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J.C. Bloem, Collected poems: Lesson idea
JC Bloem (1887-1966) is the poet of desire. He has expressed the failure of every life and the transience of everything in simple and timeless poems. His work can be called classic in every respect. The way he expressed these eternal themes, they …
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Flemish running weeks for schools: Video competition and after trajectory
Every year, the Flemish running weeks for schools open the school sports year. From kindergarten to senior year of high school, anyone can participate.
The emphasis is on experiencing fun and organizing alternative forms of running, such as obstacle …
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Gerrit Achterberg (1905-1962), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Gerrit Achterberg (1905-1962) was in many ways an eminently modern poet. It is not without reason that he was regarded as their most important precursor by the Vijftigers, who came to power after the Second World War.
The main theme of his poetry is …
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M. Vasalis (1909-1998), Collected poems: Lesson idea
M. Vasalis is the pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans, (1909-1998). Vasalis is the Latin translation of her surname Leenmans (of the vassal). The M does not stand for Mary as is sometimes wrongly thought. The poet initially wanted to …
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mr. Noé: YouTube channel with playlists
mr. Noé is a YouTube channel that provides teaching ideas to get started musically with children and young people. On the channel you will find:
- body percussion videos;
- children's dances;
- games and challenges;
- videos for students who can already …
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Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), songs and poems: Lesidee
Constantijn Huygens (1596-1689) was not previously placed on a par with other great seventeenth-century poets, such as Hooft and Vondel, but recently it has become clear that Huygens is perhaps the greatest. The many poetic genres he practiced …
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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, love songs and poems: Lesidee
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581-1647) was already called the head of Dutch poets in his own time. No one wrote such artificial sonnets and such moving love poems and his songs to well-known melodies were widely sung along. In this learning tool we …
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Joost van den Vondel, poems: Lesidee
Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was not called the prince of Dutch poets for nothing, because he excelled in almost all poetic genres.
In this learning tool you will become acquainted with his occasional poetry and his so-called satirical poems. …
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Spanish Brabander by Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero: Lesson idea
The Spanish Brabander is a comedy from 1617 by Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero. The play is about the Antwerp Spaniard Jerolimo, who moves to Amsterdam without money and pretends to be a rich man. There is hardly a main action, but the play consists of …
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Bredero, Large songbook: Lesson idea
There are few poets from older Dutch literature whose voice still speaks to us as directly and recognizable as that of Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero.
His Groot Liedboek , a collection of more than two hundred songs and poems, was published in 1522. …
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Antwerp songbook: Lesson idea love songs
The Antwerp Songbook is the oldest and most famous printed book with secular songs from our literature. It belongs to the literary canon, the list of texts considered essential Dutch-language literature by the literary field in Flanders.
The only copy …
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare was not so much known for his plays as for his poetry in his own day. After all, theater was not regarded as art, but as popular entertainment. However, no book of poetry in world literature has created as much ink as Shakespeare's …
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