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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 …
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Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Other Healthcare Pioneers: Lesson Series
This lesson(series) is about pioneers in healthcare. Florence Nightingale is probably the most famous in Europe. However, she is not alone.
The lesson(series) is now conceived as a class discussion about evolutions in healthcare as an introduction to …
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The plague and corona: Language task
The plague, the corona of the Middle Ages.
Through this language task, the students make a comparison between the plague outbreak in the fourteenth century and the corona crisis of 2020-2021. They do this both by researching the Internet and by …
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Daens: Preparation for a trip
The struggle of priest Daens is placed within the traditional conflicts in Belgian politics in the 19th century. On the basis of this exercise you will prepare for the trip and you will learn more about the context of the musical.
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Daens: Discussion musical
Daens takes you to Aalst at the end of the 19th century. Click on the links for the lesson content, to make the exercises and to practice the concepts.
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Brexit: Historical Causes
Introductory BookWidget about the historical causes of Brexit. The students fill in the BookWidget on the basis of an informative film from NOS, which can be found via YouTube .
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Color history with AI
The goal of this AI project is quite simple: we bring color back to old photos and videos. Where the images of the past were limited to gray or brown tones due to the then existing technology, we use GAN and NoGan technology to bring the colors …
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Passion médiévistes: French podcast
Podcasts in French about the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.
Podcast d'interview de jeunes médiévistes, qui présentent leurs sujets de recherches sur le Moyen Âge.
Les sujets couvrent plus de mille ans d'histoire, …
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Holocaust and persecution of the Jews
During World War II, the Nazis murdered approximately six million Jews. This is also known as the holocaust.
The Nazis blamed the Jews for all the problems in Germany. This anti-Semitism was not new. Jew-hatred has been around for centuries. However, …
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Sophie Scholl: Resistance fighters
In many countries during the Second World War there were people who opposed National Socialism. Few know that there were also resistance fighters in Germany itself. One of them was Sophie Scholl. In this video we look at who she was and what she …
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Atomic bunker: Escape room
There is an atomic bunker in the school building of Het Lyceum in Gouda, the Netherlands. It is one of the most important bunkers from the Cold War in the Netherlands. The bunker that stands here is 58 meters long and 38 meters wide and has walls …
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Belgian Congo
Between 1885 and 1960, Belgium had a large colony in Africa: Belgian Congo. This colony was initially owned by the Belgian King Leopold II. Under his leadership, the Congolese population was exploited in all kinds of ways. This happened, for …
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