Life+of+Galileo

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See also http://bhsyear12english.weebly.com/context---life-of-galileo-home.html http://bhsyear12english.weebly.com/life-of-galileo---main-ideas-about-conflict.html = yes there's some stuff of mine in this page! http://www.englishworks.com.au/galileo-background-confrontation-scientist-church/

Links that could be useful

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A BBC3 radio interview with a dramatist who created and staged a reworking of the play earlier this year (from about 13:30)… []

The play performed live. Don’t know if it’s any good, because it’s blocked here at school! Will have a look at this at home, perhaps save a copy of it if I think it’s of use… [|http://][|vimeo.com/25450835] Above from Mr Stollery-Jones. - Ms Sgroi - Written by Mrs White in 2000 so just a summary not geared to conflict, but still useful Scenes 1-8 completed by us in class and the rest cobbled together by me - Mrs Steel - notes on Scenes 8-15

- ? - Mrs Steel - Mrs White - 2014 article about creationist museum in USA - creationism abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2013-06-18/4625906 - link to radio national Big Ideas website - lectures on Science and Religion - Mrs White - First draft of a piece in response to a prompt - sample piece but no reflective statement as yet More links to Zack Kopplin His website - repealcreationism http://www.repealcreationism.com

Brecht also went before HUAC - plenty of scopefor exploring conflict. Mr SJ has found a good HUAC documentary [] Marxism: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0GFSUu5UzA American anti-Communism & HUAC: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgom1snPaQ Bertolt Brecht’s HUAC submission: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkiqGxD4CZ8 The Inquisition in Italy: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxyRm11VRGc  All above also from MR SJ

 http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/i-dont-want-to-be-right = article about whether people are swayed by reason or emotion/superstition in relate to vaccines

A great analysis of the play that touches on some ideas that relate to the context http://waysofknowing.info/lecsite/galintro.html
 * Mr. Stollery-Jones **

See also http://jonswilliams.wikispaces.com/Life+of+Galileo

and http://jonswilliams.wikispaces.com/The+Rugmaker+of+Mazar-E-Sharif (The VATE document and Conflict overview document have LOG stuff and the One Man BAnd cartoon is also on here)