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Willem Elsschot (1882-1960), Cheese: Teaching Suggestions
The novella or short novel Cheese by Willem Elsschot was published in 1933. The book is one of the classics of Dutch literature and is the most translated Flemish literary text of all time. The story was also adapted as a film and as a comic strip.
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Marga Minco (1920-2023), The address: Listening and reading
Marga Minco is the writing name of Sara Minco, who was born in a Jewish family in 1920 and died in 2023. In 1943 her parents, brother and sister were deported. During the rest of the war she lived in hiding. When her family died in a concentration …
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Child with ink spots: Street art trail with teaching package
Child with ink spots is a street art trail in Turnhout, you will find the lesson package in the appendix.
It is 1892. Senne is 11 years old and a factory child. Like many children, he works in one of the Turnhout printing companies. The work is hard …
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We're going to throw Dad out: Lesson letter
Dorna is a Dutch writer from the turbulent 1930s. In literature we associate this period with social criticism, for example with the writer Menno ter Braak, also known as a politician without a party. In contrast, there was a modernist poet such …
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A revolver shot: Teaching package
Fixdit is developing a podcast for a number of modern classics written by women and, in collaboration with Vlogboek, educational material for students: vlogs and lesson letters (see below). The first vlog and lesson letter are about the exciting …
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ICT integration in the Dutch subject
In this online folder you will find lessons that can be used to achieve the ICT final objectives and curriculum goals in Dutch. You will find lessons about:
- netiquette;
- poetry;
- romance and realism.
This folder will be further supplemented in the …
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Karel van de Woestijne, The father's house: Leiside
Karel van de Woestijne (1878-1929) was part of the second generation of the magazine Van Nu en Straks. His debut collection Het vaderhuis (1903) belongs to the canon of Dutch literature.
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Multatuli (1820-1887), Max Havelaar's speech to the heads of Lebak: Teaching idea
The most famous speech in Dutch literature is the speech to the heads of Lebak from the eighth chapter of Max Havelaar van Multatuli, pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). This speech is not only a canon text from our literature, but can …
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Harry Mulisch, The attack: Teaching idea
The attack is the best-known novel by the Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, which was published in 1982. The book belongs to the canon of post-war Dutch literature.
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Review: Lesson Preparation
In this lesson letter, the editors of De Reactor present a lesson plan for two hours in which students are introduced to four different review styles:
- Reader-oriented: in which fragment does the reviewer tell something about himself or herself …
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Haiku: Lesson preparation
This learning resource about the haiku contains:
- a lesson preparation,
- a presentation with three haiku as an example and characteristics of the haiku ,
- a document with three photos in the theme of autumn, around which the students can make their own …
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Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997) studied classical languages and became a secondary school teacher. According to many critics, she was the greatest 20th-century poet in our language area. The main themes of her work are nature, love and religion. Her …
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