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Teaching about Modern Germany: Instructional Materials forthe Social Studies Classroom. Correlation Charts IndicatingContent and Skills Addressed by Each Lesson.Goethe House, New York, NY.1999-00-0073p.; For corresponding curriculum documents, see ED 437337, ED 426 043, ED 412 152, ED 412 150, ED 396 972, and ED426 045.Goethe House New York, German Cultural Center, 1014 FifthAve., New York, NY 10038. Tel: 212-439-8700.Guides Non-Classroom (055)MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.Area Studies; *Economics; *European History; ForeignCountries; Secondary Education; Social StudiesEuropean Union; *Germany

This instructional booklet for the social studies classroomis a companion to a series about modern day Germany. The materials describethe documents in the series and present correlation charts for content andskills: (1) "A Kid Like Me across the Sea"; (2) "Communities and Regions";(3) "Overview of Germany"; (4) "Germany in Europe"; (5) "Geography ofGermany"; and (6) "Cultural Reflections." Content areas include geography,culture, communities, and symbols. Skill areas include map reading andconstruction; charts, graphs, time lines, diagrams; photograph analysis;language skills; and problem solving and research. (LB)

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man

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glob

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stan

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inte

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spec

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mat

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uppo

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equi

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pro

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teac

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sson

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pra

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soci

al s

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in th

e co

ntex

t of a

com

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clud

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teac

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e to

incl

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d so

cial

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man

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a c

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stud

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r te

achi

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cial

stu

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ills,

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teac

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mat

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ls w

ithou

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ing

up ti

me

to te

ach

man

date

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pics

beca

use

the

mat

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ls a

re o

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ized

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ave

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ges

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ain

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scrip

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of th

e in

stru

ctio

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its.

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t con

tain

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sson

pla

ns w

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incl

ude

inst

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each

erre

sour

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heet

s [in

clud

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s, s

tatis

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info

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rea

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her

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wel

l as

colo

r tr

ansp

aren

cies

to fa

cilit

ate

inst

ruct

ion.

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mat

eria

ls a

re d

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ned

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at th

e te

ache

r m

ay e

ither

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inte

grat

e in

divi

dual

less

ons

into

the

exis

ting

curr

icul

um a

tap

prop

riate

pla

ces,

or

(b)

use

them

as

a co

mpl

ete

stan

d-al

one

unit.

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ither

cas

e, th

e le

sson

s sh

ould

be

adju

sted

by

teac

hers

to m

eet t

he n

eeds

, int

eres

ts, a

nd p

erfo

rman

cele

vels

of s

tude

nts

in th

eir

clas

sroo

ms.

Som

e of

the

less

ons

may

be

used

as

enric

hmen

t or

rem

edia

tion

for

sele

cted

stu

dent

sra

ther

than

as

basi

cin

form

atio

n fo

r al

l stu

dent

s. L

esso

ns r

ange

from

act

iviti

es d

esig

ned

for

indi

vidu

al s

tude

nts

to a

ctiv

ities

req

uirin

g st

uden

t gro

upco

llabo

ratio

n. B

asic

ski

llssu

ch a

s m

ap r

eadi

ng, i

nter

pret

atio

n of

cha

rts

and

grap

hs, a

nd ti

me

and

chro

nolo

gy r

elat

ions

hips

are

infu

sed

into

the

less

ons.

Thi

s co

rrel

atio

n pa

cket

prov

ides

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g th

e "b

est f

it" o

f eac

h le

sson

in th

e in

stru

ctio

nal m

ater

ials

pac

kage

s to

trad

ition

al s

ocia

lst

udie

s co

urse

topi

cs.

With

adap

tatio

n, th

e le

sson

s m

ay a

lso

be u

sed

in o

ther

sub

ject

are

as. T

he m

ater

ials

pro

vide

stu

dent

s w

ith o

ppor

tuni

ties

to a

pply

soci

al s

tudi

es s

kills

in a

mea

ning

ful c

onte

xt w

hile

sim

ulta

neou

sly

exam

inin

g is

sues

from

mul

tiple

per

spec

tives

.

The

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

for

the

Soc

ial S

tudi

es s

tate

s th

at th

e pr

imar

y pu

rpos

e fo

r in

clud

ing

soci

al s

tudi

es in

the

curr

icul

um is

"to

hel

p yo

ung

peop

le d

evel

opth

e ab

ility

to m

ake

info

rmed

and

rea

sone

d de

cisi

ons

for

the

publ

ic g

ood

as c

itize

ns o

f a c

ultu

rally

div

erse

, dem

ocra

tic s

ocie

tyin

an

inte

rdep

ende

nt w

orld

."C

lass

room

exp

erie

nces

in s

ocia

l stu

dies

sho

uld,

ther

efor

e, fo

ster

an

appr

ecia

tion

of th

e de

moc

ratic

Am

eric

an h

erita

ge, c

reat

e an

aw

aren

ess

of th

ein

terd

epen

dent

wor

ld, a

nd e

ncou

rage

civ

ic p

artic

ipat

ion

at b

oth

natio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal l

evel

s as

an

info

rmed

dec

isio

n m

aker

.In

add

ition

to k

now

ledg

e,st

uden

ts m

ust d

evel

op s

kills

rel

ated

to id

entif

ying

and

sol

ving

pro

blem

s, in

form

atio

n pr

oces

sing

, tim

e an

d ch

rono

logy

, soc

ial

inte

ract

ion,

and

map

and

glob

e in

terp

reta

tion.

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se s

kills

can

not b

e ta

ught

in is

olat

ion

of c

onte

nt, b

ut r

athe

r th

ey s

houl

d be

dev

elop

ed in

the

cont

ext

of th

e hi

stor

y, g

eogr

aphy

,ec

onom

ics,

and

pol

itics

of r

eal p

lace

s in

the

wor

ld w

hich

dea

l with

rea

l iss

ues.

The

mat

eria

ls a

vaila

ble

from

the

Goe

the

Hou

se N

ew Y

ork

prov

ide

stud

ents

with

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

add

ress

thes

e to

pics

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ski

lls in

an

auth

entic

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urric

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his

inst

ruct

iona

lpa

ckag

e, p

rese

nted

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tude

nts

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trav

elog

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tres

ses

basi

c m

ap a

nd g

lobe

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grap

hy s

kills

and

pres

ents

cas

e st

udie

s of

com

mun

ities

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wns

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ages

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ross

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man

y.

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rvie

w o

f the

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eral

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ublic

of G

erm

any

is d

esig

ned

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mid

dle

scho

ol c

lass

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s. T

he fo

ur le

sson

s in

the

pack

age

corr

elat

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the

stud

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wor

ld c

ultu

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spec

tive

taki

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nd s

ymbo

ls],

geog

raph

y an

d go

vern

men

t. T

he m

ater

ials

focu

son

nat

iona

l stu

dies

and

sta

test

udie

s fr

om a

com

para

tive

Uni

ted

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tes/

Ger

man

y ap

proa

ch.

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grap

hy o

f Ger

man

y is

des

igne

d fo

r hi

gh s

choo

l cla

ssro

oms.

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five

less

ons

in th

is in

stru

ctio

nal p

acka

ge r

elat

e to

the

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f Geo

grap

hy"

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n, P

lace

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nviro

nmen

t Int

erac

tion,

Mov

emen

t and

Reg

ion)

as p

rom

oted

by

the

Nat

iona

l Geo

grap

hic

Soc

iety

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less

ons

are

desi

gned

to s

uppo

rt th

e te

achi

ng o

f cou

rses

in w

orld

geo

grap

hy a

nd w

orld

his

tory

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lect

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nd D

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any

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so d

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thre

e le

sson

s in

this

inst

ruct

iona

l kit

incl

ude

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man

Wor

ker,

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re a

nd D

aily

Life

in G

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any,

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nmen

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Ger

man

y."

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dent

act

iviti

es fo

cus

onco

mpa

rativ

e ec

onom

ic s

yste

ms,

wor

ker

trai

ning

and

app

rent

ices

hip

prog

ram

s, s

truc

ture

of g

over

nmen

t (in

clud

ing

case

stu

dies

of t

he h

ealth

car

esy

stem

and

the

fede

ral b

udge

t), t

he r

ole

of th

e pr

ess

in G

erm

any,

and

leis

ure

activ

ities

.

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man

y in

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ope:

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sues

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mid

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