Germany
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Migration and Multicultural Germany
Europe, Germany
Nearly a quarter of German residents are migrants or descended from migrants. CGI Awardee Michelle explains this phenomenon as well as the multiculturalism it has brought to Germany.
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Investigating Cultures (Mexico, Ireland, and Germany)
Europe, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, North America
In this presentation from our Fall 2018 Virtual Cultural Festival, Navigators Mollie, Verenisse, and Kathryn teach about cultural values in Mexico, Ireland, and Germany. This presentation was designed…
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Cultural Diversity in Germany
Europe, Germany
This video is a portion of a virtual presentation for middle school students. Navigator Mollie teaches about cultural diversity in Germany.
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Investigating Cultures: Germany
Europe, Germany
This video is a portion of a presentation from our Fall 2018 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigator Mollie teaches about some cultural values in Germany. This presentation was designed for a secondary a…
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Mexico, Ireland, and Germany Q and A
Europe, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, North America
This video is the Q & A portion of a presentation from our Fall 2018 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigators Mollie, Verenisse, and Kathryn answer K-12 students’ questions about Mexico, Ireland, and…
Culture Kit
Germany 4 Culture Kit
Germany
Travel to Germany with your students! This kit includes a soccer jersey, school items, food packages, a newspaper, magazines, kids books, maps, transit information, soccer stickers, New Year’s pigs, a…
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Getting around Germany
Europe, Germany
Join Navigator Mollie on an adventure with German roads, cars, trains, and bike paths!
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Germany and Hungary Q & A
Europe, Germany, Hungary
This presentation is from our Spring 2018 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigator Sylvia teaches about the German and Hungarian languages. This presentation was designed for a K-12 audience. This video i…
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VoiceThread: Exploring Germany’s Rich History, One Site at a Time
Europe, Germany
Description: While spending time in Germany, I became fascinated by my everyday simultaneous exposure to the old and the new. In Germany, historical preservation and modern development often go hand…
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Holidays Around the World (Part 2)-Christmas in Germany
Europe, Germany
This video is the second part of a presentation on Holidays in England, Germany, and China by UNC Chapel Hill students. This is a presentation from our Spring 2016 Virtual Cultural Festival for K-12 s…
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Catherina Reading German Book 2
Europe, Germany
In this video, Navigator Catherina Leipold reads a children’s book in German.
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Carolina Navigator Catherina reading German book
Europe, Germany
In this video, Navigator Catherina Leipold reads a children’s book in German.
Inspiration Poster
Germany
Europe, Germany
Inspirational posters can be used in the classroom as writing prompts, or discussion prompts. They are also an opportunity to teach about the author of the quotes. “The limits of my language limits ar…
Inspiration Poster
Germany
Europe, Germany
Inspirational posters can be used in the classroom as writing prompts, or discussion prompts. They are also an opportunity to teach about the author of the quotes. “The world is a book, and those who…
Culture Kit
Germany #1
Europe, Germany
This kit includes contain school items such as a pencil case and pen. It also has tea packages, books about currency, Germany, German word book and German newspapers, a German-English Dictionary, chil…
Culture Kit
Germany #2
Europe, Germany
This kit includes lots of great german print materials such as magazines, store flyers and books for German kids, a Freundebuch (a friend book), and school books. There is also other school supplies i…
Culture Kit
Germany #3
Europe, Germany
This kits includes school supplies such as a book bag and books, and a student schedule. The kits also has several items of daily life like train tickets, museum tickets, menus, food items (Spaetzle…
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Challenging German Stereotypes in the Classroom
Europe, Germany
While hosting a German exchange student during my junior year in high school, I realized just how prevalent German stereotypes really are. Although Germany is part of the western world, many America…
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Friends Around the World!
Europe, German, Germany
Hello everyone! My name is Stevie Mathis and I am a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I was born and raised in the small town of Marion, which is located in Western North Ca…
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Germany: My Year with Food
Europe, Germany
Halli hallo! My name is Micaela and I am a sophomore Global Studies and Political Science double major at UNC. Before I started college, I took a gap year to study in Germany with the Congress Bundest…
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German Communication and Why It Bothers Us
Europe, Germany
Cultural Misunderstandings Differences in communication styles between US Americans and Germans quite frequently make one group perceive the other as rude for a variety of reasons. Americans might…
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Communication Styles in Germany and the United States
Europe, Germany
When it comes to understanding communication in Germany, many people don’t know where to begin. Some overemphasize the differences between communication in Germany and the United States because of th…
Photo Story
Germans are Coconuts, Americans are Peaches
Europe, Germany
Have you ever heard the stereotype that Americans are shallow and Germans are cold? Well, this stereotype comes largely from the fact that Germans and Americans communicate very differently: with frie…
Photo Story
German Families
Europe, Germany
“The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out…
Photo Story
Germany: A Fusion of Old and New
Europe, Germany
When learning about Germany, students often see Germany through one of two perspectives: a historical perspective focusing on traditions and historical events such as the holocaust or a modern perspec…