German Level 3, Activity #12: Debatten / Debates (Online)
Semantic Topics: Debate, Debatte, Environment, Umwelt, Technology, Technologie, Opinions, Meinungen, Facts, Fakten.
Products: Situation Cards, Stance Cards.
Practices: Debating present-day topics in German. Diskussion über aktuelle Themen in deutscher Sprache.
Perspectives: Value of the freedom of speech. Value of other people’s ideas and convictions. Wert der Meinungsfreiheit. Wert der Ideen und Überzeugungen anderer Menschen.
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- Objective: COMM 1.1 Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- Objective: COMM 2.1 Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can defend my arguments in a debate.
- I can exchange opinions with people on different topics.
- I can debate about topics regarding the environment.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
Discuss the Can-Do Statements with the Students
Ask the students the following questions:
1. Do you eat organic food or do you not have a preference either way?
Isst du bio Essen oder ist es dir Egal was du isst?
2. Do you eat meat or animal products like milk and eggs? Is there a reason not to eat these things?
Isst du Fleisch oder Tier Stoff wie Milch und Eier? Gibt es ein Grund sowas nicht zu essen?
3. Do you always drive your car places or are there other options that you use (like bus or bike)?
Fährst du immer mit dem Auto oder gibt es andere Möglichkeiten z.B. Bus oder Fahrrad?
4. Do you recycle or do you throw everything away?
Benutzt du das Recycling oder wirfst du alles in Müll?
5. Are there other options for energy? Like Wind or Solar energy for example.
Gibt es andere Möglichkeiten für Strom z.B. Wind oder Solarenergie?
Main Activity
Comments/Opinions
Stellung nehmen/Opinions
1. Students will be shown a card with a statement on it.
Den Schülern wird eine Karte mit einer Erklärung angezeigt.
2. They must say whether they agree and also defend their position when asked.
Sie müssen sagen, ob sie damit einverstanden sind und auch ihre Position verteidigen, wenn sie gefragt werden.
3. Students may also provide counterpoints to other students’ responses if they would like.
Die Schüler können auch Kontrapunkte zu den Antworten anderer Schüler bereitstellen, wenn sie möchten.
WRAP-UP
Ask students if they have been persuaded to make any changes because of what they heard in the debates.
Fragen Sie die Schüler, ob sie aufgrund dessen, was sie in den Debatten gehört haben, davon überzeugt wurden, Änderungen vorzunehmen.
END OF ACTIVITY
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down) - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can defend my arguments in a debate.
- I can exchange opinions with people on different topics.
- I can debate about topics regarding the environment.
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