The German Studies Collaboratory
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Notes and perspectives on the current German Education system, and existing challenges. features blog posts on various teaching, diversity, and research-related topics. German Studies Collaboratory is a virtual hub of resources for those interested in German language, art, culture, and history offering links to existing materials found on the 'net
The German Studies Collaboratory
5M ago
An interactive online workbook, open educational resource based on the CEFR, authored by Dagmar Fischer at the Technical University Dublin. Based on authentic materials, levels A1-C1, includes audio and visual components.
Website: https://sites.google.com/dit.ie/anyone4german/home
Tags: Language Acquisition
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The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Helmut Walser Smith – Vanderbilt University
This site is an attempt to catalogue the whereabouts of the Holocaust testimonies that were catalogued by Joan Ringelheim and published in two editions that were published in 1986 and 1992. Many of the holdings have moved since the initial publication and with this site, historian Helmut Walser Smith is attempting to locate and link to those sources.
Click here for Helmut Walser Smith’s website ..read more
The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose 2022
Fermat’s Last Theater Company
Enjoy this 50-minute dramatic reading performance about the life of resistance leader Sophie Scholl.
Website for “We Will Not Be Silent! Sophie Scholl and the White Rose 2022”
Cast
Maggie Schenk – narrator and voice of Sophie Scholl
Daniel Graupner – narrator
Daniel Plane – cello
David Simmons – producer/director
Marc Silberman & Hans Adler – advisors/dramaturgs
Graphic design by Krissy Pohold
Thanks also to Stephani Richards-Wilson for her work on Willi Graf.
Performed November 11, 2022 at ArtLitLab and reprised on April ..read more
The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Upper-level German Special Topics Course: German Immigration History
Johanna Schuster-Craig
Michigan State University
This is a coursepack for an upper-level German-language content course with materials exploring the history of twentieth-century immigration to Germany through comic books, film, interviews, and archival source materials. Specific topics include: Guest worker migration, socialist immigration to the former German Democratic Republic, postwar expellees, and refugee migration. The goal of the course is intended to give students depth of knowledge in this history of immigration to ..read more
The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Kennesaw State University’s Museum for History and Holocaust Education created numerous Online History Teaching Modules related to German History; Holocaust History; Human Rights History; WWI; WWII; and other topics — all freely available to educators. Visit their site to see a list of available Individual Topic/Event Lessons or more elaborate Multi-Lesson Modules. Lessons include images and other primary sources as well as informative narratives, thinking and analytical questions, and potential assignments. Browse their site to see samples and then fill out the online request form for whichev ..read more
The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Environmental topics have become a significant part of German Studies. Environmental action also presents an opportunity for engaging with communities beyond the classroom. Site maintained by Kiley Kost (Carleton College), Nicole Fischer (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Nolan (University of Minnesota Duluth), and Seth Peabody (Carleton College).
Environment and Engagement in German Studies website
Tags: environment, lesson plans, syllabi, language pedagogy, civic engagement
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The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
A collection of teaching resources from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, including lesson plans, bibliographies, videos, and primary sources. The site is geared mainly toward K-12 teachers but also includes useful materials for university level instruction.
USHMM Fundamentals of Teaching the Holocaust website
Tags: Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Teaching Resources
Image Source: By Karen from Canada – Holocaust Museum, Washington DC, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56839792 ..read more
The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Years ago, I came across a syllabus on the internet that changed how I teach writing. It was by Rudy Koshar, the distinguished historian of German History at the University of Wisconsin. I was looking around for examples of how to structure a course in modern German history, but what I found instead was an elegant, simple assignment that I added to nearly every class that I teach: the challenge statement.
The idea is straightforward. Challenge statements are short, 50-word, single-sentence statements on course texts. I give students a prompt on the day’s reading, and th ..read more
The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Andy Evans
SUNY New Paltz
“Challenge statements” are short, 50-word, single-sentence statements on course readings. They are designed to a) encourage students to do the reading and b) improve students’ skills of summary and analysis. Challenge statements are also excellent tools for helping students become better writers.
Evans Challenge StatementsDownload
Tags: German History, teaching
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The German Studies Collaboratory
1y ago
Like many institutions, my university is increasingly emphasizing engaged and experiential learning, where students get out of the classroom and learn and/or apply their learning out in “the real world” (for us, this takes the form of an “Engaged Learning” requirement in the University Core Curriculum). My department also offers a concentration in Public and Applied History, which asks students to consider the public uses of the past and challenges them to apply their skills of historical analysis in the practice of public history (e.g., the curation of museum exhibitions, the development of w ..read more