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Category: Gender & Sexuality
Ein Virus kennt keine Moral Module, 1993
Frame and Preparation Ein Virus kennt keine Moral Materials Discussion & Activity The slides accompanying this set of lesson plans contain all the in-class activities; what is presented here are the texts of the assignments (often discussion posts). Day 1 Read the text “Geschichte der Medizin: Eigenverantwortung oder Schicksal?” in class and discuss with questions…
Keça Filankes, “Zwei Çaylöffel Şekir,” 2020
Students may discover that there is more than one way to write German meaningfully through the poetry of Keça Filankes
Heinrich Leopold Wagner, “Die Kindermörderin,” 1775
Frame and Preparation Die Kindermörderin Content warnings: violence, infanticide, sexual assault Conceptual Frames and Background Introduction Wagner’s play is based on the historical problematic during the 18th-century of the so-called ‘fallen women’ whose pregnancies outside of marriage, sometimes unwanted, would mean a dramatic loss of status if they were made known to the bourgeois or…
Weyhe, “Rude Girl,” 2022
Discuss homesickness, feeling at home, and cultural exchange while learning how to analyze pictures and text in the graphic novel Rude Girl.
Hügel-Marshall, Invisible Woman, 1993
This two-lesson discussion guide follows excerpts of Hügel-Marshall’s memoir and engages with questions of individual and institutional racism in the postwar period.
Popoola, Also By Mail, 2013
A two-part discussion based lesson focused on this family drama that confronts loss, racism, and cross-cultural etiquette.
Friedrich Wolf, “Cyankali,” 1929 (Part 2)
Discuss the struggle for abortion rights in Weimar Germany through Friedrich Wolf’s influential play “Cyankali” (Part 2)
Friedrich Wolf, “Cyankali” 1929 (Part 1)
Discuss the struggle for abortion rights in Weimar Germany through Friedrich Wolf’s influential play “Cyankali”
Ulrike Ottinger, an Introduction to her Art
Ulrike Ottinger’s films are informed by her participation in the French pop art scene and her formal artistic education