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German-American Cultural Interaction in the Jacksonian Era: Six Unpublished Letters by Francis Lieber and John Pickering to Wilhelm von Humboldt.
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Mueller-Vollmer, Kurt – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1998
Letters by German-American writer and political scientist Francis Lieber and American lawyer and linguist John Pickering to Wilhem von Humboldt in Berlin, published here for the first time, give insight into the cultural interaction between Germany and the United States during the Jacksonian era, and may open new perspectives for German-American…
Descriptors: American Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, German, Intercultural Communication
A Course in German-American Studies for Upper-Level Undergraduate Students of German.
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Rippley, LaVern J. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1998
Describes a St. Olaf College (Minnesota) seminar on German- Americana, and suggests ways in which instructors in other areas of the country can create a course reflecting local experience. The course, taught in German, offers information about the broad spectrum of German language and German immigrant life in the United States. A dozen goals of…
Descriptors: American Studies, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness
Teaching German-Americana with Assistance from the Web.
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Shea, Robert J.; Hoyt, Giles R. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1998
Argues that the World Wide Web can assist in teaching about German-Americana in German-language instruction, and discusses some basic Web page uses to find and organize literary texts, syllabi, course outlines, images and realia, and information about people, organizations, events, and places. Some of the most useful German-American resources are…
Descriptors: American Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Educational Resources