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SWR Retro - Abendschau: Neu-Trier in USA | ARD Mediathek

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Neu-Trier in USA | Video | Besuch in Winnetka (Vorort von Chicago), einer früheren Gemeinde deutscher Einwanderer aus Trier. Das Gymnasium trägt noch heute den Namen 'Neu Trier'.

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Dibaba in Amerika - Videos der Sendung | ARD Mediathek

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Videos zu Dibaba in Amerika | Ein Road Movie der besonderen Art. Auf den Spuren norddeutscher Auswanderer reist Yared Dibaba mit einer plattdeutschen Reisegruppe 2.000 Meilen durch den Mittleren Westen der USA. Neben der Welt der Highways, Motels und Fastfood-Restaurants erleben sie, was es heißt, wenn deutsche Ostfriesen auf Amerikaner treffen.

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Read the dress code and follow the instructions. (MEDIATION)

Write a dress code for our school. (in English)

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Native American History: look into the history

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Native American History: look into the history

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Native American History for Kids | An insightful look into the history of the Native Americans

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Aerial America: The Best of The Midwest | Smithsonian Channel

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What’s so great about the Great Lakes? - Cheri Dobbs and Jennifer Gabrys

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Watch the video.
What's the Midwest´s economy like? Write important facts into your mind map and present it in class.

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Read about the Midwest and complete your mind map.

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Introduction
The Midwest, or Middle West, is a region in the north-central United States. It is also called the North Central Plains. The Midwest includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Within the Midwest are two smaller regions: the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) and part of the Great Plains (the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas).

Most of the land in the Midwest is flat or gently rolling and is suited to mechanized agriculture. An exception is southwestern Wisconsin and the nearby parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois, which are hilly and rugged. The Black Hills of west-central South Dakota are also rugged, with eroded mountains and heavily forested slopes. To the north of the Midwestern states are four of the Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, and part of Erie. ( Lake Ontario is to the north of New York in the Middle Atlantic region.) All the Midwestern states touching the Great Lakes-Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio-have areas of sandy beaches, some with rocky shorelines. Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan each have more than 10,000 natural lakes within their borders.

The Midwest is home to Chicago, Illinois, the third most populous city in the United States (after New York, New York, and Los Angeles, California). Other large metropolitan areas in the Midwest include Indianapolis, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; St. Louis, Missouri; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Most of the Midwest has four distinct seasons: a cold, sometimes snowy winter; a generally cool, wet spring; a hot and humid summer; and a cool, dry autumn. The more northerly states, including North Dakota and Minnesota, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, tend to have longer winters. The Great Lakes often influence the weather, cooling nearby areas in the summer and warming them in the winter. Severe weather is always possible, especially tornadoes. Kansas and Nebraska are part of Tornado Alley, the large geographic area where tornadoes are frequent. Another area of frequent tornado occurrence is found across eastern Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, western Ohio, and the southern portions of Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Midwest is ideal for agriculture, with fertile soil, warm summer temperatures, and moderate rainfall. Corn (maize), soybeans, and wheat are principal crops. The upper Midwest, especially Wisconsin, Michigan, and parts of Minnesota, are dotted with dairy farms. Wisconsin is the country's leading producer of cheese. Cattle, poultry, and pigs are among the farm animals raised in the Midwest. For more than 100 years, beginning in the mid-1800s, Chicago was the center of a large meat-packing industry.

In the 1800s the Midwest began to grow in population. Larger cities developed, and they became heavily industrialized. The nearness of the Great Lakes, acting as a transportation link to eastern markets, helped the growth. So too did the railroads and eventually the trucking industry. In the early 1900s Michigan, especially Detroit, became the center of a huge automobile industry. At the beginning of the 21st century the diversified manufactures of the Midwest included heavy machinery, food products, pharmaceuticals, chemical products, computers and electronics, and plastics. Finance, insurance, health care, and other service-related industries were also important.

Indiana is a major producer of building stone, quarried in the southwest-central part of the state. Michigan has one of the largest limestone quarries in the world. Ohio produces significant quantities of salt, most of it drawn from large rock salt mines. Traditional metal mining has included copper and iron ore in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Coal mining, both surface and underground, began to expand in Illinois and Indiana in the late 20th century. In the 21st century sand mining was undertaken; certain areas in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were found to have a rare sand used in fracking.

Native Americans lived in most of the Midwest region for at least 10,000 years before European settlement. Some of the tribes who occupied the area were the Ottawa, Ojibwa, Miami, Potawatomi, Huron, Kickapoo, Sauk, Fox, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Menominee, and Sioux. Some of them had lived in the area a long time, but others moved to the area after European colonists pushed them out of their traditional lands in the east. In the 1600s French fur trappers and missionaries lived peacefully with Indians in many areas of the Midwest. Later, as British and then U.S. settlers poured into the area, many Native Americans were slaughtered defending their lands. The surviving Indians were pushed west as colonists continued to move into the region. ( See also Northeast Indians; Plains Indians.)

The Northwest Territory entered the United States in 1783 at the end of the American Revolution. The Great Plains entered the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The Plains developed primarily agriculturally. The Northwest Territory was blessed with both fertile soil and valuable natural resources, such as coal, oil, iron ore, and limestone. It developed both agriculturally and industrially.

First water routes and then railroads linked the Northwest Territory with eastern markets. The connection helped establish the Northwest Territory as part of the industrially expanding North (which also included the Northeast region). The Northwest Territory also shared northern ideas against slavery. In the years leading up to the American Civil War, the Northwest Territory produced a new political party-the Republican Party-that was devoted to stopping the spread of slavery into the Kansas and Nebraska territories. The Northwest Territory also was the scene of the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas for the U.S. senate seat from Illinois. The debates largely concerned the issue of the extension of slavery into the territories.

After the Civil War the Midwest experienced dramatic growth. Transportation, immigration, and industrialization played a part. The Great Plains, however, developed more slowly than the Northwest Territory. Most people who wanted to move west skipped over the Plains to settle on the West Coast. It was not until the late 1800s that farmers, ranchers, and tradespeople began to settle the Plains rapidly. By then most of the American Indians had been moved to reservations, barbed-wire fencing had been introduced, and railroads had penetrated the interior.

The influence of the Midwest on national life has been significant. In the 1870s it was the main area of activity of the Granger movement and a major center of the labor movement that fought for workers' rights. The area was home for many of America's most famous industrial giants. It was an innovator in architecture and in retailing. The Midwest was a powerful force in the settlement-house movement, a center of temperance activity, and an inspiration to a new school of naturalistic writers. In the 1940s it helped usher in the atomic age when the world's first self-sustained atomic chain reaction was set off at the University of Chicago. The Midwest continued to be important to the country's politics and culture in the early 21st century. ( See also United States, "North Central Plains"; " Great Plains.")

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Introduction The Midwest, or Middle West, is a region in the north-central United States. It is also called the North Central Plains. The Midwest includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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Nebraska: Railroads, Bigfoots, smallest city of the USA

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Nebraska: Railroads, Bigfoots, smallest city of the USA

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#14 Nebraska - Railroads, Bigfoots und die kleinste Stadt der USA

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Ich starte wieder mit meinem Vintage-Truck "Loretta" und dem Wohnwagen-Anhänger "Conway". Los geht meine USA-Reise in North Platte, auf dem weltgrößten Rangierbahnhof. Dann suche ich nach Spuren von Bigfoot und Yeti. Und ich finde heraus, wie es sich in der kleinsten US-Stadt so lebt - Einwohnerzahl: 1.

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Iowa: Cows, Captain Kirk and German colonies

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Iowa: Cows, Captain Kirk and German colonies

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#15 Iowa - Butterkühe, deutschen Kolonien & Captain Kirks Geburtsort

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In Iowa probiere ich 'fancy' Popcorn. Mein Wohnwagen-Anhänger steht Modell für eine Skulptur - aus Butter! In Amana erlebe ich deutsche Gemütlichkeit und deutsche Küche. Und dann besuche ich den Ort, in dem in mehr als 200 Jahren ein Star-Trek-Mythos geboren werden wird: Captain Kirk.

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#19 Kansas - Underground Railroad, Truckhenge und Subterra

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Am Missouri treffe ich zwei indigene Wyandot-Frauen, deren Vorfahren Sklaven zur Freiheit verhalfen. Truckhenge ist ein Stonehenge-Nachbau - nur mit Autos - eines Freigeistes, der mich fast in den Wahnsinn treibt. In Subterra meditiert ein Mann für den Frieden - in einem Raketensilo aus dem kalten Krieg.

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#03 South Dakota - Durch die Weiten der Prärie

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Hunderte Kilometer lange Stauseen testen meine Geduld. Der einst mächtige Missouri ist durch viele Dämme gezähmt. Ich frage mich, woher wir uns das Recht nehmen, die Landschaft so brutal zu verändern. Aber dann entdecke ich noch wilde Landschaften, urzeitliche Fische und Sternschnuppen über der Prärie. Fotos gibt's hier: https://br.de/s/3xHESSO

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North Dakota: Storms and Native Americans

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North Dakota: Storms and Native Americans

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#02 North Dakota - Im Land der Stürme und der Ureinwohner

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Erster Rückschlag auf meinem Fluss-Abenteuer: Ein schwerer Sturm reißt einen Großteil meiner Ausrüstung fort. Rettung kommt von der Königin der River Angels. Von den Ureinwohnern erfahre ich, was ihnen der Fluss und das Land bedeuten. Fotos gibt’s hier: https://br.de/s/3woAnL0

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****Nur die ersten 14 Minuten sind relevant!****

Watch the video about the story behind Laura Ingall´s books/the TV series  "Little house on the prairie".

A) Summarize the information and include:
- What is typical for the region?
- Why did so many people come to the Midwest? (Tipp: "Landrausch"-What does that mean?)
- Where did the family live first and why did they leave this region?
- Where did they build a new farm?
- Describe the farm/the house.
- There was no electricity. What did that mean to the people who lived there?

AND

B) Do one of the following tasks:

- Describe the terms "prairie", "pioneers" and "pioneering spirit".

- Do research about the "Homestead Act" from 1862. What was it, who was involved and why was it important for the history of the Midwest?

- (Together with a partner) Write an episode of "Little house on the prairie". Include different characters, like Laura and her parents, sisters, her "enemy" Nelly...you can also make up characters. Include information from the video.

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Stadt Land Kunst - Inspirationen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

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Moderatorin Linda Lorin stellt uns von Montag bis Freitag immer zwei Künstler, Literaten oder auch Musiker zu einem Thema vor und öffnet uns die Türen zu ihrem Universum. In dieser Folge: Eine kleine Farm erobert den Mittleren Westen / Twin Peaks, David Lynchs beklemmendes Amerika

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Meet Elsie Eiler, the last person who lives in Monodie in Nebraska.
Watch the video and summarize it. Include the following information:

- Where does Elsie live?
- How old is she?
- What are her different jobs?
- Does she feel lonely and why?
- What do people say about her?
- What was her past like?
- How many people lived there in the past?
- Why is she alone, why did all people leave?
- What is she allowed to do?
- Why are books special to her?

Present Elsie in class.

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Sogar eine Bibliothek gibt es in Monowi, einem Dorf im äußersten Norden Nebraskas. Viele Bücher, aber nur eine Leserin. Elsie Eiler ist Bürgermeisterin, Bibliothekarin und Gastwirtin in einer Person, der einzigen......

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Native Americans fight against a pipeline

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Native Americans fight against a pipeline

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**Das Video ist schon ein paar Jahre alt und politisch daher nicht aktuell. Aber das Thema, wie mit den Territorien und Rechten der Ureinwohner umgegangen wird, ist brandaktuell.**

A) Watch the video and summarize the Native Americans´ (Sioux tribe) situation:

-What are they fighting against?
- Why do they fight?
- How do they fight?
- One poster says "Water is life" and the tribe's chief also talks about that topic. Why is water so special for the Sioux tribe?

AND
B) Choose one of the following tasks:

- Do a research on the current state of the pipeline/ the current situation of the Sioux tribe.

- The protest against the pipeline have become a movement because of "scars which never have healed". What is meant by that?

- Design a poster for the Sioux´ protest and present it in class.

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USA: "Trumpeln" auf den Rechten der Indianer

"Es geht um unser Wasser, unsere Rechte und unsere Menschenwürde", sagt der Stammesführer der Standing Rock Sioux - und meint eine Pipeline. Die Dakota Access Pipeline soll Rohöl von North Dakota zur Raffinerie in Illinois transportieren.

Bild: SWR

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USA: "Trumpeln" auf den Rechten der Indianer | Video | "Es geht um unser Wasser, unsere Rechte und unsere Menschenwürde", sagt der Stammesführer der Standing Rock Sioux - und meint eine Pipeline. Die Dakota Access Pipeline soll Rohöl von North Dakota zur Raffinerie in Illinois transportieren.

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Watch the video about the Rust Belt.
Take notes about important facts.

Write a  text about the Rust Belt. Include:
- where it is
-why it is/ was important for the USA
- historical background
- situation today
- ...

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Watch Severin ´s selfmade video about US American school life:

What is his school day like?

Which differences to German schools can you find?

Would you like to attend a US American school rather than our school? Why?

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Ein normaler Schultag in den USA - Severin goes USA

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Watch the video about Cullen who lives in Hermann, Missouri.

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Watch the video about Lincoln.He lives in Hermann, Missouri.

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Bitte nutzen Sie einen modernen Webbrowser, z.B. Mozilla Firefox.

Familientraditionen werden in Missouri gepflegt - und Lincoln hilft dabei gerne mit. Die Familie bewirtschaftet zum Beispiel eigene Weinberge, so wie es ihre Vorfahren seit 200 Jahren in Hermann getan haben. Lincoln ist auch stolz darauf, dass er selbst Würstchen mit Urgroßvaters Fleischwolf machen kann. Die kommen beim Familien-Barbecue gut an. Wie viele in der Stadt hat der Junge auch ein eigenes Gewehr. Aber die Waffen sind nicht nur zum Jagen da, sondern auch zur Selbstverteidigung.

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Missouri: Lincoln - Keeping up with Family Traditions

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Familientraditionen werden in Missouri gepflegt - und Lincoln hilft dabei gerne mit. Die Familie bewirtschaftet zum Beispiel eigene Weinberge, so wie es ihre Vorfahren seit 200 Jahren in Hermann getan haben. Lincoln ist auch stolz darauf, dass er selbst Würstchen mit Urgroßvaters Fleischwolf machen kann. Die kommen beim Familien-Barbecue gut an.

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Watch the video about Katie.She is a teenager in Hermann, Missouri and has a special talent.

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Choose a state in the midwest and make a research. Use the worksheet.

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If you're interested, you can read about the history and culture of the Midwest.

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Learn Midwestern United States facts for kids

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How did they look like? Where did they live?

On this homepage there are countless facts about the Native Americans.

You can pick a certain group or a certain topic, whatever you are interested in.

-Write a short information text
-Design a poster and include some pictures.
- Write a story including facts about one tribe.
- your ideas?

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Read about the Native Americans in the Midwest and the history of the Midwest.
Make a mindmap and present it in class.

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The Midwest, or Middle West, is a region in the north-central United States. The Midwest includes the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri,...

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Watch the video. You also find the text below the video.

What do you learn about European settlers? What happened when they arrived in the Midwest?

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Study how American Indians and buffalo were driven westward from the Midwest by European settlers Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

[Music in]

NARRATOR: At the Holiday Folk Fair in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, people from all over the region gather to celebrate their heritage.

Their ancestors came from many countries.

Here they share their crafts,

enjoy ethnic foods,

[Music out]

and learn about each other's traditions.

As in every region of the United States, the first people who lived in the Midwest were the Native Americans.

Their tribal names were Kickapoo [music in], Sac, Potawatomie, Ottawa, Ojibwa, Illinois, Miami, Huron, Dakota, Sioux.

The land they lived on looked very different from the way it does today. The interior plains were vast grasslands. The Indians hunted buffalo and other large animals that roamed the wide prairies.

The first Europeans in the Midwest were explorers and trappers who traded with the Indians and learned about the land from them.

In the middle 1800s European immigrants and homesteaders pushed their way up the Mississippi and across the Great Plains.

The Europeans came to farm. They plowed under the grasslands and cut down the forests.

They chased away the buffalo with their plows and guns.

With the buffalo went the Indians, forced off their lands or killed by disease and war.

[Music out]

During the next one hundred years towns and cities grew in the region.

Their industries attracted new people to the region, many of them African Americans from the rural South.

From the cities

[Music in]

to the farms,

the people of the Midwest transformed the region and called it home.

[Music out]

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Study how American Indians and buffalo were driven westward from the Midwest by European settlers

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Music in] NARRATOR: At the Holiday Folk Fair in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, people from all over the region gather to celebrate their heritage. Their ancestors came from many countries. Here they share their crafts, enjoy ethnic foods, [Music out] and learn about each other's traditions.

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Read the comic on p.42/43 in OL4. Do ex. 3,4 and 5 a) OR b).
YOU FIND THE DOCUMENT ON THE "LERNPLATTFORM".

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Mediation: The US American school system

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Mediation: The US American school system

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Watch the German video about the US American school system, pick the most important information and present your information in a text, chart, monologue...(in English of course)

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Schullaufbahn in den USA

Die deutsche Grundschule heißt in den USA Elementary School (oder Grade School). Sie wird in der Regel sechs Jahre lang besucht, wobei die erste Zeit eher der Kindergartenzeit in Deutschland ähnelt. Von der siebten bis neunten Klasse besuchen die Kinder meist eine Middle School (oder Junior High School) und anschließend wechseln sie auf die High School, wo sie meist nach der 12. Klasse den Abschluss machen. Allerdings ist es auch möglich, nach vier Jahren von der Elementary School direkt auf die High School zu wechseln. Das dreigliedrige Schulsystem mit Haupt-, Realschule und Gymnasium gibt es in den USA nicht. Die Leistungsunterschiede werden durch gezielte Förderungsmaßnahmen schwächerer Schüler versucht, auszugleichen. Außerdem gibt es häufig unterschiedliche Gruppen in Kursen für unterschiedlich leistungsstarke Kinder.

Der Abschluss, den man an einer staatlichen Schule in den USA erlangen kann, ist gleichzusetzen mit einem deutschen Gesamtschulabschluss. In den USA wird dieser Abschluss High School Diploma genannt und ermöglicht die Bewerbung an einer Uni oder einem College. Der Abschluss an einer der privaten Preparatory Schools hat dagegen einen höheren Stellenwert. Damit sind Privatschüler durch die höheren Anforderungen auch besser auf die Hochschule vorbereitet.

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High School Diploma

Trotz der vielen Unterschiede in den einzelnen Staaten ist der Abschluss High School Diploma in den gesamten USA anerkannt. Er stellt aber nicht automatisch eine Studienberechtigung dar. Das hängt hauptsächlich damit zusammen, dass alle Leistungsgruppen den gleichen Abschluss machen, und somit je nach besuchten Kursen keine allgemeine Leistungsaussage zu treffen ist. Dieses wird unter anderem mit den Schwierigkeitsgraden und Noten ( Grade Point Average, GPA) der einzelnen belegten Fächer sowie durch Einstufungstests wie zum Beispiel dem Scholastic Aptitude Test ( SAT) oder dem American College Test ( ACT) gelöst. Des Weiteren ist es möglich, einen GED-Test ( General Educational Development) abzulegen, der zwar dem High School Diploma nicht entspricht, aber als Nachweis einer gewissen Allgemeinbildung angesehen wird.

College oder University?

Die Bezeichnung oder University hängt teilweise von den einzelnen Bundesstaaten ab. An einem kann häufig ein Bachelorabschluss oder nur ein Abschluss in bestimmten Bereichen gemacht werden. An der University hingegen ist auch eine Promotion möglich. Damit ähneln College und University der deutschen Fachhochschule und Universität.

Zensuren in den USA

In den USA werden keine Zahlen, sondern Buchstaben als Zensuren (grades/marks) verwendet. Da die Festlegung des Notensystems aber Sache der Staaten und Schulen ist, gibt es verschiedene Variationen. Meist wird folgendes System verwendet:

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A (Bestnote, hervorragend)

B (über dem Durchschnitt, gut)

C (Durchschnitt, mittelmäßig)

D (ausreichend)

F („failure", durchgefallen, nicht bestanden)

Die zu erreichende Prozentzahl variiert je nach Region. In gewissen Staaten und Schulen wird statt F auch E geschrieben. An A, B, C, und in den meisten Schulen auch an D, dürfen Plus (+) und Minus (−) angehängt werden. Solche Zwischennoten werden meist offiziell anerkannt und erscheinen daher auch in Zeugnissen und Studiennachweisen.

Schuluniformen in den USA

Die klassischen Schuluniformen werden nicht mehr so häufig in amerikanischen Schulen getragen. Wenn die Pflicht besteht, sie zu tragen, dann eher in den tieferen Jahrgängen und an privaten High Schools. Allgemein soll durch die Uniformpflicht ein größeres Gemeinschaftsgefühl erzeugt und Konkurrenzkämpfe vermieden werden. Daher gibt es trotz der immer seltener werdenden Uniform heute häufig einen Dress Code. Die Kleiderordnung gibt es auf fast allen High Schools und wird sehr streng kontrolliert. Dabei wird beispielsweise, je nach Schule, die Rocklänge vorgegeben oder festgelegt, dass keine Shirts oder zu freizügige Kleidung getragen werden darf. Auch Piercings und Tattoos können verboten werden.

Schulen in den USA: Besonderheiten

Schulweg

Der Schulweg wird täglich sehr gut vom Schulsystem geregelt. Der typische gelbe School Bus bringt die Kinder täglich zur Schule und zurück. Dafür gibt es bestimmte Bushaltestellen. Die Busse sind allgemein sehr sicher und mit einer Überwachungskamera, zusätzlichen Signallampen und weiteren Sicherheitseinrichtungen ausgestattet.

Sicherheit

An Schulen in Amerika gibt es viele und sehr strenge Sicherheitsmaßnahmen und Regeln. Beispielsweise darf man sich nur mit einer Genehmigung, dem Hall Pass während der Pausenzeiten über das Schulgelände bewegen. Das liegt daran, dass es in Amerika spezielle Waffengesetze gibt, ganz anders als in Deutschland. Oft sind während des Unterrichts die Schuleingänge verschlossen und werden auch sonst stark kontrolliert.

Du hast nun einiges über das Schulsystem in den USA gelernt. Dein Wissen darüber kannst du mithilfe unserer Aufgaben überprüfen. Viel Spaß und Erfolg dabei!

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Das Schulsystem in den USA: Wichtige Informationen

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Die deutsche Grundschule heißt in den USA Elementary School (oder Grade School). Sie wird in der Regel sechs Jahre lang besucht, wobei die erste Zeit eher der Kindergartenzeit in Deutschland ähnelt. Von der siebten bis neunten Klasse besuchen die Kinder meist eine Middle School (oder Junior High School) und anschließend wechseln sie auf die High School , wo sie meist nach der 12.

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Watch the English video about the US American school system and present your information in a text, chart, monologue...

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Describe a day at an American high school. Use the photos A-E.
Include:

School bus

Pledge

Lockers

Classes

Lunch

Extracurricular activities

Then, describe a typical school day at our school.

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Watch the video and take notes.
Write a text about the topic or design some kind of map, be creative!

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Which rivers are mentioned in the video? Write a list and give some more interesting details.
You can also draw or print a map and write the facts into it.

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What does "extreme weather" mean? Describe the Midwest´s extreme weather and compare it to ours.

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Tornado chasers are people who chase tornados, they don't try to be safe, they want to SEE and EXPERIENCE the tornado.
Read about Tim Tornado!

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Find out how young people get their driver´s license. Read p.44 in your book and answer the questions in ex.1 and ex.2.
DOCUMENT ON LERNPLATTFORM

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Imagine your dream job and write an advert.

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Read the text.
Then, do the worksheet "numbers, numbers".

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Choose a topic that you find interesting.
There are many videos to watch- if you do so, make sure to take notes!

Then, decide what you want to do with your information or follow the instructions.

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Read the advert for Homecoming week and follow the instructions.

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Watch the documentary about three young people.

Write down the most interesting facts or write an article about the young people.

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Die Lage an den öffentlichen Highschools ist häufig erschreckend. Berichte von frierenden Kindern, weil in deren Schule im Winter wochenlang die Heizung ausfällt, von verstopften Toiletten, die nicht repariert werden, gehören zum Schulalltag. Aber es gibt auch das genaue Gegenteil: wahre Luxusschulen, in denen jedes Kind seinen eigenen Laptop hat, in denen viele Schüler individuell von hoch motivierten Lehrern gefördert werden. Woher kommen diese großen Unterschiede, die darüber entscheiden, welche Chancen Schülerinnen und Schüler in ihrer Zukunft haben?

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Weltreisen: Schicksal Schule? So gerecht ist Amerika! | ARD Mediathek

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Schicksal Schule? So gerecht ist Amerika! | Video | Die Lage an den öffentlichen Highschools ist häufig erschreckend. Berichte von frierenden Kindern, weil in deren Schule im Winter wochenlang die Heizung ausfällt, von verstopften Toiletten, die nicht repariert werden, gehören zum Schulalltag.

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Listen to the song „Cool Kids“ by Echosmith.
How does the singer describe the „cool kids“?

And: In your opinion, what is a "cool kid"?

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Echosmith - Cool Kids [Official Music Video]

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Read the interview and mediate between the people.

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As you might know, you can spend a year abroad in year 11.
Find out more and decide if you would like to do it.

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Watch the short video and write down the characteristics of the Midwest's people.
How would you describe people in Saarland?

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Do a research:

Are there famous people from the Midwest?

Who?

What did/do they do?

The video can also help you!

Write down your results, maybe in a text or make some fact sheets for one or more VIPs.

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Where should tourists go when they visit the Midwest?

Make a tourism brochure and include the following information

Getting there from Germay(flights)

interesting places/cities to visit

Sights

Overnight accomodation

Things to see and do

Getting around (bus, car...)

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Pick one state of the Midwest and

present it on a poster

Write a story that takes place in one of the states. You should mention places/features of that state.

Draw a picture of the landscape there and present it in class.

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The weather in the Midwest is very special. People there often have to deal with extreme weather conditions.

Find out more about it.

If you want to, you can find out what the „Minneapolis Skyway System“ is, you ´ll find some information here:

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Get happily lost. The Minneapolis Skyway System is the largest, contiguous system of enclosed, second level bridges in the world, composed of 9.5 miles of pathways connecting 80 city blocks.

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Your Guide to Navigating the Minneapolis Skyway System

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The Minneapolis Skyway System is the largest, contiguous system of enclosed, second level bridges in the world, composed of 9.5 miles of pathways connecting 80 city blocks. Find your way around with this guide to the skyway.

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Have a look at one or more songs. What are they about?

You can sing a song and/or play it on your instrument.

Draw a picture about a song and present it in class.

Your ideas?

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Find out where many people in the Midwest originally came from.

You might do a research on the town of Hermann. What´s special about it?
You can also research on their festivals and traditions.

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Welcome to HermannMissouri.com :: History

The city was founded by the Deutsche Ansiedlungs-Gesellschaft zu , who wrote about the area in his Pennsylvania ( German Settlement Society of Philadelphia ) in the 1830s. It was promoted by the enthusiasm of Gottfried Duden George Bayer and Edward Hermann, who bought the land and is considered by many to be the founder of the town. The town was platted after the society sold shares in the 11,300 acres (4,600 ha) of Bericht ber eine Reise nach den westlichen Staaten Nord Amerikas ( Report of a Journey to the Western States of Northern America). An early part of settlers was led by Gasconade River valley land it had purchased.

The society had almost utopian goals of a "heart of German-America" where it could perpetuate traditional German culture and establish a self-supporting colony built around farming, commerce, and industry. The town is named after Hermann der Cherusker , a Germanic leader who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the year 9. In 2009, the City of Hermann celebrated the 2000th anniversary of the battle, in which the Germanic warrior Hermann defeated three Roman legions and changed the course of history. A bronze statue of the city's namesake was dedicated, and has been standing since September 2009 in the Hermann Park.[4]

In the 1960s people began to rebuild the wine industry in the Hermann area. The vineyards and wineries contribute both to the agricultural and heritage tourism economies, with wine tastings and visits related to the wineries increasingly popular.

The Hermann area is known for wineries: , 2 miles east of Hermann; Bommarito Estate Almond Tree Winery; and Rbller Vineyards and Winery near Stone Hill Winery , the largest winemaking business in the state, and Hermannhof Winery are in the town. Two miles south of town off Missouri Highway 100 West is Adam Puchta Winery, the oldest continuously family-owned winery in the nation, under direct family ownership since 1855.[5] New Haven . Bias Vineyards is less than eight miles (13 km) east near Berger on Missouri Highway 100. Also included in the Hermann AVA are Oakglenn Vineyards and Winery

The Katy Trail , a 225-mile (362 km)-long bike path, passes through McKittrick, a town on the northern side of the Missouri River across from Hermann.

What kind of name for a town is Hermann, anyway?

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Welcome to HermannMissouri.com :: History The city was founded by the Deutsche Ansiedlungs-Gesellschaft zu , who wrote about the area in his Pennsylvania ( German Settlement Society of Philadelphia ) in the 1830s. It was promoted by the enthusiasm of Gottfried Duden George Bayer and Edward Hermann, who bought the land and is considered by many to be the founder of the town.