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Elections 2024: Educational curriculum
This educational package was developed for secondary education in the context of the 2024 elections, where young people aged 16 and over can vote for the first time in the European elections. In addition, compulsory attendance will be abolished at …
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Practicing speaking skills with scaffolding
This assignment is intended for students who have great difficulty preparing and carrying out a speaking assignment. They build up experience through the exercises. The exercise contains a lot of scaffolding : scaffolding that supports the students …
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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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Karel van de Woestijne, The father's house: Leiside
Karel van de Woestijne (1878-1929) was part of the second generation of the magazine Van Nu en Straks. His debut collection Het vaderhuis (1903) belongs to the canon of Dutch literature.
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Parts of speech: Board diagram
Board diagram with a mind map to repeat all parts of speech.
There are notes for the parts of speech that students usually find most difficult.
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Multatuli (1820-1887), Max Havelaar's speech to the heads of Lebak: Teaching idea
The most famous speech in Dutch literature is the speech to the heads of Lebak from the eighth chapter of Max Havelaar van Multatuli, pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). This speech is not only a canon text from our literature, but can …
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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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Sea ice from space
In this resource, students explore the polar ice. In a hands-on activity, they explore what happens when the ocean freezes. They will then use satellite images to analyze the concentration and extent of sea ice and see how these parameters have …
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The greenhouse effect and its consequences
This series of activities includes hands-on experiments and the interpretation of satellite images for a better understanding of global warming effects.
In activity 1, students create a model to demonstrate the greenhouse effect and show that higher …
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Infrared webcam hack
This learning tool helps students understand the electromagnetic spectrum and perceive infrared radiation by modifying an inexpensive webcam. It discusses how infrared radiation can be used to obtain information that is not available with visible …
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Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997) studied classical languages and became a secondary school teacher. According to many critics, she was the greatest 20th-century poet in our language area. The main themes of her work are nature, love and religion. Her …
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Find point OTN: replace English loanwords
Language is constantly changing, including our Dutch language. But nowadays English loanwords are used inappropriately, while our language is rich and meaningful enough to do without English. This website helps you to use as little unnecessary …
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