Nibelungenlied | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Retelling the Nibelungenlied

How could the Nibelungenlied be told from Hagen's perspective? How could it be told from Gunther's?

2. Casting the Nibelungenlied

Who would you cast in the leading roles for the Nibelungenlied? Choose famous actors or people from the class or school. Who would you want to direct the Nibelungenlied? How would different directors direct it differently?

3. Modern Customs

How do we joust nowadays? Describe any modern equivalents of the medieval tournament. How do...
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