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Digital learning resources for canon texts from Dutch literature: Accountability
This article is intended to justify the teaching materials that Jan Uyttendaele has developed so far about the literary canon. He will also expand the list of educational resources in the future with new educational resources following the …
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Boudewijn de Groot, Het Land van Maas en Waal (1966): Listening and reading
Het Land van Maas en Waal is a song by Boudewijn de Groot with a text by Lennaert Nijgh. It is one of the canon texts of Dutch song. Thanks to the rhythmic melody and the colorful arrangement, the song is still able to appeal to young people.
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Arthur van Schendel (1874-1946), Angiolino and spring: Listening and reading
Angiolino and Spring is the story about a beggar in Florence who receives a purse of money and gives it away without hesitation. This subtle mood story with a Franciscan message is considered one of the best works of the neo-Romantic writer …
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Gerard Reve, The Evenings (1947): Reading accompaniment
Gerard Reve, together with Harry Mulisch and Willem Frederik Hermans, is one of the Big Three of post-war Dutch writers. His debut novel The Evenings. A winter story from 1947 is his best-known and most appreciated work, the seventieth edition …
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The NBN writing standard: A concise summary
Leaflet with a summary of the writing standard. This can provide guidance for students during a lesson about writing standards.
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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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Hugo Claus (1928-2008), The Sorrow of Flanders: Leiside
Hugo Claus (1928-2008) is the most awarded author from the Dutch language area. His best-known work is the novel The Sorrow of Belgium from 1983. The book is at the same time a political novel and an autobiographical development novel. The Sorrow …
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Footwear Design: Paper tape shoe and redesign based on an animal
In this learning resource, students learn the limitations and possibilities of paper tape by recreating their own full-size sneaker. They also make a redesign of this shoe based on a self-chosen animal by translating colours, textures and …
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Translucent insects: Teaching idea about additive color system or RGB
In this teaching material, students make insects out of black paper using colored and translucent plastic. This gives a nice effect if you hang them against the window and the sunlight comes through.
With this assignment you teach students to work …
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Notan: Teaching idea about positive and negative space
This teaching material focuses on Notan. Notan is a Japanese design concept that plays with light and dark elements by placing them next to each other in high contrast. Dark and light always need each other in art to exist. So you can't actually …
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Inclusive language: Workshop
This workshop introduces young people to inclusive language, based on examples from the cultural heritage sector, using a quiz and a practical exercise.
Young people discover barriers to inclusive language. become more aware and learn to recognize and …
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