German Level 3, Activity 14: Weihnachten / Christmas (Online)

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Students discuss German Christmas traditions and the differences between a traditional U.S. Christmas and a German Christmas.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Mimi Fahnstrom, Amber Hoye

German Level 3, Activity 12: Debatten / Debates (Online)

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 Students will practice defending their opinions and beliefs by taking stances on different topics. They will practice being able to explain their reasons for being in each position.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Mimi Fahnstrom, Amber Hoye

German Level 3, Activity 09: Soziale Medien und Technologie / Social Media and Technology (Online)

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Students will practice exchanging opinions on certain topics related to social media and technology.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Mimi Fahnstrom, Amber Hoye

German Level 3, Activity 03: Jeopardy mit Farben / Jeopardy with Colors (Online)

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Students will answer questions related to the different Jeopardy topics.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Mimi Fahnstrom, Amber Hoye

German Level 1, Activity 01: Aktivitätsorientierung / Activity Orientation (Face to Face)

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Students will go learn more about how conversation activities will be facilitated and introduce themselves to one another.

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Authors: Amber Hoye, Mimi Fahnstrom, Shawn Moak, Brenna McNeil, Emma Eason, Shelby Cole, Reagan Solomon

German Level 1, Activity 05: Jagd nach Kunst / Hunting For Art (Face to Face)

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First, students will view a slide with works from German artists.  They are going to describe the art with old and new adjectives.  There is a clue about art in the warm-up word slide, Deutsche Adjektive. (it is written in the colors of the rainbow and then the three primary colors). Then students put these new and old adjectives to use as they digitally search museums in Berlin, hunting for art that depicts certain adjectives.  Finally, in the end students share about other types of German art they enjoy - music, architecture, design, etc.

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Authors: Amber Hoye, Chloe Pampush, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom, Brenna McNeil, Shelby Cole, Emma Eason, Shawn Moak

German Level 1, Activity 06: Möbel und Wohnen / Furniture and Living (Face to Face)

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Students will work within a budget to find pieces of furniture to decorate their dorm room. Die Schüler werden innerhalb eines Budgets arbeiten, um Möbelstücke zu finden, um ihr Wohnheimzimmer zu dekorieren.  Students will practice describing furniture and using terms related to money.  Die Schüler üben die Beschreibung von Möbeln und die Verwendung von Begriffen, die mit Geld zu tun haben.

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Authors: Amber Hoye, Chloe Pampush, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom, Brenna McNeil, Shelby Cole, Emma Eason, Shawn Moak

German Level 1, Activity 07: Haushaltsartikel und Einkaufen / Household Items and Shopping (Face to Face)

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In this activity, students will practice shopping using a list to purchase a variety of household items. Half of the students will receive a shopping list and the other half will be a store-front. The students will ask each other questions to find items on their list.

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Authors: Amber Hoye, Chloe Pampush, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom, Brenna McNeil, Reagan Solomon, Shelby Cole, Emma Eason

German Level 1, Activity 09: Essen / Food (Face to Face)

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Students will review vocabulary words relating to food, using a game of Heads Up. Then, they will practice using those words with a card game that requires them to match words with the picture.

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Authors: Brenna McNeil, Amber Hoye, Naia Robinson, Mimi Fahnstrom, Emma Eason, Reagan Solomon, Shawn Moak

German Level 1, Activity 01: Orientierung / Orientation (Online)

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Students will go learn more about how conversation activities will be facilitated and introduce themselves to one another. If there is enough time the students will strengthen their knowledge of the German alphabet by playing Hangman.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Emma Eason, Mimi Fahnstrom, Reagan Solomon, Shelby Cole, Brenna McNeil, Amber Hoye

German Level 1, Activity 08: Zeit / Time (Online)

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Students will practice telling the time from visual and verbal cues. They will also practice responding to situations with separable prefix verbs.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Reagan Solomon, Brenna McNeil, Shelby Cole, Emma Eason, Amber Hoye, Mimi Fahnstrom

German Level 1, Activity 10: Hobbys / Hobbies (Online)

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Students will practice telling about their hobbies, their personal interests, and their free time activities.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Mimi Fahnstrom, Reagan Solomon, Brenna McNeil, Shelby Cole, Emma Eason, Amber Hoye

German Level 1, Activity 12: Familie / Family (Online)

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Students will learn how to talk about their family members, and describe them.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Shelby Cole, Mimi Fahnstrom, Reagan Solomon, Amber Hoye, Emma Eason, Brenna McNeil

German Level 2, Activity 01: Einführungen / Introductions (Face to Face)

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In this activity, students will answer questions about themselves. In addition, they will have the opportunity to share information about their hometown with the rest of the group.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Amber Hoye, Reagan Solomon, Mimi Fahnstrom, Brenna McNeil, Emma Eason, Shelby Cole

German Level 2, Activity 04: Gesundes Leben / Healthy Living (Face to Face)

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In this activity, students will review vocabulary relating to the body and parts of the body. Additionally, students will practice talking about health and how they stay healthy.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Amber Hoye, Mimi Fahnstrom, Brenna McNeil, Reagan Solomon, Shelby Cole, Emma Eason

German Level 2, Activity 08: Arbeits- und Lebenspläne / Plans For Work and Life (Face to Face)

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In this activity, students will be practicing forms of Konjunktiv II and discussing job related topics.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Amber Hoye, Mimi Fahnstrom, Emma Eason, Reagan Solomon, Brenna McNeil, Shelby Cole

German Level 2, Activity 09: Der Körper / The Body (Face to Face)

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Students will be discussing body parts, make a body outline, and discussing individual characteristics.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Amber Hoye, Mimi Fahnstrom, Reagan Solomon, Emma Eason, Shelby Cole, Brenna McNeil

German Level 2, Activity 13: Reisen / Travel (Face to Face)

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Students use German to talk about living in Boise.  Students create activities for visitors to do in Boise. Students discuss previous travels.

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Authors: Shawn Moak, Emma Eason, Reagan Solomon, Brenna McNeil, Mimi Fahnstrom, Shelby Cole, Amber Hoye

German Level 2, Activity 01: Einführungstag / Orientation Day (Online)

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Students will introduce themselves and get to know one another by asking and answering questions about personal preferences.

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Author: Amber Hoye

German Level 3, Activity 04: Reisen durch Berlin / Traveling Through Berlin (Online)

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Students will use a map of Berlin to give directions on how to navigate from one landmark to another.

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Authors: Brenna McNeil, Amber Hoye, Naia Robinson, Mimi Fahnstrom