Cultures 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Reading and web activities ask students to take a closer look at practices such as weddings, sports events, school system, and birthdays. 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and the perspectives of the culture studied. Students analyze a longer poem by Goethe, learn the patterns of the fairy tale, recognize the tradition of the puppet show, and identify the German contributions to business and industry. Connections 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
Students study the connection between geographical location and industry.
The life and music of Schubert and Beethoven is embedded in the course content. Students also take a look at the post WWII Cold War through the situation of Berlin. 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures. Students are required to extract information from German web sites for their calendar projects. Student read and extract information from authentic texts found in newspapers and magazines of the target culture.