Below are resources to help educators of German-American studies.
German-American Studies Resources for Educators
Film
- A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada – German-Canadian film series on the contribution of immigrants to Canada that contains introductory matter and includes teaching units. Three related episodes to German-Canadians:
- Episode 4: For the Love of God: The Mennonites and Benjamin Eby
- Episode 9: The Impossible Home: Robert Kroetsch and his German Roots
- Episode 30: Copyright: Leonard Frank (photographer; German-Jewish immigrant)
- Germans in America (a 4-part television series) – Recounts the story of German immigrants to the United States
Texts, Histories, Research Projects
- Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History – Penn State University – National Endowment for the Humanities project exploring the medieval European technology that built the American colonies
- Elderhostels: Teaching and Learning with Americans of German Descent – article by Eberhard and Ruth Reichmann
- German-Americana
- Germerica – read the latest business and political news concerning German-Americans
- How German is American? Max Kade Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Indiana’s and Kentucky’s German-Americans in the Civil War
- German-Americans and Their Contributions to the American Mainstream Culture
- German Names and Words
- Norbert Krapf: Indiana Poet Laureate (2008-2010) and writer of history about the Catholic communities of Jasper, Indiana, and their German antecedents
- Teaching German Americana with Assistance from the Web
German Customs and Practices
- Christmas Star Instructions – directions for assembling
- Christmas Songs – Weihnachtslieder (English and German)
- German-American Internet Scavenger Hunt