<p>Lesson 1 introduces Dante and his poem before a fact-file activity on Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.</p> <p>Lesson 2 looks at Dante’s depiction of Lucifer in Inferno XXXIV and how it compares with our modern-day ideas about the devil and evil.</p> <p>Students write a book review of Dante’s poem by Lucifer or create a visual response to Inferno XXXIV.</p>

<p>Dive into the moral conundrums of Dante’s poem with this lesson on the structure of Hell and Dante’s Limbo of noble pagans.</p>

<p>To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the University of Oxford is running a competition on Dante and his <em>Commedia</em>.</p> <p>For more details see: <a href="https://dante700.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dante700.wordpress.com</a></p> <p>Lesson 1 introduces Dante as an Italian poet and his poem the Divine Comedy and includes an activity on the mythological monsters in Dante’s Hell.</p> <p>Lesson 2 continues the engagement with mythology and looks at Inferno XXVI where Dante meets Ulysses.</p> <p>Students write a diary entry or ships log by Ulysses or create artwork inspired by Inferno XXVI.</p>

<p>To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the University of Oxford is running a competition on Dante and his <em>Commedia</em>.</p> <p>For more details see: <a href="https://dante700.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://dante700.wordpress.com</a></p> <p>Lesson 1 introduces Dante as an Italian poet and his poem the Divine Comedy and includes an activity on drawing Paradise.</p> <p>Lesson 2 engages with what love is and what its opposites might be, asking students to think about how we show love.</p> <p>Students create a visual response to the final lines of Dante’s poem: "the love that moves the sun and the other stars’.</p>

<p>A poster to advertise the competition in your school.</p>