ROBERT J. SHEA'S GERMAN RESOURCES

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HOT TIPS

  • NEW 11/10/02 Quality links on most topics - Deutsche AuslandsSchularbeit Am Netz
  • Video offerings on German-Americans, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and other topics.
  • My essay on Computer Literacy and Educational Computing: Perspectives and Practices
  • Create your own exercises and websites using my tutorials
  • Holidays, Traditions and Customs. More than the Oktoberfest, Xmas and Karneval!.

    COMPREHENSIVE PAGES

    German Studies Trails. Andreas Lixl's pioneering work. Images galore.

    American Association of Teachers of German & Missouri Chapter Page. Membership & discussion list are invaluable. Contact your regional Goethe Institut

  • Art Lader's excellent K-12 German Teacher site
  • Rick Spuler's frighteningly huge list of German links - amazing!
  • German Way. Easily the year's best page! Great cultural and teaching resources.
  • The ultimate German studies page: UAlberta's Jump Stations. 1200+ links.
  • Dr. Craig W. Nickisch's very extensive page. Visit Col. Craig!
  • The UWisconsin's great page and registry of International German Dept. pages.
  • UWashington FL center. University of Alberta in Edmonton. German Studies in Canada
  • Peter Gölz' beautifully designed German for Beginners!
  • Virtual Germanistik has some fresh, original offerings.
  • Die Deutsche Seite: countries, great music site, all topics, etc. by fellow Missourian Brian Zahn
  • Kassandra Project. A myriad of fascinating and unusual topics!
  • Literature, poetry, Germanistik from Knut Menard.
  • Deutschsprachige Seiten im Netz: countries, topics, media, etc.
  • High-quality links by topic for Germanistik, culture, language, internet, etc.
  • Very practical and informative webpage from soc.culture.german.
  • Comprehensive pages on a variety of topics mostly in the form of "www.topic.de".

    INTERNET IN GERMANY

  • LEO: Link Everything Online for the German WWW and all servers.
  • All subject categories are covered by Deutschland im Internet
  • Deutschsprachige Seiten im WWW (DINO and Yahoo Deutschland.

    NEWS, INFO AND TOURISM:ORGANIZATIONS

    The German Information Center : weekly newsletters and information on ALL topics. FREE publications (go to Newsstand) such as Deutschland: Magazine on Politics, Culture, Business and Science from the related Federal Gov't page.
    The German National Tourist Office (DZT)

    Deutsche Welle Radio and TV. News, culture, Real Audio.

  • I enjoy international Shortwave Radio on my Grundig YB 400.
  • Facts about Germany - a professional guide to Germany with all topics
  • Travel and Tourism Resources and Web exercises.

    NEWS, INFO AND CULTURE

  • German Culture and Daily life from the About.com.
  • Famous Germans and German-Americans. Links to Biographies, Birthdays, calendars, etc.
  • Tagesthemen Germany's evening TV news. Video available.
  • German News in English and German.
  • German history, literature, German studies, reference, humanities and much more.
  • German Politics in a nutshell with links to the political parties. DDR links as well.
  • FOCUS: European and German news and variety.
  • Presse-Kiosk: enables you to search Germany's newspapers and magazines.
  • Paul Schons' German, Austrian, Swiss Cultural History page.
  • Debatte: Review of Contemporary German Affairs. Impressive, exhaustive.
  • GEO magazine's beautiful, well-organized page. Environmental topics, also.
  • German Life Magazine Culture, history, tourism, imported goods, German-Americana.
  • Bavaria homepage and Munich Newsletter. Current events and news.
    Sharp-looking, bilingual youth magazine and all German JUMA magazine

    COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, INTERNET, VISUAL AIDS

    My lengthy, invaluable Computer page. Programs, games, teaching / learning software, booksellers, realia, graphics, live video, fonts, internet resources, independent study, email partners, search engines, computer applications, etc.

    GERMAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION

  • My Student Work site - exercises, links, topics, etc.
  • German Language Home Page from About.com. Wonderful resource!
  • Materialien fuer den Deutschunterricht. Reading, writing, grammar, software.
  • R.Aguilar's Multimedia Page: folksongs with Real Audio/Video and online course syllabi.
  • My students' introductions . Reasons for and against(!) studying German/FL.
  • Lists of German first names and surname info.
  • Vocab: adjectives, names, cognates, false friends, etymology, sayings, etc.
  • Pronunciation .wav files, tongue twisters and poem for memorization.
  • Texthaus - lessons, exercises and reading
  • Grammar terms in German and Grammar Tricks / memory aids from AATG members.
  • German through Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL) and the Internet.
  • German Dictionaries and Online Translators
  • Eurocentres Language Schools. I had a great time at the Eurozentrum-Koeln, Fall '87.

  • "Today's strongest poetic voice in search of German heritage:" Norbert Krapf.
  • Germanistik im Internet: complete guide to online resources, texts, etc.
  • The National German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar. Projekt Gutenberg.
  • DUDEN: the authority on the German language.
  • Langenscheidt's Online: fantastic site. Many internet resources

    MISCELLANEOUS

    German-Americana, genealogy, German-American Day, Germans in Missouri.
    German Holidays, Traditions and Customs - interesting origins and practices
    Stereotypes of Germans and Americans. Some interesting materials!

    Germans and Turks and the changing face of Germany. I taught English in Istanbul in 1993.

  • Berlin, the Berlin Wall and November 9 in German History
  • Holocaust resources and History and Culture Resources

    ENTERTAINMENT AND FREETIME

  • Spiel und Spass! Fun and games
  • German Food and Drink. Recipes, beer, coffee, bread, cuisine and culture, companies, etc.
  • German Film, TV and Video. Programs, ordering info, titles, and a fun exercise.
  • Clothes and shopping vocab and exercise using the Quelle catalog and other sites.
  • German athletes and sports. Look up Uwe Krupp and other stars. Olympic links!
  • Kinderweb for ages 6-18 and various school German pages including mine.
  • Artists like Duerer, Wm. Blake, Gruenewald, Bosch. Web Museen
  • Leftovers: Unusual German items plus literature, libraries, dictionaries, travel, fun, etc.
  • Musik! Lyrics, instruments, composers, bands, and David Hasselhoff!
  • German Cars: histories, models, new Beetle, downloadables, Berlin classifieds.

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    Thousands of visitors since August 1, 1996!

    Proud recipient of the following awards:
    KHS Award of Excellence
    Links2Go Key German Resource Award
    Doktor Faustus Award!

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