Today began like any other day. We had German school until school was over.
After doing Meine Woche, we went over a song from the German dub of My Little Pony, "der Perfekte Hengst" (the perfect stallion).
Our lesson today revolved around the Battle of Teutoburg forest. We read popcorn-style as a class through a packet I put together, discussing the background, events, and historical consequences of this key event in German history. This tied together our previous lessons on the comparative military tactics, beliefs, and lifestyles of the Germanic tribes and of the Roman Empire.
This segued into our project, due next class period April 7th. Each student is assigned a historical figure, pivotal in the events at Teutoburg, to make a slide presentation over. This must be complete and ready to show next class.
Mit Vergnügen~
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Sunday, March 11, 2018
11. März '18 - Krieg schon ausgebrochen
Today we felt the ravages of war.
We began with a song, "Amerika" by Rammstein, which lead to a discussion about cultural diffusion, the perfect segue back into our unit on Imperial Rome and Ancient Germania.
We continued with a look at ancient warfare. We covered comparative battle strategies, equipment, and fighting styles. I'll admit, this is my favorite thing to talk about.
Afterward, we played a game of my own invention, "Eisenzeit Krieg: ein GUTES SPIEL!" Kids always get really into this one, so it was a good time. In short, with a series of dice rolls determining hit/miss, and pre-determined stats per unit, Germanic warriors and legionnaires face off in a battle royale. In the end, there were 2 Germanic victories to 3 Roman. To put that in perspective, the 1st century AD record was 24 Roman to 4 Germanic, so this was actually not too terribly far from the reality of things (total of 87 recorded battles from 1st century AD to 6th century).
The battle game also reinforces use of direct/indirect objects, as well as modal verbs and the future tense ((I left the construction of the battle statements ("Ich werde ihn mit dem Schild schlagen," "ich will den Speer an ihn werfen," etc.) up to the combatants)).
This unit will culminate with our study on the Battle of Teutoburgerwald, as well as the Fall of Rome, and if we have time, a play.
Mit Vergnügen~
We began with a song, "Amerika" by Rammstein, which lead to a discussion about cultural diffusion, the perfect segue back into our unit on Imperial Rome and Ancient Germania.
We continued with a look at ancient warfare. We covered comparative battle strategies, equipment, and fighting styles. I'll admit, this is my favorite thing to talk about.
Afterward, we played a game of my own invention, "Eisenzeit Krieg: ein GUTES SPIEL!" Kids always get really into this one, so it was a good time. In short, with a series of dice rolls determining hit/miss, and pre-determined stats per unit, Germanic warriors and legionnaires face off in a battle royale. In the end, there were 2 Germanic victories to 3 Roman. To put that in perspective, the 1st century AD record was 24 Roman to 4 Germanic, so this was actually not too terribly far from the reality of things (total of 87 recorded battles from 1st century AD to 6th century).
The battle game also reinforces use of direct/indirect objects, as well as modal verbs and the future tense ((I left the construction of the battle statements ("Ich werde ihn mit dem Schild schlagen," "ich will den Speer an ihn werfen," etc.) up to the combatants)).
This unit will culminate with our study on the Battle of Teutoburgerwald, as well as the Fall of Rome, and if we have time, a play.
Mit Vergnügen~
Saturday, March 3, 2018
3.März '18 - Krieg bricht bald aus
Guten Tag!
Today we began with a video, "Dinge, die Jungs an Mädchen lieben" a work of satire by Mirellativegal and Michael Büchinger (the answer was: 'be cheese').
We went from there into a vocabulary lesson over weaponry, armor, and basic anatomy. We used this newfound knowledge to make our own either legionnaires or germanic warriors, whose appearance we then described using dative prepositions (e.g. "Er hat die Rüstung auf der Brust und den Helm auf dem Kopf").
We then did a deeper dive into the dative case and talked about both direct and indirect objects (the former using accusative, latter using dative) and how these fit into different roles in a sentence.
Class ended with us playing our boardgames from the last week, the finished fruits of our labor.
Next week we will begin talking about the comparative military strategies of Iron Age Rome and the ancient Teutonic tribes... on the road to Teutoburg.
Mit Vergnügen~
Today we began with a video, "Dinge, die Jungs an Mädchen lieben" a work of satire by Mirellativegal and Michael Büchinger (the answer was: 'be cheese').
We went from there into a vocabulary lesson over weaponry, armor, and basic anatomy. We used this newfound knowledge to make our own either legionnaires or germanic warriors, whose appearance we then described using dative prepositions (e.g. "Er hat die Rüstung auf der Brust und den Helm auf dem Kopf").
We then did a deeper dive into the dative case and talked about both direct and indirect objects (the former using accusative, latter using dative) and how these fit into different roles in a sentence.
Class ended with us playing our boardgames from the last week, the finished fruits of our labor.
Next week we will begin talking about the comparative military strategies of Iron Age Rome and the ancient Teutonic tribes... on the road to Teutoburg.
Mit Vergnügen~
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