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GERMAN AMERICANA

​RESEARCH AND RESOURCES:

• In Memoriam - to one of the great pioneers of German-American studies, Eberhard Reichmann
• Max Kade German-American Center: Teaching Units, Historic Sites, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Societies, Research Centers, publications.
• G-A Studies at the U Cincinnati.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Migrationsgeschichte Bremerhaven.
• Hundreds of works can be found at Amazon Booksellers and Heritage Books.

EXTENSIVE PAGES LEADING TO:

• Immigrants, German Influence, Anti-Germanism, Early Settlers
• Germantown, PA and the first public protest against slavery in North America
• German-American Soldiers in the US Civil War
• Genealogical and Historical resources
• German-Americans in Missouri and St. Louis
• German Customs, Traditions and Holidays.: follow the year's events
• The German 1848 Revolution: 150 Years and the German-American Dimension

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PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES / TEACHING RESOURCES:

• German-American Scavenger hunt - questions and links
• Teaching German-Americana with Assistance from the Web
• Famous German-Americans with short bios, links and internet application for students.
• Teaching Units from the Max Kade German-American Center
• Who are the "German-Americans"? plus German Roots.
• The German-Americans: An Ethnic Experience - one of the most useful works for teaching.
• A Chronology of Germans in America - Library of Congress.​
• Analysis on Presentation of German History in US schools.
• American Memory Page from the Library of Congress.
• German and German-American Marriage Customs.
• Trachten - Native dress, fashion or costume? Article with links.
• The Birth of the term "America". Wie Amerika zu seinen Namen kam.
• Typically American? Hamburgers, Germany and the US. Who's Elvis Pressler?!?
• Typisch deutsch? German Chocolate cake?
• Barbie: a German-American?
• The German Influence on the American Auto Industry
• The History of Beer and Beer in America by brewer Paula Weber. Plus beer types and brewing info.
• Two colorful articles about the Jasper, Indiana Strassenfest and its G-A population.
• Email discussion w/German partners on Immigration/Migration. Transatlantisches Klassenzimmer.
• German-American internment and anti-German sentiment during the World Wars
• The Spring 1998 issue of AATG's Die Unterrichtspraxis featured papers on G-A studies.
• Online Quiz on German-speaking Countries and their relationship to the USA.

GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE:

• Why Learn German? Why study German in the United States?
• G-A Studies in the Classroom: teaching both the language and the cultural heritage. Plus activities.
• The Heritage Approach in German language instruction and the Heritage Language Research Priorities
• Teaching units on "German-Americans and Their Contributions to the American Mainstream Culture: German Names and Words".
• German was nearly adopted as the official language of the USA: fact or fiction?
• JFK's Ich bin ein Berliner. Correct usage or not?
• The Declaration of Independence was first published in German: the story and the German text.
• "Das Sternenbanner Lied": Täglicher Telegraph und Tribüne, Donnerstag, 19. April, 1917.
• Research the German names of towns and families to learn origins and original meanings.
• What commonalities do German and English share?
• Discussion of Dialects and High German
• Learn Fraktur, Suetterlin and old German handwriting styles. Free computer fonts.
• How to decipher old handwriting styles - online tutorial
• German-American poet Norbert Krapf
• Kurt Vonnegut and the themes of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
• Goethe-Year 1999 - 250th Birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany's greatest poet and dramatist.

GERMAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

• Events and teaching materials from AATG.
• Cazoo.org - great collection of events and clubs
• My collection of German-American Societies and Clubs in the USA.
• Why German-American Heritage Month?
• Mid-September: Steuben Parades are held annually in New York and Chicago.
• September 26: 1st Austrian American Day in 1997. Presidential Praise.
• October 1, First Germans at Jamestown (1608). Historic Marker for 1st Germans in Jamestown.
• October 3, Day of German Unity / Tag der deutschen Einheit
• October 6, German-American Day commemorating the first group arrival and the founding of Germantown, PA (1683). Germantowners were the first to protest against slavery (1688)

GENERAL RESOURCES / G-A CULTURE / COMPREHENSIVE PAGES

• The German Information Center's Germans in America and info on G-A Cultural Relations (exchanges, projects, org's, collaboration).
• Germans In America: comprehensive online Exhibit from the Library of Congress.
• My collection of German-American Societies and Clubs in the USA.
• German Culture's Germans Abroad resources
• German Life Magazine: culture, history, tourism, imported goods, G-A culture, archived to '95.
• German Corner - Deutsches Eck. History, heritage, commercial items.
• German-Canadian resources