Chris here again. Today I have a cool link to share for teachers and students interested in learning more about Berlin. This year Berlin is celebrating its 775th birthday! Check out the city's website for all the festivities and to learn more about this great city.
Hello all, Chris here! Today I have some exciting news! We have the first video in our German conversation series! This video features Joe and Dan talking about some of the interesting sites to see in Berlin! Comments welcome!
1) Woher kommt Joe?
2) Wo hat Joe in Berlin gewohnt?
3) Welche Sehenswürdigkeiten gibt es in Berlin?
4) Wie heisst die Strasse in Berlin, die Joe mit New Yorks 5th Avenue vergleicht?
Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share a video for the Marlene Dietrich song Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin. This is a song that we cover in our chapter on Berlin as well as some general background information on Dietrich herself.
I would play the song once and then distribute the following worksheet to students:
Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin – Marlene Dietrich
(Refrain)
Ich hab noch einen ____ in Berlin
deswegen muà ich da nächstens wieder hin
die Seligkeiten vergangener ____
sie sind alle immer noch in diesem kleinen Koffer
drin
Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin
das bleibt auch so und das hat seinen Sinn
auf diese Weise lonht sich die ____
und wenn ich Sehnsucht hab dann fahr ich wieder hin
Wunderschƶn ists in Paris
auf der Rue Madleen
schƶn ist es im Mai in Rom
durch die ____ zu gehen
Oder eine Sommernacht
still beim ____ in Wien
doch ich denk wenn ihr auch lacht
heute noch an Berlin
Ich hab noch einen Koffer in _____
Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin
deswegen muà ich da nächstens _____ hin
die Seligkeiten vergangener Zeiten
sie sind alle immer noch in diesem kleinen Koffer
drin
Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin
This contains the lyrics for the song with several vocabulary words that are missing. Play the song a second time and have students fill in the missing vocabulary. It is also worth discussing the meaning of the song with students, especially in relation to Dietrich's career.
Was bedeutet es noch einen Koffer in Berlin zu haben?
Mit welchen anderen StƤdten wird Berlin verglichen?
Hopefully the above activity will be useful for you! Comments welcome!
Hello all, Chris here. Today I would like to share some links for Berlin as part of our ongoing series of posts providing informational links for major German cities. The list below is a good starting point with each site containing a wealth of information and further links to help you and your students learn more about Berlin! If you have any additional links that you would like to share, please feel free to send us an email or comment on the post!
I found an informative site for the Museumsinsel in Berlin. It is an interactive flash site with videos for the various museums there. This site could serve as the basis for an activity on Berlin, art, architecture, museums, or as part of a larger unit on Berlin or German art in general. Check it out and let us know what you think. Enjoy!