2022 PRAGUE KEY
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Lesson duration is: 45 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Fill in the group members' names
Slide 2 - Open question
Go to the Jerusalem Synagogue (Jerusalemská 1310/7). Ask a bystander how the synagogue got its name “Jubilee.” Which historical figure is the name associated with?
Write down the 10th letter
Write down the 10th letter
Slide 3 - Open question
The Powder Tower, or Prasná Brána (nám. Republiky 5) is a 15th century city gate that was restored after being damaged during the Battle of Prague. How many steps does the staircase in the tower have? The number in letters is the answer.
Write down the answer and remember the 16th letter.
Write down the answer and remember the 16th letter.
Slide 4 - Open question
Make the most original group photo possible with the Powder Tower. Make sure that all group members are clearly marked. Ask a local to take the photo in the selfie mode so the 'stranger' is also in the picture.
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Slide 5 - Open question
Near the Powder Tower is Charles University Prague (Hybernská 1036). Opposite the university is a minimarket. View the shop window. Which product do they seem to sell the most?
Write down the 1st letter
Write down the 1st letter
Slide 6 - Open question
Ask inside the mini market if you can take a group photo. Try to get as many products in the photo as possible. An original photo in front of the facade of the mini market is also a good alternative!
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Slide 7 - Open question
Walk to the NYX Hotel (Panská 1308/9) and ask (kindly but politely) at the receptionist how many hotel rooms the hotel has. The number in letters is the answer to this question.
Write down the answer and remember the 4th letter.
Write down the answer and remember the 4th letter.
Slide 8 - Open question
Take an original photo at or in the hotel. Politely ask for permission before taking the photo.
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Slide 9 - Open question
Walk to Panská 7. This is where the Mucha Museum is located: the only museum in the world dedicated to the life and work of the Czech artist Alfons Mucha (1860-1939). Famous images of Mucha can be found in almost all souvenir shops in Prague. Which art movement does Mucha's work belong to? Write down the answer and remember the 8th letter.
Slide 10 - Open question
Take a photo at the museum where a group member is a copy of a work by Mucha. Capture the image in such a way that it becomes clear to which work the photo refers.
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Slide 11 - Open question
The Vltava is a four hundred and forty kilometer long river that has made Prague great. Die Moldau, or Vltava, is one of the symphonic poems created by the famous Czech composer Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). Smetana wrote the piece in the 1970s. What didn't work when the piece was written?
Write down the answer and remember the 3rd letter.
Write down the answer and remember the 3rd letter.
Slide 12 - Open question
Take a picture in which you represent the Vltava River metaphorically*.
* A metaphor is a form of imagery: you use a word or image for something else, with which it resembles.
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* A metaphor is a form of imagery: you use a word or image for something else, with which it resembles.
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Slide 13 - Open question
END RESULT:
From your answers, create a six letter word, using the remembered letters from each answer.
From your answers, create a six letter word, using the remembered letters from each answer.
