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GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Paragraph One
a. When did the first Germans from Krefeld arrive in the US?
b. Who invited them?
c. What town did they create and in what state was it?
d. Who was their leader?
e. What were their jobs/occupations?
Paragraph Three
f. - Wilhelm Rittenhaus founded America's first _________________ in the year of _____.
g. Christopher Sauer printed the first American ________________ in the year of __________.
Paragraph Four
h. Why were the Germantowners appalled at the slavery they found in America?
i. They conducted the first protest against slavery in the year of __________.
GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA by Betty Randall
a. How many settlers founded Germantown?
b. How many German immigrants have come to the US since then? ____________ million
c. Why did these people come to America? They wanted _____________ freedom, which they couldn't have in Europe.
d. How many days did the voyage to America take? Extra: How many hours does it take by plane nowadays?
Go to http://www.ushistory.org/germantown/people/pastorius.htm
Pastorius lived from ________________ to _____________ (list the years). Pastorius received a doctorate degree of ___________ at Nuremburg. In addition to speaking several languages, he was an avid (enthusiastic) _____________, ____________ and ________. He left behind _________ volumes of manuscripts (writings). Why was he able to learn and achieve so much?In other words, what modern distractions didn't exist in his day?
Everyone: Using http://www.freetranslation.com/ and making sure that you change the language choice from English to German. How would you say Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous line "I have a dream" in German?
Compare MLK's speech in German and English: write down a few sentences and words that you could understand without looking at the English
8th graders only - translate the following sentence (if you can't figure it out, try looking up individual words): Deutsche kämpften im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg (1861-1865) auch auf der Seite der Südstaatenarmee).
Read a few articles from the section on Blacks in Germany and summarize the situation of many Blacks in Germany
You know about Martin Luther King, but who was Martin Luther?
: search for Martin Luther then click on the first result
1. When did Martin Luther live? From ______________ to __________________.
2. Martin Luther was a religious __________ who initiated the P____________________ R___________________.
3. If you want to learn more about his life and work, read on. If not, answer the next questions.
4. Read http://www.luther.de/e/sprache.html. Why is Luther important in the history of the German language?
5. Through this Bible, Luther became the creator of the __________________________________. In other words, he gave Germans an example of how to write German that could be used to overcome the differences and difficulties connected with various regional dialects.