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Young Plato: Educational package on philosophy
This is an educational package from Blue Bird Docs based on the documentary Young Plato by Neasa Ní Chianáin and Declan McGrath.
The film uniquely illustrates that it is feasible to philosophize with young children and thereby strengthen …
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Harry Mulisch, The attack: Teaching idea
The attack is the best-known novel by the Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, which was published in 1982. The book belongs to the canon of post-war Dutch literature.
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Reading, Interpreting, and Judging Poetry: Teaching Idea
This learning tool aims to increase the poetry sensitivity and judgment of young readers to enable them to better understand, evaluate and integrate poems into their own world. It includes:
- principles for effective poetry education,
- the theories of …
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Maurice Gilliams, Elias or the fight with the nightingales: Teaching idea
This lesson bundle examines the work of poet and novelist Maurice Gilliams (1900-1982). He made his debut with poetry collections printed by himself. His novel Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales (1936) is the story about a twelve-year-old boy …
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Anton van Wilderode: Lesson idea
In this learning tool, the students become acquainted with the theme and stylistic characteristics of Anton van Wilderode's poetry through ten poems. In 2023 it will be twenty-five years ago that Anton van Wilderode (1918-1998) passed away. …
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Communicating: Lesson Plan
This learning tool focuses on the importance of communicating in the workplace. This lesson preparation contains:
- script,
- Background information,
- animation video.
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Last minute risk analysis: Lesson plan
Make your students aware of the importance of a last minute risk analysis (LMRA) using this lesson plan. Your students learn to assess the dangers and risks before they start a job. This lesson preparation contains:
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Jacob van Maerlant: Lesson idea
For a lesson about the Middle Dutch poet Jacob van Maerlant, a learning bundle was developed for students and a teacher's version with model answers. It zooms in on his encyclopedic work Der naturen flowere and connections are made with the …
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Anna Bijns (1493-1575), Choruses: Lesson idea
Anna Bijns (1493-1575) is known as the first feminist writer in our literature. She wrote choruses, the rhetoricians' favorite form of poetry, but she could not become a member of a chamber of rhetoric because she was a woman. She dealt with two …
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Elckerlijc, a fifteenth-century play: Lesidee
What do you do if you are suddenly told that you are going to die very soon? The fifteenth-century play Elckerlijc , which literally means 'everyone', aims to answer that question. The full title is Den Spyeghel der Salicheyt van Elckerlijc. How that …
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The impact of the clothing industry on the climate and environment: Teaching package
Did you know that the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of the greenhouse gases emitted by humans?
Why is it that this industry is so harmful to the climate and the environment? And why does it take so much water to make one t-shirt? What does …
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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 …
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