Christmas……what does that mean in Germany? What do people do? eat? What is the weather like? Do they have a tree? Do people go to church? Do they exchange gifts? Let's investigate what advent and the Christmas season are like in Germany!
You should complete one or more of the following tasks.
You may work alone or in pairs.
Your first task should be in German. Others may be in English.
You should research using books and websites.
Your options!
Advertise one of the beautiful German Christmas Markets using Voicethread. You should include images, text and voice recordings. http://voicethread.com
Create a timeline using Dipity to show what a typical Advent might be like in Germany. You should include images and text.www.dipity.com
Imagine you are spending the Advent period in Germany. Create an online scrapbook of your stay, using Scrapblog. Include images, and text. www.scrapblog.com
Imagine you are Sankt Nikolaus! Use Scrapblog to create your journal of good and bad deeds for the class! Who has been good enough to receive gifts this year? What poems should the children learn to recite to you?
Create a collection of Christmas poems and carols. Make recordings of the poems using Audacity and upload the mp3 files. Try to find recordings of the German carols and upload them here. Or you could sing them?? Texts of all poems and carols should also be included. you can put this directly onto a wiki page.
Other ideas??? If you have any other project ideas associated with Christmas in Germany, talk to me about it and it might be possible!
WEIHNACHTEN IN DEUTSCHLAND
Christmas……what does that mean in Germany? What do people do? eat? What is the weather like? Do they have a tree? Do people go to church? Do they exchange gifts? Let's investigate what advent and the Christmas season are like in Germany!
Your options!
Advertise one of the beautiful German Christmas Markets using Voicethread. You should include images, text and voice recordings. http://voicethread.com
Create a timeline using Dipity to show what a typical Advent might be like in Germany. You should include images and text. www.dipity.com
Imagine you are spending the Advent period in Germany. Create an online scrapbook of your stay, using Scrapblog. Include images, and text. www.scrapblog.com
Imagine you are Sankt Nikolaus! Use Scrapblog to create your journal of good and bad deeds for the class! Who has been good enough to receive gifts this year? What poems should the children learn to recite to you?
www.scrapblog.com
Create a collection of Christmas poems and carols. Make recordings of the poems using Audacity and upload the mp3 files. Try to find recordings of the German carols and upload them here. Or you could sing them?? Texts of all poems and carols should also be included. you can put this directly onto a wiki page.
Other ideas??? If you have any other project ideas associated with Christmas in Germany, talk to me about it and it might be possible!
FROHE WEIHNACHTEN!