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Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953) wrote essays, plays, librettos and translations. But he was first and foremost a modernist poet, who expressed universal feelings and thoughts in classical but simple verse in parlando style. His poems belong to the …
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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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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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Repurposing waste at school: Group work and reflection
Group assignment with the informative text (interview) from the magazine Don Bosco magazine with student Hanne (Don Bosco Haacht). In addition, questions for reflection on the environment and ecology are also provided.
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Creating a Video Resume: Lesson Bundle
Pimp your resume and add a video resume. This resource tells you about the benefits of a video resume and gives you lots of tips and ideas to get started in your classroom.
This material was made as part of the Literacy Week 2022.
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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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How general is the right to vote?
How does politics work? Who elects the leaders and how? Can all citizens participate in elections? How can citizens control their leaders?
Over time, all kinds of conditions have been attached to choosing, such as gender: everywhere in the world men …
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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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