Unit2_Peaky Blinders&history

Unit 4 -By order of the Peaky Blinders

Axes: 5) Fictions and realities // 8) Territory and memory

Begin

By order of the Peaky Blinders

2) The Peaky Blinders crew

3) Who are you, PB?

Introduction - Welcome to Birmingham

4) The 10 rules of the Peaky Blinders

6) Prepare your final task

5) Strategy session about your mission

Welcome to Birmingham

You are the newest members of our organization and you have been recruited for a crucial mission: the Birmingham police and other gangs are after us, so everything here is highly confidential. To check your skills and your loyalty, you have to follow a Peaky Blinders training in 5 steps

Welcome to Birmingham

Step 1 - Learn everything you need about the Peaky Blinders and Birmingham

Welcome to Birmingham

Step 2 - Complete the Peaky Blinder history card

2) The Peaky Blinders crew

2) The Peaky Blinders crew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZy0knYMxhQ

2) Discover the Peaky Blinders crew

Your task today - role-play a Peaky Blinder member: again, welcome to the PB: today, you sit and talk with 3 of the most important members of the Shelby family and learn more about them1) Pick a character card : this is you for today! 2) Focus on information about personality & role in the family 3) Be ready to ask and answer questions to the other members

2) The Peaky Blinders crew

2) The Peaky Blinders crew

2) Your turn - Training task n°1 = POC: present the character you play on Peaky Blinders: you are inventing a new character coming to the show: describe your character and his personality during an interview! Your character can be: -A war friend of Tommy who comes back to town -The sister of Tommy's first love -A new member of the Peaky Blinders

3) Who are you, PB?

Your task today - PE - Write your Peaky Blinders member card: congratulations, you passed the first two steps of your training, you are almost a real Peaky Blinder now. BUT, we need to know a little more about you: today, write your member card, explaining your skills and your background to the leaders of the family:

What does a perfect Peaky Blinder need?

Personality: History: Grammar - rappel: exprimer la capacité

Recap

-savoir se battre -gérer les finances -connaître Birmingham par coeur -être le bras droit de -être capable de -manier les armes -apporter son expérience -accomplir une mission -précieux / de valeur -compétent -impitoyable -avoir l’esprit aiguisé -passer inaperçu -courageux -observateur -calme

Recap

As a new PB member, …

3) Who are you, PB?

3) The mystery Tommy Shelby

3) The mystery Tommy Shelby

3) The mystery Tommy Shelby

3) The mystery Tommy Shelby

Your turn - Training task n°1 = ...

4) The 10 rules of the Peaky Blinders

Your task – write the 10 rules to become a « Peaky Blinder »: take a look at the poster here to help, and use at least 5 Birmingham slang words in your 10 rules.

5) Peaky Blinders' character cards

Your task today - role-play a Peaky Blinder member: imagine and play a scene in the role of your character: 1) Discover your character card and give a few details about him / her: 2) Imagine a scene where Polly, Tommy and Arthur are fighting about the business: -Arthur wants to attack a rival gang, the Birmingham boys, to have a bigger territory.-Polly and Tommy thinks it’s not smart and want to make an alliance with them.

5) Fiction versus reality

Your task today - discover and analyze the fidelity of the TV show to reality:

6) Prepare your final task

Brainstorm - Fiction versus reality: 1) 100% faithful versus 100% invention: what is your personal opinion?

2) Do you agree with this sentence from Steven Knight, the creator of the show? "I think it's very important to mythologize the working class: in England, we don't celebrate working class culture."

6) Prepare your final task

Your final task: 1) “Embody Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, who is speaking about the next season of the show”: as the creator of Peaky Blinders, you have to explain to Netflix executives what the new season will be about: present the plot, the historical context and what will happen between the characters, old and new (5 min).2)“Present the pitch of a new historical TV show about a historical moment”: you have created a new historical TV show for Netflix, focusing on one period in history: present the context, the characters and your interpretation of real events (5min).