Gender Roles in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

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Welcome to the learning path on gender roles in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Throughout this learning path you will read the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and reflect on the role of women in the novel and in our society today. At the same time, you will also practise your language skills!


On this very first page, you will find out how the learning path is structured, how working with the learning path works, and which icons you might encounter on the following pages.

Contents

Information for the teacher

This learning path on gender roles in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is part of Verena Eisenköck's master's thesis in the field of English didactics at the University of Salzburg.

This learning path can be used by the students independently and autonomously and in a blended learning setting. It is intended for a language level in the range B2/ B2+ according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Further didactic information and the methodological framework can be found in the master's thesis "Teaching Literature via Blended Learning: The Potential of the Platform ZUM-Unterrichten and Learning Paths for a Sequence on Gender Roles in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale".

How to work with the learning path - hints and tips

This page provides some useful information to help you find your way around the learning path.

At the top of the screen, you can see a list of the modules you will be working through. You can jump back and forth between the chapters by simply clicking on them.

In addition to the work in the learning path, you will often need a Word document and - of course - the novel. You will complete most of these tasks in a Word document and hand it in to your teacher as a portfolio at the end of the learning path.

In the learning path you will meet the following icons and boxes:


Task

These tasks are part of your portfolio, which you hand in to your teacher at the end. Complete these tasks in a Word document.

Important: Always write down exactly which task it is and - if necessary - copy the instructions or questions into the document.
Übung
Neue Erkenntnisse bleiben nicht von selbst im Kopf haften. Durch diese Markierungen werden Übungsaufgaben gekennzeichnet. Manche Übungsaufgaben sollst du schriftlich in deinem Heft machen, andere sind online direkt im Lernpfad zu erledigen.
Wichtig!
In diesen Boxen werden besonders wichtige Erkenntnisse oder Bemerkungen hervorgehoben. Diese solltest du dir auf jedenfall in deinem Heft notieren.

Bei einigen Aufgaben stehen dir Hilfen zur Verfügung, wenn du nicht weiter kommst. Versuche immer zuerst die Lösung alleine herauszufinden. Die Hilfen werden aufgedeckt durch Anklicken von:

Hier werden dir dann Tipps zu den Aufgaben angezeigt.

Wenn du eine Aufgabe gelöst hast, bekommst du sofort eine Rückmeldung, ob dein Ergebnis richtig ist oder nicht. Dies geschieht entweder durch einen entsprechenden Lösungs-Button innerhalb interaktiver Applets oder durch Anklicken von:

Hier werden dir dann Lösungen und Erklärungen angezeigt.


What you should know and be able to do already:

Now you are ready to start: Click on the next topic at the top of the chapter overview or directly here at the bottom right on the link that always takes you to the next chapter in the learning path.