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The city is big
Berlin as a literary setting
Klaus Kordon, Peter Schimmel: Die Lisa
Book: Klaus Kordon, illustrated by Peter Schimmel, Beltz & Gelberg 2002, 44 pages, as of 7 years
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Content
The book by Klaus Kordon (text) and Peter Schimmel (illustration) has the fitting subtitle »A life«. Lisa was born in 1900 and experiences a century of German history from the first world war through to the fall of the Wall. All "important" events have their effect on Lisa's family and their neighbours. The men become unemployed or are called up to the army, the Jewish friends are forced to flee. During the war, the people in the house spend the nights of the bomb raids in the cellar, they see their city split in two and have to see how a Wall at the end of their street separates East and West. At the end of the story, the 90 year old woman lives alone with her memories at number 10 and sometimes receives visits from the Turkish children who have lived in the same house.
The large watercolours from Peter Schimmel try as much as possible to capture picture associations to events in the German history, e.g. the house number 10 changes shape due to reconstruction or bob damage and also the street name is changed several times (Wiesenweg, Feldherrenstr., Adolf-Hitler-Str., Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Weg...). There is a lot to see and discover in this house and with these people, who remain clearly identifiable even as they grow older.
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Activity concept: The idea
The seemingly simple text written by Klaus Kordon reminds us of an eye witness account. It can therefore be used well as a first approach or as an accelerated time overview. In this activity, only text is used at the beginning. The participants piece it together chronologically. With this basis, they start to think about options for illustrations. Which pictures could be used to illustrate historical events? Which picture associations do we have when we talk of war, revolution or the economic miracle? The group suggests illustrations or sketches scenes following the principle of a storyboard. These ideas are then compared with the illustrations in the book. Close observations will provide more and more details.
The starting point for a literary walk is then the question: which places could Lisa show her grandchildren that remind us of her life story? Which locations in the vicinity could be visited in comparison to the text and to the pictures? Where can we see German history on the street?
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Documentation
Please click on the pictures
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