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The world is formed by people who have a firm conviction and the courage and ability to express it:




Listen! Now I’m talking! is about language and democracy.

The 7th graders have a very concrete mission:
Make up your mind about an opinion that you are passionate
about, something that you think should be changed, be improved, be highlighted
or be banned! You should in words and pictures propagate your opinion and
convince as many people as possible that your opinion is correct!


In the school subject Swedish Language they write an argumentative text, which they shorten and transform into A Letter to the Editor and try to get printed in a newspaper. They will also prepare a speech, arguing for their opinion. 

In the school subject Arts & Media the create a propaganda poster, using a combination of techniques: sculptures in plasteline, drawing, painting and photography. Finally, they use Photoshop to combine the different elements with words into an effective and persuasive poster. To get aqquainted with world of digital art they have completed some exercises: creating graffiti style versions of their own names, messing around with Mona-Lisa and creating montages of their own drawings and photographs from Flickr. 

In the school subject Social studies the learn about the world of advertisement and propaganda, as it is now and in a historical context. There is also music with a political agenda: here is a selection made by the students, and here is another one made by the teachers at Lillholmsskolan.
In the school subject English they have, as can be seen above, translated their opinions to make it possible to reach an international audience. Here are their collected opinions!
 

The complete work, plasteline sculptures, posters, argumentative texts and speeches, will be exposed to the general public at an exhibition at the main Stockholm City Library, Svevägen, 21st of January - 28th of February, 2014! This is what it might look like at the opening och the exhibition, multiplied by 48!

All the way along you can follow the work of our students: Just click the links, or go to the project diary here.
Other pages in English
You have come to the web pages of the Art Department of Lillholmsskolan, a local elementary school located i Skärholmen, a suburb some 15 kilometres south of Stockholm, Sweden. 650 children study at our school, in the ages 6 to 16. Three other pages are available in English: Step into Art , Educational Art Games and Free Image Editors.
Lillholmsskolan is a local elementary school located i Skärholmen, a suburb some 15 kilometres south of Stockholm. 650 children study at our school, in the ages 6 to 16. Participating teachers: Sten Canevall, Art & Media, Karin Rossi, Swedish language, Johan Ulfhake, Social studies, Linda Nilsson, English languague. For more information: please contact: sten.canevall@stockholm.se. Our contact at Berghs School of Communication is Pål Pettersson, head of the department for graphic design. English translation: Zandra Hezekielsson, 7A.
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