Goethe's Faust Lesson Plan

Artwork: Goethe's Garden

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students will draw inspiration from Goethean science while interpreting the structure and characters of Goethe's

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

Although Goethe is extremely well-known to posterity as a poet, playwright and novelist, he considered his principal achievement in life to be his scientific work. Goethe wrote original observations and theories pertaining to such diverse topics as plants, color, clouds, weather, and geology.

Recently, scholars of Faust have become gradually more interested in the relationship between Goethe's most famous play and his botanical science. In this...