Have your advanced learners concoct a new soft drink, create a product name, slogan and jingle, and present their creation to another class. While originally designed for a German classroom, this plan could easily be adapted to another...

Who doesn't love animals? Young learners will be excited to develop their vocabulary and categorize animals into different lists. This includes a fun extension activity that encourages the older learners to create a PowerPoint...

Introduce your language students in German class to the European Union, including the historic developments, the current structure, and some of the political and social principles behind it with this instructional activity. In small...

Young scholars are introduced to the Gopher research tools. In groups, they compare and contrast English and German services on the gopher servers. They create their own dictionary of computer related terms and spend time downloading...

In this days of the week worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions where they choose the correct day of the week in German. Students complete 7 questions.

Students investigate online websites on German U-boat naval warfare, conditions in the trenches and the effects of poisonous gases. They write three entries in a diary from different perspectives.

Students read, translate, and discuss documents and reports of the Holocaust in the original language.

Students explore various websites to research the weather in Germany. They complete a worksheet, locate weather conditions for several cities in Germany, and choose one city to present a weather forecast, simulating a weather news team.

Learners visit websites to locate movies that are playing in Germany. They complete a worksheet, locate information about a particular movie in Germany, and create an ad in German for a movie.

Young scholars explore a German website to research the Wagner Festival. They complete a worksheet, identify a performance they would like to hear at the festival, and write an imagined incident from their visit to the festival in German.

Learners practice converting measurements into metrics. In groups, they translate a recipe from English into German and convert all measurements into metrics for the recipe. They examine the difference between United States and metric...

Ninth graders listen to and read texts about school life and the German education system. They investigate the grading system, the schedule and a special first day of school treat. Pupils discuss similarities and differences between...

Students practice German language skills by simulating telephone conversations. Students use proper telephone etiquette while using common conversational phrases, and compare arrangement of German telephone numbers with those used in...

Students review German vocabulary words and phrases, and role play scenarios on situation cards wherein they describe, in German, their injuries/illnesses to each other. Students then practice writing excuse notes in German.

Students are drawn to those activities that are in line with their individual intelligences. They use classroom computers to find fruits and their names in other languages. Once a fruit is identified, students practice saying the name of...

Young scholars view the treatment of people of Japanese and German descent during World War II. They explore the problems in assigning blame to populations during times of war. They identify modern examples of discrimination and...

Fifth graders explore the German language. They discuss the similarities between German and English. They speak several German words. Students identify the German words for common English words.

Eighth graders explore German culture.  In this World History lesson, 8th graders examine specific traditions in Germany then compare the traditions to the United States through research, activities and discussion.

For this months of the year worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions and choose the correct name for each month in the German language. Students complete 12 questions.

For this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are used in German. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

Students match sentences and phrases to pictures in a target language. They identify the proper written form of familiar spoken phrases. Students practice labeling objects and pictures with the proper greeting, color, number or object...

Students complete sentences using appropriate family names and terms in a target foreign language: French, German, or Spanish. Using a fill in the blank worksheet, students give the appropriate noun to complete a sentence about familial...

Students distinguish between questions, statements, and formality as dictated by the instructor in a targeted foreign language: French or German. On a provided worksheet, students classify statements according to their vocabulary and...

Students practice retelling a simple story representative of the country where the target language is spoken: French, German, or Spanish. Given a worksheet with story details, students fill in missing details and rearrange details to...