🙅♀️German Level 4, Activity 13: Stereotypen / Stereotypes (Face to Face)
Description: Students discuss German stereotypes.
Semantic Topics: Stereotypes, Typisch, Prejudice, Vorurteil, Adjectives, Adjektive.
Products: Cultural clichés, Kulturklischees.
Practices: Understanding cultural clichés about people in German speaking countries. Kulturklischees über Menschen im deutschsprachigen Raum verstehen.
Perspectives: Danger in stereotyping people. Value of cultural individualities of German speaking lands. Gefahr, Menschen zu stereotypisieren. Wert kultureller Individualitäten 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 1.2 Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
- 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 discuss stereotypes of German speaking countries.
- I can discuss stereotypes of my own culture.
- I can form an opinion about the validity of certain stereotypes.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
Read the stereotypes and discuss whether the stereotypes are correct.
Lest die Klischees und besprecht ob die Klischees stimmen.
Main Activity
Instructions in English/Deutsch
- Stereotype 1: The Germans eat bratwurst, beer, and potatoes.
Klischee 1: Die Deutschen ernähren sich von Bratwrust, Bier, und Kartoffeln.
- Conclusion: The stereotype is true and tastes good!
Fazit: Klischee stimmt und schmeckt!
- Stereotype 2: The Germans are cold, unfriendly and inconsiderate.
Klischee 2: Die Deutschen sind kalt, unfreundlich, und rücksichtslos.
- Conclusion: The Germans are very nice and helpful, even in a big city like Berlin. Stereotype refuted.
Fazit: Die Deutschen sind sehr nett und hilfsbereit sogar in einer Großstadt wie in Berlin Klischee widerlegt.
- Stereotype 3: The Germans are humorless and stiff.
Klischee 3: Deutsche sind humorlos und steif.
- Conclusion: The Germans are full of humor and not stiff. They like jokes and are very funny. Stereotype refuted.
Fazit: Die Deutschen sind humorvfoll und nicht steif. Sie mögen Witze und sind ganz lustig!
- Stereotype 4: The Germans love order and adhere to rules.
Klischee 4: Die Deutschen lieben Ordnung und halten sich an Regeln.
- Conclusion: Stereotype true. The Germans love order and adhere to the rules.
Fazit: Klischee stimmt! Die Deutsche haben viele Regeln und halten sich daran.
- Stereotype: The Germans love soccer!
Klischee 5: Deutsche lieben Fußball!
- Conclusion: World Champions 1954, 1990, 2014.
Klischee Richtig!
- In summer, there is barbecue and soccer.
Fazit: Weltmeister: 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014 Klischee stimmt! Im Sommer gibt’s Grillen und Fußball.
Wrap-Up
Discuss any new information the students learned about German stereotypes.
Besprechen Sie alle neuen Informationen, die die Schüler über deutsche Klischees erfahren.
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 discuss stereotypes of German speaking countries.
- I can discuss stereotypes of my own culture.
- I can form an opinion about the validity of certain stereotypes.
cultural resources
Attached is a link from Meet the Germans, What do Foreigners Think about Germans.
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