Das Schreckliche Mädchen
Das Schreckliche Mädchen
The Nasty Girl
A complete German lesson plan for Das Schreckliche Mädchen — ready to open and teach.
A teenage girl enters a local essay contest about her town's role in the Third Reich. When she starts to dig, her neighbors — respectable, ordinary people — begin to push back. Hard. Michael Verhoeven's Das Schreckliche Mädchen is a film about truth-telling in a town that has decided on its version of the past and would very much like her to leave it alone.
How This Plan Works
Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Das Schreckliche Mädchen and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.
Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in German, and an answer key.
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📅 Teach it when it counts
- WWII memory and collective guilt discussions: The film's subject — postwar Germany's relationship with its own history — is rich territory for language and culture.
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27: A non-graphic, locally-focused approach to accountability and memory.
- Press freedom and civil courage units: The real story of Anja Rosmus connects directly to journalism and civic responsibility themes.
Quick Details
Language: German | Director: Michael Verhoeven | Year: 1990
Level: Advanced | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery
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More Information
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Director: Michael Verhoeven
Cast: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner
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