TEACHING THE HOLIDAYS

More exercises can certainly be found by perusing the various links throughout the website. I also imagine more companies and businesses will be offering games and activities this season. Please inform me of exercises that would be worth adding to to the benefit of our students.

  • Names of Santa Claus' reindeer in German
  • Teaching about Christmas: didacticized activities, materials, and the general issue of teaching on religious topics.
  • Christmas Wishes and Greetings Vocab plus online cards
  • Handout - match the various holiday Greetings, German and English and online version

  • Global-christmas.com (English and German) - excellent site with many aspects of Xmas including talking postcard and games
  • A German student describes Christmas in Germany vs. US plus lesson plans and info on international Xmas
  • Good resources for St. Nikolaus and German Christmas customs
  • Info and activities for St. Nikolaus Day. Information on Nikolaus and his companions.
  • Great exercises from May Ping in a variety of formats
  • Goethe Institut links and exercises to Christmas in Chicago and Germany
  • Goethe Institut: exercise one and two using my site and other links. From May Ping Soo Hoo.
  • Xmas Unlimited: Teaching Materials and downloads from Cornelsen Verlag
  • German language quiz on basic vocabulary from May Ping Soo Hoo
  • Games from christmasmagazine.com: Teste dein Wissen über Weihnachten, errate die Wörter, Memory
  • Weihnachten Projekt and Links from Frau Sherrick
  • Xmas Teaching Unit from the Max Kade German-American Center. A wealth of activities and info.
  • A complete Christmas play with songs and directions: Silent Night, Holy Night.
  • Outstanding collection of interactive activities: quizzes, crosswords, fill-ins, MC, word searches from Pete Jones.
  • Recommended Videos: Loretta Swit's A Christmas Calendar and Alle Jahre Wieder.
  • Entwurf für eine Unterrichtseinheit zum Thema Weihnachten im deutschsprachigen Raum
  • Christmas web exercise for level two students. Online form and links with questions.
  • Kids-Basteleien from Kirchenweb.de
  • Weihnachtsmalbuch von Helenas Weihnachtsseiten
  • Excellent example of student projects published on the web by Graf Zeppelin Gymansium.
  • FUN and GAMES: Games, puzzles, word searches, software, memory etc. All from Engelchen.
  • Materials and transparencies that can be ordered
  • More information on my general Christmas links page
  • Great collection of online Christmas Games and downloadable games. Not exactly educational, but fun.
  • More fun and games on my Online Game page

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