Tyendet - Student page This page is designed for educational purposes and aimed at students. Here you will find:
  • Intro to the servant
  • The movie
  • Photos and videos
  • Student assignments
  • Sources
  • Links to links
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  • Intro to the servant
  • The movie
  • Photos and videos
  • Student assignments
  • Sources
  • Related links
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Tyendet - Student page This page is designed for educational purposes and aimed at students. Here you will find:
  • Intro to the servant
  • The movie
  • Photos and videos
  • Student assignments
  • Sources
  • Related links
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Tyendet - Student page

This page is designed for educational purposes and aimed at students. Here you will find:
  • Intro to the servant
  • The movie
  • Photos and videos
  • Student assignments
  • Sources
  • Related links
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Tyendet – Student page

This page is designed for educational purposes and aimed at students. Here you will find:

  • Intro to the servant
  • The movie
  • Photos and videos
  • Student assignments
  • Sources
  • Links to links
Tyendet On this page you will be introduced to the servant through movies, photos and a brief history. You can then dive into themes with working questions that you can use to learn more about the life and struggles for better conditions of the servant. You'll explore the serf through the sources on this page. There are digitized magazines from both the maids' and farm workers' unions, links to deed books and literary texts about the servant. bg-parallax bg-size-100" style="background-image:url("https://arbejdermuseet.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/landarbejdere-scaled-1.jpg");">

Tyendet

On this page you will be introduced to the servant through movies, photos and a brief history.

You can then dive into themes with working questions that you can use to learn more about the life and struggles for better conditions of the servant. You’ll explore the serf through the sources on this page. There are digitized magazines from both the maids’ and farm workers’ unions, links to deed books and literary texts about the servant.

Examine the servant yourself The sources about the servant can be researched in many different ways. It's all about finding out what you want to ask the sources about - and what they can answer. Below you will find working questions to help you research and tell four different stories about the servant based on authentic source material. The assignments are not about reaching a certain conclusion, but about you as a student helping to answer historical questions. bg-parallax bg-size-50" style="background-image:url("https://arbejdermuseet.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/optog.jpg");">

Examine the servant yourself

The sources about the servant can be researched in many different ways. It’s all about finding out what you want to ask the sources about – and what they can answer. Below you will find working questions to help you research and tell four different stories about the servant based on authentic source material.

The assignments are not about reaching a certain conclusion, but about you as a student helping to answer historical questions.

Student tasks in themes

Target books as a source

The service organizes itself

The fight against the Tyene Act and the target book

The fight for better housing conditions

Kilder

More about the servant

Danmarkshistorien.dk

Read more about people's right to vote

Dorte Chakravarty, journalist

Podcast about the abolition of the Tyendeloven

Lecture about Marie Christensen

Watch a lecture about the champion of maids

Frydenlunds His2rie.dk

More digitized sources about the servant