Projects

Use facts from this site. Age 5-6 is drawing and speaking.

• Age 5-6 · Individual

  Say a place

  What you need: Paper, crayons, and this website.

  1. Look at Places. Pick one picture you like.
  2. Draw it.
  3. Say the German name and the English name out loud.

  You are done when: You have a drawing, and you have said both names.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 5-6 · Team

  A paper river and a story

  What you need: Blue paper, green paper, and a story from Beliefs.

  1. Make a river and a forest on the table.
  2. Tell the Lorelei or the Pied Piper as a story.
  3. Say that it is a story, not the news.

  You are done when: The class has heard the story and seen the paper land.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 6-7 · Individual

  One person, one sentence

  What you need: A notebook and the People pages.

  1. Choose one person.
  2. Copy the name.
  3. Write one sentence about what they made or did.
  4. Draw it.

  You are done when: The page has a name, one true sentence, and a drawing.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 6-7 · Team

  Four people, four places

  What you need: Cards, and facts from this site.

  1. Write four people on four cards.
  2. Write four places that belong with them.
  3. Match them together and say why.

  You are done when: Each match uses a fact from this site.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 7-8 · Individual

  A state in three sentences

  What you need: The states map and a pencil.

  1. Pick one state.
  2. Write its German name and its English name.
  3. Write three short sentences about the land or the capital.

  You are done when: Both names appear, and every sentence is on this site.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 7-8 · Team

  Five moments in a line

  What you need: The Time page, paper, and colours.

  1. Choose five moments from the timeline.
  2. Put them in order from left to right.
  3. Draw a small picture for each one.

  You are done when: The line runs from older to newer, and the words match the site.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 8-9 · Individual

  Who shares the credit?

  What you need: The inventions list on People.

  1. Choose one invention.
  2. Write who made it.
  3. If other people share the credit, write that in one sentence.

  You are done when: The card names the person and says if the credit is shared.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 8-9 · Team

  A class map

  What you need: A large sheet, and the Places map.

  1. Draw Germany with north at the top.
  2. Mark six places.
  3. Write each German name.

  You are done when: North is at the top, and the six marks open real places on this site.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 9-10 · Individual

  Story or custom?

  What you need: The Beliefs page.

  1. Pick one old story and one custom, such as Christmas or a church year.
  2. Write what is a story.
  3. Write what people still do.

  You are done when: A reader can tell the story and the custom apart.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 9-10 · Team

  Eight fair questions

  What you need: Facts from this site. No trick questions.

  1. Write eight questions: who, where, when, or what they made.
  2. Ask another group.
  3. Check the answers on this site together.

  You are done when: Every question has an answer a child can find here.

  A class may answer in German.

• Age 10-11 · Individual

  A castle town and a harbour

  What you need: Two place pages, such as Heidelberg and Hamburg harbour.

  1. Read both places.
  2. Write how the land is different.
  3. Use only facts from this site.

  You are done when: The writing names both places and stays with the facts.

  A class may answer in German. In Berlin and Brandenburg these ages are still for young learners. In the other states it is the start of the next school.

• Age 10-11 · Team

  One hard time, one fair rule

  What you need: The Time page and the About page.

  1. Choose one hard time.
  2. Say it in one calm sentence.
  3. Then say one way the Basic Law protects people's rights.

  You are done when: The class heard both sentences, and neither added details that are not on this site.

  A class may answer in German. In Berlin and Brandenburg these ages are still for young learners. In the other states it is the start of the next school.

• Age 11-12 · Individual

  Two places, two names each

  What you need: Two place pages.

  1. Choose two places.
  2. Write a short comparison.
  3. Use the German name and the English name for each place.

  You are done when: Both names appear for each place, and the comparison uses this site.

  A class may answer in German. In Berlin and Brandenburg these ages are still for young learners. In the other states it is the start of the next school.

• Age 11-12 · Team

  A small exhibition

  What you need: Six person pages, including at least two women.

  1. Make six cards.
  2. On each card write what the person is known for.
  3. If credit is shared, say so.

  You are done when: The six cards can hang in the classroom, and the facts match this site.

  A class may answer in German. In Berlin and Brandenburg these ages are still for young learners. In the other states it is the start of the next school.