Communities and Regions in Germany, Social Studies Grades 3- 4
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 471 820 SO 034 298 AUTHOR Blankenship, Glen TITLE Communities and Regions in Germany, Social Studies Grades 3- 4. Update 2002. INSTITUTION Inter Nationes, Bonn (Germany). PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 67p.; For 1995 and 2000 edition, see ED 412 152 and ED 450 037. Accompanying audio tape, transparencies, and slides not available from EDRS. AVAILABLE FROM Goethe-Institut New York, 1014 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028. Tel: 212-439-8700; Fax: 212-439-8705; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.goethe.de. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Area Studies; Cultural Education; Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; *Geographic Concepts; *Geography Instruction; Grade 3; Grade 4; Human Geography; Intermediate Grades; *Map Skills; Maps; Multicultural Education; Physical Geography; *Social Studies; World Geography; World History IDENTIFIERS *Germany ABSTRACT This instructional package is targeted at students in grades 3 and 4. The package, presented to students as a travelogue, stresses basic map, globe, and geography skills, and presents case studies of communities (cities/towns/villages) across Germany. It contains three lessons: (1) "One Germany in Numbers: Size, Population and Landscape";(2) "The German Landscape"; and (3)"Traveling through Germany". Lessons 1 and 2 provide students an opportunity to practice basic geography skills in a comparative Germany/United States context. Lesson 3 allows students to apply their knowledge to a visual tour of Germany. Each lesson begins with an outline for teaching which includes instructional objectives, a list of resource materials, and a sequenced list of procedures for implementing the lessons. All lessons contain worksheets. Appended is the Diary of My Travels through Germany slide/tape transcripts (Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saxony, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Pomerania). An audio tape accompanies the text materials. (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS INGERMANY SOCIAL STUDIES GRADES 3-4 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY Jr This document has been reproduced as EST COPY AVAILABLE received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to K improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy. 1 These materials may be reproduced by teachers and schools systems for classroom use. Please provide a complete citation of the source when duplicating for other purposes. Editor: Martina Muller, Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Bonn Michael Nentwich, Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Atlanta GOETHE-INSTITUT Inter Nationes Bildungsmedien and Film B11 Kennedyallee 91-103 D-53175 Bonn Federal Republic of Germany Telefon: +49-228 880-0 Telefax: +49-228 880-457 Teletex: 28308-IND Telex: 8869904-IND E-mail: [email protected] www.inter-nationes.de Copyright 2002 by 3 Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes Bonn, Atlanta Contemporary. Materials for the Germany Social Studies Classroom Description of Publications A Kid Like Me Across the Sea is a primary/elementary instructional package targeted at grades K-3. This series of five lessons addresses the following topics: physical and cultural geography; basic needs of food, clothing and shelter; community services and community helpers; transportation and communication; political sym- bols; and migration of people. Communities and Regions in Germany is an instructional package targeted at upper elementary curriculum. This instructional package, presented to students as a travelogue, stresses basic map and globe/geography skills and presents case studies of communities (cities/towns/villages) across Germany. Overview of Germany is designed for middle school classrooms. The four lessons in the package correlate to the typical curriculum pattern in the United States (world cultures, geography and government). The ma-terials focus on world studies and state studies from a comparative U.S./Germany perspective. Germany in Europe: Enduring Issues is designed for middle and secondary class rooms. The unit is organized around four topics: The European Union, The People of Europe, the Nations of Europe, and The European Economy. Lessons focus on issues such as European membership, multicultralism, nation-building, the Euro currency, and the environment. The Geography of Germany is designed for high school classrooms. The five lessons in this instructional package relate to the "Five Themes of Geography" (Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region) as promoted by the National Geographic Society. The lessons are designed to support the teaching of courses in World Geography, U.S. Government/Civics, and Economics from a comparative U.S./Germany perspective. Cultural Reflections: Work, Politics and Daily Life in Germany is also designed for the high school classroom. The three lessons in this instructional kit include "The German Worker," "Culture and Daily Life in Germany" and "Govern- ment in Germany." Student activities focus on comparative economic systems, worker training and apprentice- ship programs, structure of government (including case studies of the health care system and the federal budget), the role of the press in Germany, and leisure activities. Additional materials which support these instructional programs are also available: political and physical wall maps of Germany and Europe; cultural collage poster; video Germany Since 1945: A Focus on Berlin; Facts About Germany handbook; and additional resources from the German Infomation Center in New York These materials, developed by social studies educators in United States and published by Inter Nationes, are available through: Single copies at cost price American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) 112 Haddontowne Court, Suite 104, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034-3668 Telephone (856) 795-5553; Telefax (856) 795-9398 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.aatg.org Free sets of materials for inservice training Goethe-Institut New York 1014 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028 Telephone (212) 439-8700; Telefax (212) 439-8705 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.goethe.de 4 BEST COPY MAMAle1141F e Contemporary Materials for the Social Germany Studies Classroom Scope and Sequence, K-12 Grade Level/Course Materials/Title K Individuals 1 Families A Kid like Me Across the Sea Grades K, 1, 2 and 3 2 Neighborhoods [Interest Level, Grades K Adult] 3 Communities 4 States and Regional Geography Communities and Regions in Germany Grades 3 and 4 [Interest Level, Grades 3-6] 5 U.S. History 6 World History 7 World Geography Overview of Germany Grades 6, 7 and 8 8 State History and Government 9-12 U.S. Studies Citizenship Economics U.S. History AmericanLaw The Geography of Germany American Government Grades 9-12 [Targeted at History and Geography (Physical and Cultural)] World Studies World History World Geography Cultural Reflections International Studies/ Grades 9-12 (Targeted at Economics, Government Contemporary Affairs and Sociology] Comparative Government Behavioral Studies Sociology Germany in Europe: Enduring Issues Psychology Grades 6-12 Anthropology materials needed for implementation. Some of the Introduction lessons contain "Teacher Resources" which are beyond the reading level of many elementary age students. This information is provided for the pur- pose of increasing the knowledge base of the This collection of lessons was developed as a teacher and, the information may be shared with result of a study/travel program attended by a students by selecting from a variety of instructional group of social studies educators from Georgia strategies which are developmentally appropriate during the spring of 1993. One goal of the project (e. g. the information from a reading may be was to develop and disseminate exemplary recorded on tape for non-readers; heterogeneous lessons for teaching elementary school children in cooperative learning groups may be used; a the United States about the Federal Republic of teacher-led discussion activity can provide back- Germany. ground information needed to complete a project.) This document is targeted at students in grades 3 Please send suggestions for revisions to future and 4. However, because of their high interest editions of these lessons to level, the lessons are easily adaptable to the abili- Glen Blankenship ties of middle school students. The materials are 5031 Bainbridge Court designed so that the teacher may either (1) inte- Lilburn, Georgia 30047 grate individual lessons into the existing school curriculum at appropriate places across the school These materials may be reproduced by teachers year, or (2) use them as a stand-alone unit. and school systems for classroom use. Please pro- Lessons 1 and 2 provide students an opportunity vide a complete citation of the source when dupli- to practice basic geography skills in a comparative cating. Germany/United States context. Lesson 3 allows students to apply their knowledge to a visual tour of Germany. Through a "driving tour" of six states and thirteen cities, students are exposed to the variety of regional landscapes in Germany as well as many important historic