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Israel Neumann in the Fort of Breendonk: In-depth school visit
This page is intended as an in-depth explanation after a visit to the Sammellager Breendonk. Students learn about the life of one of the prisoners, Israel Neumann.
The page uses a podcast on this topic and contains a dozen questions on the theme. The …
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Clip: Film review
Page with lesson ideas and in-depth questions about the short film Klem by Ish Ait Hamou.
You can use this article to set up a class discussion about mental health and the enormous impact of communication and dialogue for processing trauma and …
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Barbie: Movie review
The page asks students to reflect on male/female stereotypes and (possibly) brings back memories of their own Barbie doll days. Some students have seen the film and can talk about it.
Experience shows that students (girls) indicate that they used to …
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Boyhood: Discussion film
Page with a discussion questions on the movie Boyhood . The questions are rather obvious, but they are a good starting point for a more detailed debriefing.
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Running Up That Hill: Class Discussion
The Netflix series Stranger Things is popular with students. In this blog post background is provided about an old song by Kate Bush, which is collected here as a kind of theme song . You can use the lyrics of Running Up That Hill as a starting …
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Actua in your language lessons
You can also teach your students reading and listening skills and vocabulary by working with current events.
The following sites provide news items adapted to the level of children and young people.
French
For the French course you can visit …
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Games @ School: Educational games in the classroom
Games @ School
Images from popular games as didactic material in the classroom.
As a history teacher with a passion for gaming, I think there is a mass of quality didactic material in games.
I am not talking about educational games, but about the …
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The meaning of existence: Lesson idea
Do you want to work on your own meaning and / or lessons on meaning? Then I can strongly recommend the book The sense of existence of Viktor E. Frankl.
The Kerknet site contains simplified quotations. This man can, like no other, make a …
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Rocket science made easy
The term rocket science is often used to explain something that is difficult to understand. While designing and testing rockets is a complicated undertaking that requires skill and a lot of brain work, it is possible to explain some of that …
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Information skills in assignments
Pupils come into contact with various media on a daily basis. Also while creating tasks and assignments, students often search the internet. But is the information they find here correct and reliable?
This article focuses on teaching students a …
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Apollo - 50 years of the moon landing
Half a century ago, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. A total of twelve astronauts would be walking around on our nearest neighbor. The first moon landing kept the whole world glued to the TV set, the last flight received hardly any …
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Lesson inspiration from the port: Container giants
The port of Antwerp regularly gets the news about a possible expansion, employment, container ships and much more. You can use current events as a starting point in class.
In this article about container giants we provide a brief explanation of the …
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