-
Multatuli, Saïdjah and Adinda: Teaching idea
In the seventeenth chapter of Max Havelaar , the absolute highlight of our historical literature, Multatuli tells the moving love story of a Javanese girl and a Javanese boy, the children of two poor farmers. But their love and their lives, and those …
Translated by
Downloadable resourceTeacher -
Hendrik Conscience, The Lion of Flanders: Lesson idea
In this learning tool, students are introduced to the 19th-century novel that has largely determined our image of the Battle of the Golden Spurs: The Lion of Flanders or the Battle of the Golden Spurs , written by Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883). The …
Translated by
Downloadable resource (4)Teacher -
In Flanders fields: Discussing lesson poems
During the First World War, Canadian doctor and lieutenant John McCrae wrote a poem on the West Flemish front that would conquer the world: In Flanders Fields . In it he says that the fallen soldiers will never find rest until others take over …
Translated by
Downloadable resource (9)Teacher -
The Nineteenth Century Class Society: Teaching Package
Through the painting and sculpture of the second half of the nineteenth century, this teaching package gives us a glimpse of life in that period. Both the world of distinguished ladies and gentlemen and the world of miners and factory workers …
Translated by
Downloadable resource -
Hella S Haasse, Oeroeg: Teaching idea
The novella or short novel Oeroeg is the prose debut of the Dutch author Hella S. Haasse (1918-2011). The book was published in 1948 as a Book Week gift, was reprinted more than fifty times and has been translated into eleven languages. Haasse found …
Translated by
Downloadable resource (4)Teacher -
The Wilhelmus and the beggar songs: Lesidee
The beggar songs are political battle songs of the rebellious nobles and their supporters in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). The Wilhelmus is perhaps the most famous and perhaps also the most beautiful poem in this …
Translated by
Downloadable resource (7)Teacher -
New Antique Stories: Lesson Suggestions
Medea, the Beauty and the Beast, the Cricket and the Ant… CANON Cultuurcel has given these and seven other ancient stories of various origins a new look.
Ten original stories were given new illustrations and practical tips: didactic tips and …
Translated by
Downloadable resource (18)