Teaching Nibelungenlied | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Adventure 1, Kriemhild's Dream | Adventure 2, Siegfried As we meet Kriemhild and Siegfried, the plot is being laid out, even in the descriptions of the main characters. This lesson discusses characterization and foreshadowing.

1) 1. Writing assignment. Ask students to make a list of the characteristics of each of the characters presented, particularly Kriemhild and Siegfried. What distinguishes them? How does the...
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