Independent Research Project Practice Using Goodbye Lenin

In order to prepare pupils for their Independent Research Project, I have developed the idea of the “Guided Research Project”. I give the pupils two articles on a topic followed by a list of questions on each and questions that ask them to compare and contrast the two articles.
The booklets also include a list of useful IRP phrases.

This GRP is based on “Goodbye Lenin!”. It includes 2 350-word articles for each of the following themes:

1. Truth and Lies
2. Political Change
3. Hopes and Dreams
4. Old and New
5. Family Relationships

Each set of two articles is followed by a list of 8-10 questions about the articles and then 3 questions asking the pupils to compare and contrast the articles.

This Resource Book is enough to conduct IRP practice on 5 themes from the film.