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National German Week

National German Week. 1. Oktober – First Germans at Jamestown. First English settlers in 1607 First German settlers in 1608 There when this country was just beginning! 8 Germans in a group of around 70 settlers Ship: Mary and Margaret (English). 3. Oktober – Tag der Deutschen Einheit.

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National German Week

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  1. National German Week

  2. 1. Oktober – First Germans at Jamestown • First English settlers in 1607 • First German settlers in 1608 • There when this country was just beginning! • 8 Germans in a group of around 70 settlers • Ship: Mary and Margaret (English)

  3. 3. Oktober – Tag derDeutschenEinheit • 1945: Germany divided into East and West • East controlled by Soviet Union • West a democracy supported by the U.S. • Berlin in East, but also split into two

  4. 3. Oktober – Tag derDeutschenEinheit • August 13, 1961: Barbed wire put up to separate East and West • Those in East no longer able to cross border • Wall went up within the year

  5. 3. Oktober – Tag derDeutschenEinheit • November 9,1989: The Wall came down • July 1, 1990: Union between East and West Germany formed • October 3, 1990: Germany officially reunited

  6. 3. Oktober Tag der deutschen Einheit

  7. Nach dem 2. Weltkrieg: Deutschland ist in 4 Sektoren geteilt: Amerikanisch, Russisch,Britisch, Französisch

  8. 1949: Amerikanischer + britischer + französischer Sektor = Bundesrepublik Deutschland

  9. 1949: Russischer sektor = Deutsche Demokratische Republik

  10. 1949 – 1989: Deutschland ist geteilt.

  11. 1963: Mauerbau in Berlin

  12. 1989: Friedliche Revolution in der DDR

  13. 1989: Der Mauerfall am 9. November

  14. 3. Oktober 1990: Deutschland wird wiedervereinigt.

  15. 3. Oktober Tag der deutschen Einheit

  16. Cognates • Words that sound similar in both languages • ZumBeispiel… • das Baby • der Bus • die Party • pessimistisch

  17. False Cognates • Words that sound similar, but are deceiving! • ZumBeispiel… • das Gift • die Art • derPickel • sympathisch

  18. Interessante Deutsche Wörter • die Glühbirne • das Kopfkissen • derHandschuh • das Handy

  19. Richtig / Falsch • Germany is geographically as big as 1/3 of the United States. • Falsch! It’s a little bit smaller than the great state of Montana.

  20. Richtig / Falsch Germany’s population is over 80 million. Richtig! 82 million to be exact.

  21. Richtig / Falsch • Germany’s Chancellor is a man. • Falsch! It’s a woman.

  22. Angela Merkel

  23. Which of these companies is German? • A. Puma • B. Adidas • C. Bosch • D. Hugo Boss • E. Phillips • Answer? All of them!

  24. 6. Oktober – German-American Day • Celebrated in the 19th Century • Died out during WWI • Revived by Ronald Reagan in 1983 • BerühmteDeutschamerikaner = anyone who was born in a German speaking country or whose parents were

  25. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner - Literatur • Bertolt Brecht • Joseph Pulitzer • Chalres M. Schulz • Dr. Seuss (Geisel) • John Steinbeck • Kurt Vonnegut

  26. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Militär und Politik • George Armstrong Custer • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Herbert Hoover • Henry Kissinger • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Jerry Springer

  27. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Bierbrauen • Adolphus Busch • Adolph Coors • Frederick Miller • Frederick Pabst

  28. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Musik • Oscar Hammerstein • Elvis Presley • Heinrich Steinway • Lawrence Welk

  29. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Geschäft • William Edward Boeing • Walter Percy Chrysler • Harvey S. Firestone • Gustav Goeliz • Henry Heinz

  30. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Geschäft und Wissenschaft • Milton Hershey • John D. Rockefeller • Levi Strauss • George Westinghouse • Albert Einstein

  31. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Hollywood/Fernsehen • Fred Astaire • Lauren Bacall • Sandra Bullock • Leonardo DiCaprio • Marlene Dietrich • Kirsten Dunst • Clark Gable

  32. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Hollywood/Fernsehen • HedyLamarr • Christopher Walken • Billy Wilder • Bruce Willis • Rene Zellweger

  33. BerühmteDeutschamerikaner – Sport • Lou Gehrig • Steffi Graf • George Hermann “Babe” Ruth

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