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Nico Zijlstra

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  1. I've been working for several years now with Richard Jones-Nerzic. First in Virtual School History Department, over the last couple of years in the E-Help project. This project was initiated in a meeting in Madrid whit Les Albiston, his principal in IST present. It was decided that IST would apply for a Comenius 2.1 grant. Richard Jones-Nerzic was to become the chairman of the project. A inspiring chairman. In the project we were looking forward to have a test-run of the course the members were going to present in Norwich this Spring. The dismissal of Richard Jones-Nerzic puts the project into jeopardy. I hope the board of directors will overturn the dismissal, looking at the achievements of Richard, not only for E-Help, but for the whole of ISTas well.
  2. In der ehemaligen DDR wurden oft politische und wirtschaftliche Witze erzählt. Sogar Wikipedia hat DDR-Witze im Programm. Wikipedia, DDR-Witze Diese Witze kann man als subtiler Protest gegen das SED-Regime ansehen. Im NL-Unterricht werden die Witze in Zusammenarbeit mit Fremdsprache Deutsch im Kulturprogramm angeboten. Voraussetzung sind und bleiben Kenntnisse der Geschichte der DDR. Hiereine Vorschau auf DDR-Witze im holländischen Geschichtsunterricht: http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc...d/DDR-Witze.htm
  3. Moppen worden veel verteld. Moppen kunnen leuk zijn. In bepaalde omstandigheden is het vertellen van een mop een voorbeeld van min of meer subtiel protest. Denk aan de moppen over de NSB-ers in de Tweede Wereldoorlog: Over NSB-burgemeesters met een twijfelachtige reputatie: Dames gaat U bij de burgemeester op bezoek denk dan aan een slot op Uw broek! Over de verkoop van Volk en Vaderland: Op de hoek van de straat staat een NSB-er 't Is geen man 't is geen vrouw, het is een ras plebeeër Op de hoek van de straat staat hij daar te venten Hij verkoopt (volk en vaderland) zijn Vaderland voor zes rooie centen Als leerlingen de geschiedenis van de DDR bestudeerd hebben, kan met het vak Duits/ Duitse cultuur worden samengewerkt op het gebied van DDR-Witze. Een lesbrief vindt u onder: http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc...d/DDR-Witze.htm
  4. I've written a simple worksheet/lesson about jokes told by people in the former GDR. Jokes were used as a kind of subtle protest against the SED-regime of Ulbricht and Honecker. I'm using German originals in my Dutch class, but I found a series in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDR_jokes I'll try to incorporate the English version into my website and publish it on E-Help. A German version can be added as well. During the war in occupied Europe jokes were often told? Anyone a clue where I can find those? An idea perhaps?
  5. In the worksheet TIMELINE: 28th July: Austria declares war. (not 29th July) http://zis.uibk.ac.at/quellen/rauch11b.htm http://firstworldwar.com/onthisday/1914_07_28.htm I'll send the amendment later. I'll fix it in my versions on my own server http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc...nl/frameset.htm http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc..._D/frameset.htm
  6. Oft können "Spielchen" die Kinder meht motivieren als normale Unterricht. Russel Tarr (www.activehistory.co.uk) hat für das E-Help-Projekt ein Spiel über die Ursachen des 1. Weltkrieg ausgedacht. Dieses Spiel ist jetzt auch in deutscher Sprache. http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc..._D/frameset.htm Scheinbar ein einfaches Spiel, aber der Schein täuscht. Mann soll in die Haut von Wilhelm II schlüpfen und seine Entscheidungen nachvollziehen. Zum Schluss müssten die Schüler in der Lage sein eine ausfürliche Antwort zu geben auf der Frage: Wer hatte Schuld? Mit Arbeitsblätter.
  7. The German version can be previewed here: http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc..._D/frameset.htm
  8. The Dutch version can be seen here: http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc...nl/frameset.htm
  9. At the moment I'm involved in a project of the Dutch Open University in assessing the way pupils (age 15) use the internet as a source. Although it is about using the internet and not a particular website, the outcome (March 2007) might be of general interest. We're thinking of producing a 'mind map' of variables to assess a website.
  10. Good idea Only the Maginot bit should be left out, being an anchronism... Could you send me a cd with the complete simulation-web. Ill translate it in Dreamweaver into Dutch and German.
  11. Good idea Only the Maginot bit should be left out, being an anchronism...
  12. You've got a point here, although one can object and say that some factual knowledge is the core of understanding history. The Dutch 'canon' in meant mainly for pupils in primary education and the first 3 years of secundary education (up until the age of 15) Still the canon comes in a time when narrow neo-nationalism is moving forward in 'continental' Europe. Fortunately, the committee which has published the canon wants to start a history debate, not only on the choices they made, but on the facts and history as a cultural phenomenon. In this election year in Holland it's the right-wing politicians who use the canon for their own politcal (narrow minded) purposes at the moment.
  13. The Dutch government embraces the idea of a History canon. Or simply:"what every citizen in the Netherlands should know about Dutch History". How far can governments go to prescribe the facts of History? Or is it a good thing to start a debate on what's really important? How's the situation in GB, F, D, E, I?
  14. In the Netherlands a governmental committee has published a 'canon'of Dutch History. These fourteen “main lines of the canon” are meant to serve as background texts to the fifty windows. They are the red threads running through the history of the Netherlands that indicate the cross-links between the separate windows, thereby helping to create cohesion in the topics, objects, persons and themes featured on the chart. Interesting is to know how the debate on History is going on in your country and what you think of the Dutch approach 1. The Low Countries by the sea 2. On the periphery of Europe 3. A converted country 4. A Dutch language 5. An urbanised country and a trading hub at the mouth of the Rhine, Schelde and Maas rivers 6. The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands: founded on rebellion 7. The blossoming of the Golden Age 8. Business sense and colonial power 9. Nation-state, constitutional monarchy 10. The rise of modern society 11. The Netherlands in a time of world wars: 1914-1945 12. The welfare state, democratisation and secularisation 13. The diversification of the Netherlands 14. The Netherlands in Europe Further reading: http://www.entoen.nu/default.aspx?lan=e
  15. De canon van de Nederlandse geschiedenis is verschenen. Op de Canon pagina's is een eigen discussie forum. Is de canon er van en voor alle Nederlanders? Is de Canon niet erg 'Hollands'? Kijk eens op de pagina's van de commissie Van Oostrom. De canon De canon lijst De canon discussie (aanmelden verplicht)
  16. I've been trying the 'post-it' program. Everything works fine , but I seem to have difficulties in saving the html page on the local harddrive in the classtools folder.Great tool though! In the backup email is a .dat file which cannot be loaded into an empty template. Any way to work around this problem? I've loaded the .dat file in microsoft txt-editor and loaded the file in classtools. Apart fom codes in the header the 'post-it' classtool was restored!
  17. In my school Guido van Dijk might give some advice. I'll send his email address to you soon.
  18. Thank you Dalibor for hosting us. I'm still singing Kärleksdrycken in Swedish!
  19. The pictures I've taken during the Stockholm meeting can be found here: http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc...m%5Fokt%5F2006/
  20. That's very interesting - The full article can be found at the following url http://www.tes.co.uk/2276562 and should in my opinion stimulate a debate in every school I've read the full article in TES. Yesterday we had a meeting with teachers: one PPT presentation took almost an hour with 90 slides. I myself felt almost ashamed when I had to do my presentation using PPT. (but fortunately I got help from 3 students explaining the merits of the interview program live!)
  21. Thank You Russel! I was to quick to post! I'm quite satisfied with the results so far. A couple of months ago the resolution was not that good, but obviously Google has been working on maps in Holland. It's all a matter of time, propably.The potential is there!
  22. I seem not to be able to fiddle around with the opacity of layers. Is it the problem of the free version (4 beta) of Google Earth, or am I doing something wrong?
  23. The photos taken on our trips to Toulouse, Albi and Cordes (june7-june10) can be found here: http://www.sintermeerten.nl/projecten/gesc...cial_event2006/
  24. Thank you Richard for putting the tutorial on the Forum. I'll look into it myself, using Google Earth for a presentation on a Dutch concentration Camp (Westerbork) next Wednesday!
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