Goethe's Faust Lesson Plan

Presentations: The Many Faces of Faust

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will increase their understanding of the historical and literary background of the text, while honing their presentation and research skills.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

For this exercise, the teacher should split the class into groups, and task each with creating a slideshow presentation about one of the following iterations of the Faust character in hearsay, folklore and literature before Goethe's Faust:

1. Simon "Faustus" Magus and Theophilius of Adana (mediaeval legendry)

2. Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (1592)

3. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Faust (1759)

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