whose wax
lete. The person
mp
co
to
hs
nt
mo
taken and his
kes 3 to 4
s measurements
hi
ve
A wax figu re ta
ha
,
se
po
gu re is sculpted
made has to
gle. Next, the fi
an
le
figu re is being
ib
ss
po
y
taken of the
n from ever
al impression is
nt
de
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.
photograph take
or
pt
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ed.
ofessional sc
eyes are select
in clay by a pr
is t, and glass
ad is created.
nt
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th
th
of
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into. Once th is
figu re is comple
wax is poured
en
When the clay
lt
be
mo
e
to
th
y
e
ad
re
form wher
wh ich is then
A mould is the
from the head,
ed
el
pe
is
r
te
do ne, the plas
painted!
Ask the students to find 3 images
of sculptures on the internet
and/or in magazines or books.
Next, ask them to analyse the
various sculptures, their artists
and the materials used.
Exercise 3
Figures can be made from a variety of
materials. At Madame Tussauds, wax is
used, because it is the best material for
making the figures appear lifelike.
Of course, a wax figure also includes other
materials:
Photos - Clay - Metal - Fibreglass
This exercise encourages students to think
about the different materials and to
ascertain how suitable each material is
for copying a specific shape.
1. Glass
transparent
2. Metal
stable
3. Clay
pliable
4. Sponge
absorbent
Exercise 4
Answer: 1. Take measurements
Exercise 1
2. Sculpt clay figure
3. Pour wax
4. Plaster mould
5. Colouring
The series of photos show how wax figures are made at Madame Tussauds and can be used to illustrate
the separate steps in the manufacturing process.
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Imagine a wax figu re of each stu
,
dent s
fav ourite star has just been comp
leted
and is ready for a spectacular unv
eiling
at Madame Tussauds next week. Ask
you r
students to write a striking arti
cle about
it for the newspaper in no more
than 200
words.
B. The self-portrait
What is a self-portrait?
The wax figures that you can admire at Madame
use they
Tussauds are also called ‘wax portraits’ beca
to the
them
ble
resem
and
ons
pers
us
are images of famo
smallest detail. The face, the hair, the height and the
dimensions of the body are copied exactly. If an artist
makes a creative likeness of himself, it is called a
self-portrait.
Many famous artists have painted self-portraits,
including:
Exercise 1
A self-portrait says a lot about a person. It also shows
the fashions of the time, how people lived and can also
tell us more about important events.
The aim of this exercise is to
encourage students
to compare various self portra
its with different
interpretations. This should lea
d to discussion s about
the selected images. The clothin
g, facial expression s,
ges tures and foregrounds and
backgrounds can reveal
a lot about the per son in the
painting.
Ensure that, when viewing the
portrait, students concentrate
on the following
aspects:
Contents
the per son and backgroun
d depicted in the painti
ng
Shape
layout and grouping of
the objects
How was the portrait mad
e?
materials, processes and
techniques used
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Exercise 2 Create your own self-portrait!
The aim of this assignment is to encourage students to discover their own personality.
They create images that reflect their own ideas from observances, memories and fantasy.
Use a mirror when painting your self-portrait and remember to keep looking in the mirror
as you work.
How do you go about it?
B Is your self-port
ra
it done?
Let the st ud ents
take an other crit
ical
look at their po
rtraits to determ
ine
wh ich facial expr
ession s and feat
ures
he/she has mana
ged to capt ure,
and
wh ich not.
C
Draw a horizontal line to mark the
height of your eyes.
Draw a vertical line through the middle
and draw 5 ovals along the eye line.
Draw another line to mark the tip
of your nose.
Draw a third line to show the position of
your mouth.
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Swap self-portraits with a
fellow student.
Let the students swap self-portraits
fellow students. Let them determine with
which facial expressions and featur
he/she has managed to capture andes
which not.
C. Sketching the figure in 3D
e the
Visitors to Madame Tussauds hav
to their
e
clos
opportunity to get really
from
them
fav ourite star s and to observe
important
every angle. That is why it is so
auds create
that the artists of Madame Tuss
the
es
mbl
a figu re that closely rese
original from every angle.
Exercise 2
.
drawing of live objects
This exercise trains the st create a sketch and
fir
Instruct the students to for their object while
se
to focus on a specific po
sketching.
3-D drawing with a
After having practised choose someone whom
ts
mannequin, the studen
ro,
pt. It can be a sports he
they would like to scul
of
rld
someone from the wo
a movie star or singer, eir own friends.
th
showbiz, or even one of
Exercise 1
Students can
experiment by
applying various
sketching and shading
methods and making
use of different
drawing tools when
shading the object.
Now turn the figure
sideways and draw it
from the side.
There should ideally
be one artist’s
mannequin per two
students. If this is not
possible, students can
also work in larger
groups if the
mannequin is
Position an artist’s
positioned in clear mannequin in front of you and
view for everyone.
draw it facing the front.
Try a few other poses and
draw the mannequin from
these angles as well. Save
your series of sketches for later.
Turn it again so it faces
away from you
and draw the back.
ing a complete
. In stead of do
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et
sk
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that they
to th
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st ud ents can al
colour sketch,
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on the variou
will later use
e following:
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on
e
us
n
ca
ey
Th
Felt tip pens
loured pencils
Co
Watercolou r
Exercise 3
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D. Make your own sculptur
e
Students will need a large
mber of drawings and ph
model from various anglesnu
to be able to sculpt their suotos of their
bject properly.
Next, the material that best
be selected. Students will nesuits the style of the planned figure can
with the selected substance ed to discover the best way of working
figure will ultimately determi. After all, the material chosen for the
example, a soft, pliable subs ne the look of the final product. For
realistic effect, while metal tance such as clay gives you a more
gives a more abstract result
.
After the material for the scu
should be given time to explolpture has been selected, students
re the qualities of the mater
ial.
Remind your students that
drawings and photos while they have to keep referring to the
match your sculpture to thesculpting. This will enable them to
original from every angle to
a perfect replica of the real sta
create
r!!!
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Assignment
SSAUD
TIMELINE: MADAME TU
nent
d finds a permaildi
Madame Tussau
ibition at a bu eetng
venue for her exh
ker Str
called ‘The Bazaar’ on Ba
in London.
is born in
Marie Grosholtzght
er of Joseph
the Alsace, dau
ltz.
and Anne Marie Grosho
French soldier, th
Marie marries a d.
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sau
Tus
is
nço
Fra
first a daughter
to three children:
th) and then two
dies shortly aftanerdbir
nçois.
Fra
eph
Jos
sons -
Marie is called back to
Paris.
son Joseph,
Together with her
tland, Ireland
Marie tours Sco
and England with her
exhibition.
nce together
Marie leaves Frason
Joseph
with her eldestEnglan
She
and travels tot exhibitd.
at
holds her firs atre. ion
the Lyceum The
s and Marie inherits
Dr Curtius dieibit
his entire exh ion.
s
pupil of Dr Curtiu
Marie becomes afirs
Voltaire.
t wax figure: Lou
is XVI,
and creates her
,
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royal
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tut
art
the
be
to
rie
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s
invite
.
household at Versailles
Fill in the missing words in the following text:
The options are given in italics (Madame Tussaud, 1802,
London, Louis XVI, Hong Kong, 80, Alsace, New York,
1970, Versailles, London, Dr Curtius, Berlin, Voltaire, 74)
d dies, bequeathing
Madame Tussau
o sons.
her exhibition to her tw
tside
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lverst t in
England is opened on Ka
Amsterdam.
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Marie Grosholtz was born in the Alsace in 1761.
Dr Curtius taught her how to make wax figures.
Her first wax figure was of Voltaire. Word of her talent
quickly spread and Louis XVI asked her to come and
teach at the court in Versailles. Madame Tussaud
decided to go to England in the year 1802. There she
travelled with her exhibition for years.
At the age of 74, Madame Tussaud decided to give her
exhibition a permanent venue in the city of London, at
Baker Street Bazaar.
Marie Tussaud created her final self-portrait at the
age of 80.
Nowadays, wax figures can be admired in cities all over
the world, including Berlin / London / Hong Kong /
New York, Washington, Shanghai, Hollywood and Las
Vegas. The first Madame Tussauds in the Netherlands
was opened in Amsterdam in 1970, after which the
attraction moved from Kalverstraat to the Dam in 1991.