Year 10/11 German
READING TASKS
Maus
Maus by Art Speigelman is the first and only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize. It is a brutally moving work of art about a Holocaust survivor.
The Librarian of Auschwitz
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
The Tattoist of Auschwitz
The Tattoist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, is a moving story of loss and courage, exploring the depths
of the human heart set in Auschwitz.
Caging Skies
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens is a cringe-inducing, riveting psychological
portrait of two people trapped in a lie for most of their lives.
Goethe Institut
Goethe Institut resources:
Magazines
Read Mary Glasgow magazines
LISTENING TASKS
Coffeebreak podcast
Listen to the free content Podcasts at Coffeebreak German
https://radiolingua.com/coffeebreakgerman
German clips
Access searchable MP3 clips in German:
http://www.audio-lingua.eu/?lang=en
Slow German podcast
Access the free content at:
WATCHING TASKS
Das Leben der Anderen
Watch the film Das Leben der Anderen, set in Communist East Germany when the Stasi (Secret Police) were spying on citizens.
Goodbye Lenin
Watch the film Goodbye Lenin, a comedy set around the time the Berlin Wall came down (1989), in which a brother and sister try and pretend to their sick mother that nothing has changed in East Germany.
Friends
Watch an episode of Friends or another favourite box set in German.
RESEARCH TASKS
East and West Germany
Research how Germany and Berlin were divided into East and West following WW2.
Berlin Wall
Research the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and events leading up to 1989 when it came down.
Politics and geography
Research the geography and the political makeup of Germany as a Federal Republic. What are the states that make up Germany and how do they differ?
TRIPS AND VISITS
Berlin
Plan a long weekend in Berlin. What would you visit?
German holiday
Plan a week’s holiday in Germany and work out an itinerary.
Ski trip
Plan a ski trip to Austria and cost the week (skiing, accommodation, food and travel).
