🎄German Level 3, Activity 14: Weihnachten / Christmas (Online)
Semantic Topics: Christmas, Weihnachten, Christmas Markets, Weihnachtsmarkt, Weihnachtsmärkte, Christkindlmarkt, Christkindlmärkte, Krampus, Descriptive Adjective use, Beschreibende Adjektivverwendung.
Products: Christmas Market Video, Weihnachtsmarkt-Video.
Practices: Traditions related to Holiday celebrations in German speaking countries. Traditionen im Zusammenhang mit Feiertagsfeiern im deutschsprachigen Raum.
Perspectives: Appreciation of the Christmas traditions in German speaking countries. Wertschätzung der Weihnachtstraditionen im deutschsprachigen Raum.
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
- Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through German and the German speaking world.
Idaho State Content Standards:
- Objective: CLTR 1.1 Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- Objective: CLTR 1.2 Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can talk about German holiday traditions.
- I can answer questions about holiday traditions.
- I can compare my culture’s traditions to German traditions.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
1. Discuss the Can-Do Statements.
2. Was wissen Sie über deutsche Weihnachtstraditionen? (What do you know about German Christmas traditions?)
Main Activity
1. Discuss the German Christmas traditions from the Google Presentation.
- Diskutieren Sie die deutschen Weihnachtsbräuche aus der Google Slide Show.
2. Tour of a virtual Christmas Market with the video.
- Rundgang durch einen virtuellen Weihnachtsmarkt mit dem Video.
3. Watch the Krampus Video.
- Sehen Sie sich das Krampus-Video an.
Wrap-Up
Ask the students the following question to finish the activity:
- Wie sind deine Weihnachtstraditionen im vergleich zu deutschen Weihnachtstraditionen? (How are your Christmas traditions compared to German Christmas traditions?)
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 talk about German holiday traditions.
- I can answer questions about holiday traditions.
- I can compare my culture’s traditions to German traditions.
Cultural Resources
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