Educating Germany
Unit Study
07/30/07 @ 09:28:00 pm , Categories: Research A friend asked for help in creating a unit study about Germany, so I thought I'd post the links I sent her. I will refine and add more as I find them, so consider this a work in progress!
General info, and more here, and another website and downloadable pdf packed full of information
Germany for Kids
US army bases
Pronunciation guide
Flashcards
[Print off whatever set of words you want. If you are savvy you can double side them which works well - we printed some onto thin card and they withstand the test of time - we also taped these around the house where appropriate on furniture, the bath, the ceiling etc)
Online Flashcards
Children's Songs
Free vocab download (I haven't tried this as its a windows programme (or mac))
Enchanted Learning
Christmas markets
Christmas craft
Food, Recipes/ Diet/ Meal times
Christmas cookies links one, and two
Castles
Berlin Wall
Hands on Activities
'Der Spiegel'(newspaper) online (English)
German language publications
Regions
Knitting:european way
Brothers Grimm stories - English Text or German audio or German Text German and English Texts
Hansel and Gretel - interactive story
Flag
Oktoberfest
Children's games
Albert Einstein one and two
School system/ First day of school schultüte tradition
Planet Schule - Television and Multimedia Site for distance learning
Festivals and Events in each region
German global companies and another list here
And my friend sent me this one back about a language course, phrases and vocabulary.
Other ideas without links as yet:
Felix Mendelsohn
Albert Schweitzer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Remember your local library and also the German Consulate or Embassy. Either may have books, videos and other media to borrow.
There may be a local german group that meets or would come and talk to the child/ren?
Perhaps there is a german or european bakery or butchery you can take the child/ren to?
And then there is internet radio or music to listen to.
(These came from a home schooling family in Germany)
Traditional christian songs
or more contemporary (ie english)
Or You-tube (Wir sind Helden)
This is a modern band and typically german
Or MfG
What are your favourite sites?
Comment feed for this posthttp://www.kitchenproject.com/GermanGoodies/
These recipes are adapted for the American cook (i.e. use ingredients available in the U.S.).
Thanks for setting this up.
I will substitute it for the mygermanfood.com link that was there for 'food', as that looks to be gone now :(
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