Day 5

Goethe's Faust Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Artwork: Two Souls, Two Stories

    Kind of Activity:

    Artistic Response

    Objective:

    Students will interpret the themes of the text via the creation of original artworks.

    Common Core Standards:

    N/A

    Structure:

    Goethe's Faust is subtitled "A Tragedy" – but, in reality, Goethe's story actually involves two. Unlike other versions of the Faust legend, in Goethe's Faust it is customary to speak of two tragedies: a Gelehrtentragödie ("Tragedy of the Learnèd Man") involving Faust himself, and a Gretchentragödie ("Tragedy of Gretchen") involving Margarete.

    In this activity, students will be asked to interpret one or both of these narrative arcs in a digital artwork of their own...

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