English Literature - UK + Germany

14 Day Student Education Tour

Tour Code: SS-EL-UK+G

A group of High school students excited for their first hand tour of Shakespeares Birthplace

United Kingdom and Germany English group tour map flight path travel route

This tour takes students on an exploration of the rich and diverse literary traditions of the UK & Germany - from Shakespearean classics, the Romanticism of Wordsworth, intellectualism of the Bloomsbury set, through to the cityscapes of Berlin inspiring German and émigré writers.

Students come away with a greater understanding of the landscapes, settings and events that writers have taken as their context and inspiration.

Student group travel visiting the landmark of the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin

Bath aerial photo histoic literature city

Jane Austen historic photograph the life of

Shakespeares house tour of the birthplace of Shakepeare

Goodbye to Berlin work of Christopher Isherwood

Dove Cottage on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth

Students gathered around reading from a book inside Keats House

Group tutorial inside KEats house with it's dramatic red curtains with golden tassels

Shakespeares Birthplace and it's stunning gardens visit this historic landmark

Students gathered at Oxford Garden Christchurch on tour as a large group

Virginia Woolf Momument study the great author

Students receiving a tour of Keats house in Person - contextual learning

The works of Vladimir Nabokov a great author

Itinerary Suggestion

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Learning Objectives

Academic knowledge and critical-thinking skills
Immersive learning in English Literature
Classroom Connection to the real world
Curriculum-linked - HSC, IB, VCE & QCE
100+ hours of academic and cultural activities

Cultivating Young Pioneers

Academic acumen + engagement
Hands-on skill development + creative thinking
Personal growth + initiative
Cultural understanding + global mindset

Day 1-2

Depart Australia ⤑ Arrive in Manchester

Day 2

Manchester

Tour the historic John Rylands Library collections, and study Gaskell’s depiction of gender, class and industrialisation in North and South.

Day 3

Cumbria ⤑ Lake District

Visit Dove Cottage and explore the Lake District landscapes inspiring Wordsworth. Visit the Parsonage Museum & wild moorlands depicted by the Brontes.

Day 4

Warwick ⤑ Stratford-upon-Avon

A craft of writing workshop focussing on TS Eliot’s poetry, visit to Shakespeare’s House, behind the scenes tour of the Swan Theatre and an evening performance by the RSC.

Day 5

Oxford

Explore Oxford’s rich literary history and visit historic Magdalen College – focus on the works of Lewis and Heaney.

Day 6-9

London

Experience a truly global city - from a Shakespearean workshop to immersion in the writings of Dickens, Keats & Bloomsbury set. Visit the British Museum and Warner Bros. Evening performances at The Globe and a West End musical.

Day 10-12

Berlin

Explore Germany’s literary legacy through writers closely associated with Berlin - Brecht, Nabokov & Seghers. Literature Tour focussed on Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin. Evening theatre performance & tour of Reichstag Dome.

Day 13-14