Deutsch Ich heiße ______Internet-Projekt ~ Die Berliner Mauer (The Wall)

1. Go to www.wall-berlin.org Click on "10th 2. Go to www.newseum.org/berlinwall/ Click on anniversary of the fall of the ." Click "The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall." Click on on "The Wall System." The wall was built not to "Before the Wall." What four countries were stop people getting in, but: the victors in World War II ?

3. How was Germany - and Berlin - divided up 4. What did the Soviet Union do on April 1, 1948 ? after WW II ?

5. How long did the Berlin Airlift last ? 6. When did the Soviets lift the blockade ?

______days

What was the "Berlin Airlift" ?

7. By 1961, how many people had "voted with 8. Click on "Building the Wall." On what date was their feet" and left East Germany for a the Wall erected ? better life in the West ?

At what time of day ?

The West Germans called it "die Shandmauer." What does that mean in English ?

9. The Berlin Wall was rebuilt at least 3 times. 10. What made the Berlin Wall different from Why ? the Great Wall of China or the walls around castles in the Middle Ages ?

11. Click on "Trying to Escape." Scroll down a bit. 12. Go to www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/ About how many East German soldiers fled to checkpoint-charlie.htm Why was "Charlie" the West ? chosen as the name of this checkpoint ?

How old was Peter Fechter ?

What did he become a symbol of ? When was Checkpoint Charlie removed ?

13. Go back to www.wall-berlin.org and click on 14. What did Hungary do on September 11, 1989 ? "10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall." Click on "The Fall." What does perestroika mean ?

What did East Germans start doing as a result ? What does glasnost mean ?

15. What did East Germany celebrate on 16. What was the name of the guest of honor (the October 7, 1989 ? Soviet leader) on this day ?

Click on his name in red to see his picture, then click on the "back" button. 17. Go to www.newseum.org/berlinwall Click on 18. Go to www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ "The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall." Click on jfkichbineinberliner.html . "Iron Curtain." Who coined this term and on On what date did President Kennedy make this what date ? speech and where ?

What was this man referring to actually ?

19. What is the last sentence of this speech ? 20. Go to www.urbanlegends.about.com In the search field, type “Ich bin ein Berliner” and then click on the 1st result “JFK: I Am A Jelly Doughnut” . Read pp. 1 + 2.

How do you say ‘jelly doughnut’ in German ?

21. Go back to www.newseum.org/berlinwall Click 22. Who said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down on "The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall." Click this wall !" and when did he say it ? on "Fighting the Wall." What does the 1st paragraph say about life in East Germany in the 1980s ?

23. In the 1980s, mass protests occurred in 24. Click on "Timeline of Events." On what date Dresden, Leipzig, and Potsdam. Why ? did the East German government open its borders & allow its citizens to visit the West ?

25. From 1950 to 1960, what difference occured 26. Click on "Beyond the Fall." What happened between and ? in July 1990 ?

How many East Germans fled ?

27. Go to 28. Go to http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_3 www.germanculture.com.ua/library/ weekly/aa093000a.htm Why is the date October 3, 1990 important What is "Unification Day" called in German ? for Germany ?

The Berlin Wall was a symbol of what ?

29. In the dropdown box under ‘history’ in red at 30. What countries participated in the the top of the screen, click on “Berlin Wall.” “Two-Plus-Four Talks” ? Who was the Chancellor of West Germany on November 9, 1989 ?

31. Go to http://www.germany- 32. Now read the 3rd paragraph under “Social info.org/relaunch/culture/history/unification.html Unification.”

Scroll down & read the paragraph just above What is Ostalgie ? “Social Unification.” What was the biggest economic disparity between eastern and western Germany after reunification ?

33. Read the 3rd paragraph from the end of the 34. Go to www.dailysoft.com and click section “Social Unification.” on BERLIN WALL ONLINE. Then click on the underlined word “present” towards the bottom How long does it take to get an Abitur in left. The former course of the Berlin Wall is western Germany ? now marked by what ?

And how long in eastern Germany ? Click on “doubled row” to see it up close, then click on the BACK button. 35. Now scroll down and click on LIST OF BERLIN 36. At the very bottom, click on the link “The WALL sections in the USA. What 3 Wall: Where Is It Now?” , then click on “next.” Presidential Librairies have sections of the What city are these sections of the Wall in ? Wall ? a) b) c)

37. Click on “next” under the caption of the 38. Scroll down and click on “The Berlin Wall: A photo. In what city and country are these Pictorial History.” Look at the pictures one by sections of the Wall ? one. What is the name of the border guard who escaped & when did he escape?

39. A few pictures later, what is President 40. A few more photos later, the little graffiti- Kennedy doing ? covered fragments of the Berlin Wall were sold. For how much ?

41. Go to 42. Go to http://flagspot.net/flags/de-be.html http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/wall.html Look at the 1st flag of Berlin pictured. What Read “Construction of the Wall.” In 1961 the does it look like ? When was it adopted for American policy regarding Berlin had 3 essentials. West Berlin and when for all of Berlin ? What were they ? a)

b)

c)