German-American
Teaching Resources and Units

Teaching Resources

• All About Saint Nicholas, Web page by Steven Schmidt; contains a history, story, and poem
  • Christmas Star Instructions - directions for assembling
• American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices Online
• Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History A project of Penn State University - National Endowment for the Humanities.
• Christmas Songs – Weihnachtslieder (English and German)
• Deutsch-Amerikaner - Famous German-Americans and their achievements, by Patricia Gronlund. Use the Slide Show option to quiz students.
• Deutsche in Amerika - historical information with a quiz at the end. You need to select the theme "Deutsche in Amerika" on the side bar.
• Deutsche in Lawrence, KS, 1850-1880
• Deutsche Kultur in Amerika, syllabus by Dr. Giles R. Hoyt, IUPUI
• Elderhostels: Teaching and Learning with Americans of German Descent, article by Eberhard and Ruth Reichmann
• Finding German Town - Online Project for German-American Day
• German-American Internet Scavenger Hunt
• German-Americana, Web site by Robert Shea; contains lots of references and resources
• German-American Dialects
• German-Canadians. A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada. Film series on the contribution of immigrants to Canada. This Internet site contains introductory matter and includes teaching units. There are three episodes relating to German-Canadians:
  1. The Impossible Home: Robert Kroetsch and his German Roots - Episode 9
  2. Copyright: Leonard Frank (photographer; German-Jewish immigrant) - Episode 30
  3. For the Love of God: The Mennonites and Benjamin Eby - Episode 4
• The German Fairy Tale Road (This is a collaborative project with its focus on the fairytales of the Grimm Brothers.)
• German Immigrant Culture in America, syllabus by Dr. Peter C. Merrill
• German Language School Conference, the national umbrella organization for private German language schools to assist these schools providing quality education
• German Teaching Resources, collected by Monica Wagner
• Germans in America (a 4-part television series)
• Germantown, Pennsylvania, by Betty Randall
• Germany and America in the 20th Century: A Hypertext Timeline
• Goethe Institute -- Index to Distance Education Courses
  
• How German is American?
• Inter-nationes Materials for Schools (all levels) - in English or German. Not specifically designed for German-American studies, but many useful resources such as language maps.
• Kickapoo High School German Links
• 19th-Century Christmas: Aspects of the Antebellum Christmas
• Set Apart: Religious Communities in Pennsylvania Moravians, the Ephrata Cloister, Bethlehem, and Harmony -- Lesson plans
• Spurensuche - German-speaking Communities in Chicago and in the Midwest
• Teaching German Americana with Assistance from the Web, article by Giles R. Hoyt and Robert J. Shea
• zur Oeveste Letters (German ed.), letters with historical context from a German-American, Indiana farmer to his relatives in Germany.

Teaching Units

• Auswanderung aus Europa - Einwanderung in die USA: A project by the Graf Zeppelin Gymnasium, Friedrichshaven and the North County High School in Baltimore; all in German
  • Projekthauptseite
• German American Day is October 6!
  
• German-American Day Exercises
• German-Americans and Their Contributions to the American Mainstream Culture:
  German Names and Words
  • "German Names in the Hoosier Mainstream Culture," by Tiffany Obenchain, German student at Carmel High School, Winner of the 1997 Indiana German Heritage Society's Student Essay Competition
• German Immigration and Famous German-Americans: German-American Day Teaching Unit
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Video Checklist
  • Extra Credit Projects
  • Quiz
• German Immigrants: Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest The Library of Congress, American Memory Fellows Program
• Learning About Our World: Germany
  • Unit 10. December Celebrations
  • Unit 16. America, Here We Come
  • Unit 19. Emigration and Immigration
  • How Well Do You Know The Amish? Activities, games and quizzes by May Ping Soo Hoo
• Historische Epochen
• History's Influence on German-American Culture, a teaching unit by Rob Williams
• Missouri AATG Teaching Resources
• Die Russlanddeutschen (currently in German only, English version is planned)
• Schuelerergebnisse

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Created: 17 December 1997, ARK Updated: 27 July 2008, BAS Comments to: IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center, mkgac@iupui.edu This page sponsored and maintained by IUPUI University Libraries. URL: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/teaching.html

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