Project
About Germany
We - thats' us, Rieke and Antje, the two German volunteers - created our first project "About Germany" for you. We would like to give you an understanding of facts, traditions, sport, music and celebrations in Germany. So let’s do it! We hope you will enjoy it!
In the first session we asked you about your opinion! :)
Here is the forum.
Furthermore here are the photos of the first session:
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Today we worked with learners from Ntsika Secondary School on our project "About Germany". They collected information and some general facts about Germany. Here is the gallery about the lesson :)
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Odwa Simayile About Germany
Germany has more people than any country in Europe .Industry
has made Germany wealthy ,Germany factories make steel, cars ,cameras ,chemicals
and machines of every type .Berlin is its
capital and largest city Frankfurt is a manufacturing and business
center in central Germany .Frankfurters also
named after a sausage made in Frankfurt. River have carved valleys in the hills .The Rhine a
major river of Europe ,flows through western Germany .Boats on the Rhine carry
freight and passangers .The towns and old castle lie along the R`hine .The Balvarinan
alps as Germany mountains are called .The Germany has also experienced world
wars it was the most distractive dictactorship
and the world has ever known ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.The name of
the person was Adolf Hitler he was a leader of the Nazi party .Hitler rose but
after the world war 2 Germany were re-united as one world again and Berlin wall
kept east Germany from west Germany.
Totose Sindiswa About Germany – Oktoberfest In Germany there is an event called Oktoberfest
.oktoberfest to Germany is more like a
beliefe or a tradition that happens
during festival .it attracts millions of german visiters to munitch germany so
that’s why Germany has more visiters than any other country excluding Russia
.during the festival people crowd in to beer tents to socialise ;listen to live
music and traditional drinking songs.
ANELISA JUILY ABOUT GERMANY - DESTRUCTION FROM WORLD WAR 2
GERMANY WAS
DEFEATED IN WORLD
WAR2;AND MUCH OF
THE COUNTRY WAS
DAMEGED BY THE END OF
THE WAR. ONE OF THE
MOST DISTRUCTIVE DICTATORS THE
WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN RULED
GERMANY FROM 1933 TO 1945 HIS
NAME WAS ADOLF HITLER AND HE LED
THE NAZI PARTY.
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In this gallery you can gaze at pictures of my homeland with its nationalparks, nature reserves and of course my village area. I live in the east of Germany in a quaint village called Naundorf in Saxon Switzerland.
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I live in the central german uplands, called Harz.
In this gallery, you can find some pictures of my homeland and its
mountains, sights and caves. Furthermore you get an overview of my
hometown, Bad Lauterberg and our house. :)
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We teached learners from Good Shepherd Primary School how to play the German game "Völkerball".
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We watched some German music videos of "Die Ärzte" and "Seeed" with Good Shepherd learners. Here you can find some short explanations, lyrics of the songs in German and English and the music videos.
Die Ärzte
"Lasse redn" ("Let the people
talk") is a song about gossip and prejudices and was published in 2008 by
the German band "Die Ärzte" ("The Doctors"). "Die
Ärzte" is a punk band from Berlin. They are one of the best-known German
punk rock bands. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B.
and bass player Rodrigo González. (image not found) Here you can read the German lyrics of the song:
Die Ärzte - Lasse redn Here you can read the English translation of the song:
Die Ärzte - Let the people talk Here you can watch the music video with English subtitles:
Die Ärzte - Lasse redn (Let the people talk)
Seeed
“Augenbling” (“Blink Blink”) is a song about the
process of a love story and was published in 2013 by the German band “Seeed”.
Seeed is a German reggae/dancehall band from Berlin. They have become
well-known in Germany and its neighboring countries. The band consists of
eleven members, including three singers Pierre Baigorry, Demba Nabé and Frank
Dellé, a horn section and a DJ. (image not found) Here you can read the German lyrics of the song:
Seeed - Augenbling
Here you can read the English translation of the song:
Seeed - Eye Bling
Here you can watch the German version of the music video:
Seeed - Augenbling Here you can watch the English version of the music video:
Seeed - Blink Blink
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After watching the video "Lasse redn" with English subtitles we asked the learners the following questions: - Did you like the song?
- Do you like the message of the song just to let them talk, stay polite and say nothing. Do you agree with it?
- What do you think are causes of prejudices?
- How could you combat prejudices?
- Did you had to struggle with prejudices once before?
Here are the answers: Asiphile Vena
1. Yes, I enjoyed listening to the song.
2. Yes, I like the massage because it teachs people that violence does not
solve problems.
3. I think it is because they are jealous and they have nothing better to
do or say.
4. By telling them to stop or by not minding them.
5. Yes. I told a teacher and I was super ANGRY then I started crying.
Luvo Ndlaleni
1. No, I did not like it, I loved it.
2. Yes, I loved the message of song, I agree to
it.
3. Because people are jealous.
4. No, I would not.
5. Yes, a girl in my class her name is Christabel
but I gave her a quick disposal.
Sesihle Nayika 1. Yes, becouse they are
wonderfull enjoyeble songs you can listen to them. 2. Yes. They can stay polite and not
to bother us. 3. They gossip because they jealous
and because they are not they not like them. 4. They must stop gossip about them.
5. Yes
Please click HERE to read more answers of the learners.
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We celebrate Christmas in Germany on the 24th of December. In the evening some people go to church and have a Christmas meal after that. The kids get their presents under a decorated Christmas tree or Father Christmas gives them the presents personally.
Watch the video to receive an impression of our German Christmas markets.
We want to show you some of our Christmas traditions in Germany. Here
you can find some photos about our Christmas food, sweets and Christmas
markets.
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As a little suprise we baked typical German Christmas cookies called "Vanillekipferl" for Good Shepherd learners!
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We asked the learners the following questions about their Christmas traditions in the Eastern Cape: - What do you want for Christmas?
- Could you tell us something about your Christmas traditions?
- What do you eat on Christmas Eve?
- What are typical Christmas sweets here in South Africa?
- Do you go to church on Christmas Eve?
- Do you sing special Christmas songs?
- What is your favourite part of Christmas?
Here are the answers:
Elam Yanta
1. Anything exciting from chrismas father.
2. Our christmas some of us go to church some of us stay at home and enjoy christmas without church.
3. We eat fullmeals like full-chickens with vegies and we eat desert after the food.
4. Some are REGILs sweets and some are called 'THE BEST OF THE BEST'.
5. Yes i always go to church on christmas eve.
6. Yes there are so many of them.
7. Sitting with my family do exciting things with them.
Please click HERE to read more answers of the learners.
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This year, I did my A-level and finished school.
Our school year in Germany starts in September and finishes in June/July.
I visited three different schools from Grade 1 - 12:
From grade 1 to grade 4 I visited a small Primary School in my village. In grade 3 we learn to swim and started to speak english.
From grade 5 onwards to grade 10 I visited Secondary School. There I could choose many projects in the afternoon sessions, like a drama project, a ski project, a dance project or a surfing project.
My last two years I was in High School. I had to choose different subjects. I chose psychology, math, english, works- and political economics and finally chemistry at an higher level. I also had sport, german and other subjects. All in all we had 10 subjects.
The week before our final exams we had a mottoweek: Every day we had a different motto and dressed up according to this topic. For example, in the gallery is a photo of the motto famous couples, like mickey mouse and minnie mouse.
After our final exams we had a big party, where we wore dresses or suits and danced.
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From grade 1 to grade 4 I visited a small primary school in my neighbour village. From grade 3 onwards I began to learn English. After that I changed to a secondary school where I began to learn Czech. Our class consisted of Germans and Czechs. Thats why I also attended three school exchanges with Czech students. In grade 11 and 12, where we began to study for the final exams, I chose English and maths advanced course. All in all we had 13 different subjects. Furthermore it is interesting that we never had to wear school uniforms. We also listened to our school radio during the braeaks. In June this year I did my A level and finished school.
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