The boy in the striped pyjamas

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

What do you know about the second world war?

Did Britain fight in the second world war?

1. Yes
2. No

declaring war

England was the first country together with France to declare war to Germany. This was 2 days after they invaded Poland.

Class discussion

Who did the Germans not like?

Do you know why?

What happened to those people and what happened to them in the book?

Britain's role

England fought back hard, they endured bombings and sheltered the Dutch queen.

England was where America could send troops and supplies to so they could help fight the war.
If it wasn't for England we would have lost the war.

What are the first things that come to mind?

Is the title and the cover appealing to you?

1. Yes
2. No
3. not very appealing
4. mostly appealing

Is the cover intriguing?

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Can you tell us why it is (or isn't) intriguing to you?

Now a short quiz about the book

Why is the family moving from Berlin?

1. Mother gets ill
2. Father gets a new job
3. The Russians are coming
4. To be closer to family

What are Bruno's favorite books?

1. Non-fiction
2. Adventure
3. Thriller
4. Fairy tales

What was Pavel's profession before being their servant?

1. Teacher
2. Lawyer
3. Banker
4. Doctor

What are the subject Bruno MUST learn accoording to Liszt?

1. Mathematics and History
2. History and Literature
3. Mathematics and Geography
4. Geography and History

Who is 'the fury'?

1. Someone who came to dinner once
2. Father's boss
3. The leader of Germany
4. All of the above

Why does Bruno join Shmuel on the other side of the fence?

1. He likes the striped pyjamas
2. To look for his father
3. He wants to know how it feels like to be there
4. He wants to help Pavel

Main character

Luitenant, cruel

Bruno's sister

Servant in Bruno's house

Maid in the household

Boy in the striped pyjama

Bruno's tutor

Kotler

Bruno

Maria

Gretel

Shmuel

Liszt

Pavel

Who do you identify with the most?

1. Bruno
2. Shmuel
3. Gretel
4. Pavel

What are (in your opinion) the main themes of the book

How do you feel after seeing this short clip?

After reading the book, how do you feel?

Were your first impressions of the book correct?

1. yes
2. no

How do you feel about the way the people in the pyjamas are treated?

Do fou feel that some people deserve this kind of treatment??

1. yes
2. no
3. maybe
4. i don't know

Have you ever been treated (or felt treated) like this?

1. yes
2. no

If you ever felt treated like this, how did this make you feel?

Would you recommend this book to people?

yes

maybe

no

Literature

The boy in the striped pyjamas is a popular book but does not say much about Britain. Intrigued to read more? 

Look at the suggestions in the next slides.

this book paints a realistic picture of what the second world war was like for a child. The second world war was traumatic and frightening for children, and those being evacuated had to be very brave. 

It’s 1945, and Lorna Anderson’s life on her father’s farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing.So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country?

At the start of World War II, ten-year-old Franziska Mangold is torn from her family when she boards the kindertransport in Berlin, the train that secretly took nearly 10,000 children out of Nazi territory to safety in England. Taken in by strangers who soon become more like family than her real parents

Now let's go to the hall, we have a special assignment for you all!

Race of life

All students on a line

Draw a second line 50 metres away

Tell them there is a prize for the person who crosses the line first

Now tell them to take 2 steps forward if:

- Their parents are still together

- They grew up with a father figure in the home

- They had someone to help them with school if needed

- They never had to worry about money for the basic things

- Never had to care for their family members

- They never had to help pay the bills at home

- Get an allowance

- they were born in The Netherlands

Now ask the students in the front to turn around.

Every statement made by the teacher, every or any progress made by students have nothing to do with anything the students have done or accomplishes. They are a part of being born ‘right’. We all know now that everyone in the front has a better opportunity to win the race. Doesn’t mean the people in the back aren’t going to fight for it. But they have a disadvantages that are harder to overcome, just because of where they come from in a social context. If some people didn’t have the advantages they were GIVEN, they would get beaten by people who were dealt a more difficult hand.

TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS. LEARN FROM EACHOTHER, TALK TO EACHOTHER, GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.