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Der Lehrling: A Lesson Plan for Advanced German Students

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Have your advanced learners concoct a new soft drink, create a product name, slogan and jingle, and present their creation to another class. While originally designed for a German classroom, this plan could easily be adapted to another...
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Gopher It! Exploring German Cyberspace

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students are introduced to the Gopher research tools. In groups, they compare and contrast English and German services on the gopher servers. They create their own dictionary of computer related terms and spend time downloading picture...
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Google Translate

For Students 1st - 12th
Not sure how to translate a word, phrase, or paragraph? No worries. Simply paste in, type, or dictate your text, select the initial and desired language, and up pops your translation. Better yet, the app will read the text to you in most...
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Tell Me A Foreign Language Story

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students practice retelling a simple story representative of the country where the target language is spoken: French, German, or Spanish. Given a worksheet with story details, students fill in missing details and rearrange details to...
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Foreign Language Initial Reading

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students match sentences and phrases to pictures in a target language. They identify the proper written form of familiar spoken phrases. Students practice labeling objects and pictures with the proper greeting, color, number or object...
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German Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are used in German. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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English Cognates in Various Indo-European Languages

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Studying the history, influences, and cognates of the English language, this presentation provides students in linguistics and language classes with several charts of information on cognates from languages around the world. The slideshow...
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Deutschland und die Europäische Union (Germany and the European Union)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Introduce your language students in German class to the European Union, including the historic developments, the current structure, and some of the political and social principles behind it with this lesson. In small groups, learners...
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Regular and Irregular Verbs in German

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review formation of present tense of regular verbs learned in German 1. Students complete a worksheet after viewing a PowerPoint show. They watch a second portion of the PowerPoint show about the peculiarities of irregular verbs.
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Questions, Statements And Formality

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students distinguish between questions, statements, and formality as dictated by the instructor in a targeted foreign language: French or German. On a provided worksheet, students classify statements according to their vocabulary and...
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Deutsch I

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language worksheet students look for the words in the puzzle and the answers are revealed after clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Die Schule

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language instructional activity, students find the words that are used for vocabulary and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Prairie Voices: German Immigrants Move to Iowa

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create historically accurate travel journals. In this Iowa history activity, students research the German immigration experience as they write travel journals that feature a German family's move into an Iowa county.
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Foreign Words in English

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a list of28 words that have had their origin in a language other than English. Students place the foreign words into the correct box that tells the country of origin: France, Germany,...
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Adolf Hitler: Was Hitler a Passionate Lunatic?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate WWII by researching Adolf Hitler. In this dictator biographical lesson, students identify the role Adolf Hitler played in the self destruction of Germany by reading secret transcripts from German leaders. Students...
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Family Terms

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete sentences using appropriate family names and terms in a target foreign language: French, German, or Spanish. Using a fill in the blank worksheet, students give the appropriate noun to complete a sentence about familial...
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Obituary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a worksheet on a historical figure of their choice. Using this information, they write an appropriate obituary of the person in German or other foreign language. They present the obituary to the class to end the lesson.
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In der Stadt

For Students 9th - 12th
For this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are needed to acquire new vocabulary. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Wortschatz #37

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are related to language acquisition and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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WEIHNACHTEN

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language worksheet, students look for the words that are in the puzzle to improve spelling skills. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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In Der Stadt

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are used and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Phoneme Recognition Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore language arts by completing an in-class phonics activity. In this word structure lesson, students utilize the Internet to identify the sounds that different letter combinations make. Students practice combining word...
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The German Occupation of the Rhineland

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discover the history of WWII by investigating the Nazis. In this World History lesson, students identify the Rhineland, the Treaty of Versailles, and how Nazis broke the agreement.  Students read transcripts of secret documents...
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Let's Cook

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice converting measurements into metrics. In groups, they translate a recipe from English into German and convert all measurements into metrics for the recipe. They examine the difference between United States and metric...