Celebrations In Germany
Regional festivals and national holidays
This course highlights all the most important German holidays. Use the information as content for German conversations, writing tasks and oral exams.
Customs And Traditions Are Linked To German Legal Holidays (Calendar)
The Best Website For Monthly German Holidays, Festivals & Culture
Supermarket Meat Is Labeled According To Animal Welfare
Germany's Shakespeare Is Goethe - Birthday August 28
German 1: Learn This Famous Goethe Poem: Wanderers Nachtlied (No Text)
German 1: Learn This Famous Goethe Poem: Wanderers Nachtlied (Only Text)
German 2: Learn This Famous Goethe Poem: Gefunden (Female Reading)
German 2: Learn This Famous Goethe Poem: Gefunden (Male Reading)
Honors German: Learn This Famous Goethe Poem: Erlkönig (Divide Up The Stanzas Among Your Group)
Video: Last Week Of September Through First Week Of October = Oktoberfest
Video: History of the Oktoberfest
Listening Comprehension Quiz: History of the Oktoberfest
Video: An American Explains the Oktoberfest
Video: Come Take a Tour of the Oktoberfest
Video: History of the Biergarten
Video: Learn How to Do the Schuhplattler Dance
Video: Learn German Oktoberfest Vocabulary
The Oktoberfest "Fairgrounds" & Lebkuchenherzen
Video: The Easiest Oktoberfest Song to Learn
Video: Learn to Sing and Dance this German Party Song
Video: The Most Famous Oktoberfest Song- Sung By Two Famous Singers From German Schlager History
Video: Learn the Lyrics to the REFRAIN of this Oktoberfest Song So You Can Join in the Fun
Video Testimonial: An American Tells You How Important It Is To Learn German Party Songs
Video: This Bavarian Band is Reviving the Bavarian Dialect
List of Links: Learn to Sing this Bavarian Party Song
Video: October 6th is German Unity Day (6min)
Photo Guide of The Berlin Wall = die Berliner Mauer
History of the Berlin Wall (p2- 6min)
Escape (p5- 9min)
Walled In (p6- 10min)
The Crossing At Bornholmer Strasse (p8- 9min)
Traces Of The Wall (p8- 6min)
Video: Why Halloween is Not Popular in Deutschland (explained from an American's perspective)
Video: The Difference Between Halloween in the USA and in Germany (explained from A German's perspective)
Spiel: Halloween Lotto (Need Copies Of Game Cards In Advance)
November 1st Is All Saints Day
Tombstone Activity
Tombstone Worksheet (Fill In During "Graveyard Walk")
Geography: The Northern Lights
November 12 = Internationaler Zungenbrecher Tag
Bilingual Explanation of St. Martinstag
Here Is What A St. Martinstag Celebration Looks Like
Laterne Basteln (Template)
Finshed Samples
Event Idea
How to Wish Germans a Merry Christmas
Video: It All Starts With the Advent Wreath
Video: What Makes Christmas Time In Germany So Special?
Video: An Overview Of Christmas Traditions In Germany (English)
Video: Come Meet the Christkind! She Explains Her Role in English.
Video: The Christkind Speech That Opens the Christmas Season Each Year
Open A Door Each Day (Adventskalendar from the AATG)
Video: The Famous German Gingerbread Cookie + das größte Lebkuchenhaus (30 minutes all in German)
Video: Spend a Minute at the Christmas Market in Nürnberg
Video: Get an English-speaking Tour of a German Christmas Market!
Video: A Drive-Through Christkindlmarkt During Covid19
Video: Look at the Real Lights on this German Christmas Tree (First 10 Seconds)
Video: Christmas Tree Safety (in German)
Video: German Christmas Tree Humor
Video: How To Create A German Christmas Atmosphere In Your Place
Video: Learn the German Word "Bescherung" As You Watch It Happen in a German House
Assignment: The Most Famous Classical German Christmas Poem
Video: Pronunciation Help for the Christmas Poem Assignment
Listen to this Poem as a Heavy Metal Song
Video: Wer Sind Denn Alle Diese Weihnachtsfiguren? (auf deutsch)
Video: Sankt Nikolaus versus der Weihnachtsmann (for advanced students)
Video: die Sternsinger am Dreikönigstag
Video: Explanation in German of the Three Kings (die Drei Könige )
Article: How Do Muslims In Germany Celebrate The Christmas Season?
Video: Schneeflocken basteln
Make Your Own Schneeflocken Using Templates
5. Dezember: Heute Ist Sankt Nikolaustag
What is Saint Nikolaus Day?
Video: See Sankt Nikolaus and Knecht Ruprecht Walk Through a German Department Store
Video: Who is Krampus?
Video: Jimmy Fallen Discusses Krampus
Elf On A Shelf
Video: Krampus in Osttirol
Video: Brave Girl Plays Her Recorder At A Home Visit
Video: Krampus Day at School
Video: A Home Visit from Sankt Nikolaus and His Servant
Video: Watch Some Younger Children Get a Visit
German PP Sankt Nikolaus
Ich wünsche dir einen schön Nikolaustag!
Film: A Heidelberg Holiday
7 Things You Need For A German New Year's Celebration
Video: The Most Traditional German New Year's Eve Game
Video: Recipe for the Most Famous Holiday Beverage
Video: The Most Traditional New Year's Eve Meal (10 minutes in German)
The Traditional New Year's Eve Film That Every German Watches
Video: New Year's Eve Political Speech
Video: Yes, Germans Also Toast To the New Year With Champagne
Learn How to Wish Someone a Happy New Year in German
Video: Silvester Fireworks at the Brandenburger Tor
Video: The World's Most Famous Classical Concert is Broadcast from Wien on New Year's Day
Frohes Neujahr! Activity
Third Monday Of January is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
33 Religious Affliations
The Movie
Video: What is Lent?
Video: The Origins of Karneval Explained in German (1 minute)
Alaaf und Helau!
Video: The 5 Day Street Party Begins with "Weiberfastnacht"
Video: Come Visit the Three Major Cities for Fasching and Karneval Celebrations
Video: The Most Important Karneval Treat is the "Faschingskrapfen"
Video: An American Teenager Living in Germany Explains Fasching
Video: The Traditional Karneval and Fasching's Speeches
Video: Rosenmontag, "Kamelle Kamelle" and the Greeting of the Day
Leap Year = Schaltjahr (2024, 2028, 2032, etc.)
March 17th- Let's Learn About Lucky Charms In Deutschland (auf Deutsch but with English Subtitles)
March 17th: Glücksbringer (nur auf Deutsch)
Basteln: Easy Fliegenpiltz (Only requires white paper and a red pen/pencil)
Basteln: Easy Origami 4 Leaf Clover (Only requires green paper)
Basteln: Origami Marienkäfer (Only requires red paper)
Basteln: Origami Schweinkopf (Only requires pink paper)
Basteln: Origami Horseshoe (Requires silver paper or silver sharpie or tin foil) Remember To Keep It Facing Up!
Advanced Basteln: 2-Piece Origami Glücksschwein (Only requires pink paper)
Advanced Basteln: Full Body Origami Schwein (Only requires pink paper)
Advanced Basteln: Origami Kleeblatt (Only requires green paper)
Easter Monday = Georgiritt
Ostermontag = Georgi Ritt Traunstein Schwertertanz
Ostermontag = Pferde Werden Gesegnet Beim Georgiritt in Traunstein
The 3rd Monday of April = Böögg
Video: Böögg
April 23 = Day Of Beer
April 30 = Walpurgisnacht
Video: Walpurgisnacht Hexen Tanz
May 21st: Albrecht Dürer born in Nuremberg
Dürer’s Self-portrait At Munich’s Alte Pinakothek
Read: Dampfnudelfest
Foto: Regional Foods Map (click double-arrow in top right corner to rotate image clockwise)
German Team Painting
Dr. Bogard