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Goethe-Institut

German Design and Fashion From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German design and fashion sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German design and fashion, home and furniture designs from Germany, German designs of...
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Goethe-Institut

German Architecture From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German architecture sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German architecture, preserving and restoring historical ruins in Germany and world-wide,...
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: German Settlers

For Students 9th - 10th
German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the...
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Other

Naturdetektive (German)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, built in partnership with the United Nations, aims to educate kids and adults about nature. Contains elaborate "themes" on everything from fruit trees to bio-farms. Also provides an archive of the project's previous years...
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Other

2 World War 2: German Tanks in World War 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides brief descriptions of German tanks used in WW2.
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Other

German Embassy: German Holidays

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how Germans celebrate holidays and cultural traditions.
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Other

German Aerospace Center: Human Spaceflight Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.
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Curated OER

German 18th Century Map of Ebenezer, Georgia.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
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Curated OER

German 18th Century Map of Ebenezer, Georgia.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Coming of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I set the stage for increased world conflict because of the crushing reparations required of Germany. See how Adolf Hitler, over a series of years, used opposition to the terms of the treaty...
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Handout
Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
World War I brought turmoil to Chicago because of its large immigrant population, especially Germans. Read about how the war affected the politics and industry of Chicago both during and after the war.
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University of Pittsburgh

Grimm Brothers' Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Compiled by a retired German professor and folklorist, this site is an excellent resource for anyone seeking information about the Grimm Brothers. Contains a chronology for both brothers, a listing of their academic accomplishments, and...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Over Here

For Students 5th - 8th
World War I was not fought by Americans just in Europe. Read about the many ways people at home helped the war effort. See how badly German-Americans were treated as anti-German passions were fueled.
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Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Decline of the Empire: Disintegration of Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Morey's 1901 textbook recounts the attacks on the Roman Empire by the Sassinids from the east and the Germanic barbarians from the north.
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Other

Island Farm: Pow Camp 198

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of Camp 198 which was the site of the largest escape of German POWs from a Prisoner of War camp in England during World War 2.
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Curated OER

German Immigrants Boarding a Ship for America in the Late 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: War in Europe [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at the course of the war in Europe, and America's involvement after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It examines the military strategies...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Arsenal of Democracy

For Students 5th - 8th
Although Americans remained isolationist in their thinking, President Roosevelt understood that the European allies needed help against the Germans. Read about the incremental ways America became involved in World War II in Europe...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Devil's Paw by E. Phillips Oppenheim

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the German spy novel The Devil's Paw by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Week of 12 16 13: German President Will Not Attend Olympics in Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
The leader of Germany, Joachim Gauck, has decided to boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia due to human rights violations. Learn what this boycott means and why many others are joining him.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Room of the German School in the New Hermitage

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Room of the German School in the New Hermitage", created by Edward Petrovich Hau in 1860 (Watercolour on paper, 303 x 328 mm).
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Curated OER

An Elderly Amish Couple, C. 1940.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
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Curated OER

Conestoga Wagon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.
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Curated OER

Paradisisches Wunder Spiel... (Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1754)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a good overview of events relating to German immigrants provided in a timeline from 1608 to 1990.