As you all know, of course we all wore varying degrees of black, red, and gold today, for starters. We also had a lesson a substantial portion of which was devoted to the history of post-war division and reunification of Germany.
What had been planned as a short and sweet primer or reminder on this part of Germany's history ended up being extended into quite a bit of detail once it became apparent that the 7th grade class was unfamiliar with this topic.
So, to begin we watched this video. We then had a detailed discussion and lesson wherein the 8th graders, who were more familiar with the history, greatly assisted in filling out a chart and concept web over the following:
- The reasons behind post-war division of Germany
- How Germany was divided
- The differences in lifestyle between East and West Germany
- How and when the Berlin Wall came up and its effects on Berliner life
For the remainder of the day, we covered my originally intended topic of comparative adjective formation.
The homework is that each student present was assigned a celebrity figure from a list made by the class, and the assignments for individuals were voted on by the class, such that each person would compare his/her self to the person they had assigned.
For 7th graders, they must compare themselves in at least 5 ways to their celebrity assigned.
For 8th graders, they must compare themselves in at least 10 ways.
Mit Vergnügen~
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