GERMAN
This page contains links to cultural resources in German.
Ads
A searchable database of ads from around the world (search by country, topic, type of ad--audio/print/video, etc.)
Audio
Very nice database of mp3 recordings in a variety of languages (Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Corse, English, French, German, Italian, Occitan, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, categorized by topic and searchable by language, level, gender, age, and length (Shared by Amy Lenord)
Links to culturally authentic materials in a variety of languages, including German
Radio plays and a weekly news podcast for kids. The website also features animal face painting tutorials, games, music charts, and travelogue-type videos to different cities.
A collection of over 2,000 books read aloud in German (with thousands more in other languages), searchable by author, title, subject/genre, and language
- A crowd-sourced collection of texts in German (and a variety of other languages), shared by language learners who found them helpful or interesting. The site allows you to search by categories (fiction, non-fiction, conversations, songs, and others) and to build a list of texts, a word list, and flashcards based on what you have read (if you are signed in).
Podcast (and some video content) in German for young teenagers
Children's Literature
- Collection of videos in which native speakers narrate animated children's stories in German. The words appear on the screen as subtitles that are highlighted as they are spoken. Not all stories shared are culturally authentic.
Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online
Culturally authentic children's literature in German
Comics
Cultural Comparisons / Culture
Dollar Street - Use the dropdown menus on this incredible site to choose countries and topics for comparison based on socioeconomic level. Your selections will bring up photos of whatever you chose from the countries you selected. The site contains many common everyday objects, people, and situations (e.g., adding spices to food while cooking, alarm clocks, answering phones, arm watches, armchairs, backyards, bathrooms, bedrooms, beds, bikes, boats, books, bowls, brushing hair, brushing teeth, car keys, carrying water, cars, ceilings, chickens, child rooms, chopping food, cleaning equipment, cleaning floors, closing the front door, computers, cooking, cooking pots, cooking utensils, cups, cutlery, diapers, dinner guests, disability aid, dish brushes, dish racks, dishwashing soaps, dishwashers, doing dishes, drinking water, drying clothes, drying dishes, earings, eating, everyday shoes, families, family snapshots, favorite home decorations, favorite items in kitchen, floors, freezers, get water, glasses, go through mail, goats, grains, guest beds, hairbrushes, hallways, handwashing, hands, and so forth.
An interesting, collaborative, community history project that contains descriptions of the local community, a history of the schools in the area, letters, and stories and tales from the area--all illustrated with photos.
Cultural information in English, accompanied by a collection of short video clips filmed with native speakers in the 1990s. Some are interviews with native speakers, others demonstrate various cultural practices in cultural settings from around the German-speaking world. Topics include communication, economy, education, shopping, social life, and transportation. Materials in a variety of other languages are also included on the site (shared by Lori Langer de Ramirez)
Games
Online games in German for kids
Images
Culturally authentic photos of Hamburg, Germany (including both historical and modern ones)
Culturally authentic images (Scroll down to browse by language)
Hundreds of copyright-safe images related to Germa
Searchable database of high quality images and photographs, including thousands from German-speaking countries. The majority are free for commercial use with no attribution required.
Culturally authentic images
Berlin Wall Photos
Infographics
A collection of infographics in German
Infographics for World Languages: German - A Pinterest collection of infographics in German by Leslie Grahn
Infografik - A collection of infographics in German by Mo Budinger (appears to be a portfolio of his work)
A collection of infographics based on statistics from the site Statista in German
Different types of breads, all labeled
Best vacation spots around the world infographic - shared by Helena Curtain
Infographic about food shared by Helena Curtain
Informational Texts
Internet safety tips in German
Bullying website in German (Shared by Laura Terrill)
Online news magazine for adults in German--especially useful because the navigation at the top categorizes the articles by many of the themes common to the AP curriculum, including health, learning and family, nature and environment, society, and technology
Interviews
Cultural Interviews with International Business Executives - A collection of interviews in German about business negotiation tactics (similar collections are also available in Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, & Turkish). Bonus interviews include information on a host cultural topics from daily life.
- Videos of eye-witness testimony given in German and a vareity of other languages regarding various topics related to a whole host of topics, including acceptance, anti-semitism, choice, civil rights, courage, culture, deportation, discrimination, education, empathy, faith, family, fear, genocide, hate, human rights, humanity, hunger, identity, memory, refugees, religion, resilience, stereotypes, and a whole host of other topics (click language and your target language to access the videos for your language)
5,000 interviews in which participants answered 40 essential questions about the challenges of daily life, differences, dreams, environment, family legacies, fears, God, hopes, joy, love, and war were filmed in 75 different countries and presented here in English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese (Click on thematic movies to access them)
Literature
Presents contemporary literature for children, teens, and adults with links to excerpts of the books (as PDFs) in a variety of languages, author bios, and a magazine in German about literature-related issues.
Links to the original texts and illustrations of well-known German stories (such as Max und Moritz). The site also contains links to English translations, comprehension quizzes, etc.
Literature in German
Magazines
A children's e-zine that allows them to submit their own writing from a variety of different genres, including informational reports, manga, news reports, scary stories, stories about stars (Shared by Laura Terrill)
News magazine for kids in German which also contains links to music, podcasts, radio, and TV (Shared by Laura Terrill)
Teen magazine with sections on gaming, jobs, school, TV series and stars, and other pop culture topics of interest to teens. Readers can also navigate to pages that target issues of interest to girls or issues that focus on sports
Magazine that focuses on beauty, celebrity gossip, fashion, health, and pop culture
A children's magazine with high interest topics for elementary-aged kids in German
Pop culture magazine for adults in German
News magazine similar to "Time Magazine" with special issues on business, diabetes, health, and money
Children's magazine with both news and entertainment content in German (some audio) (Shared by Laura Terrill)
Memes
Authentic Texts: German Memes & Quotes - A Pinterest collection by Leslie Grahn
Music
- A collection of culturally authentic songs, organized by continent, country, holiday, and language.
A collection of lyrics to many popular German songs organized and glossed by Nancy Thuleen
News
Magazine and newspaper sites, categorized by country and topic, from 200 countries around the world
Human interest and news stories in German for kids (Shared by Laura Terrill)
News from around the German-speaking world, categorized as a typical newspaper would be and accompanied by images
Adult news magazine from Hamburg organized by categories like culture, economics, history, job and career, life, politics, sports, and science
Directory from around the world
Lengthy news stories in German, accompanied by photos--the list of links to related articles that appear below the various stories is useful for teachers who want students to read multiple articles on the same topic (Shared by Laura Terrill)
A weekly news program for children during which child reporters dig into an issue for 9.5 minutes.
News for children in German (Shared by Laura Terrill)
Today's front pages from newspapers around the world
A map that plots the locations of newspapers from around the world--can be filtered by language (Arabic,Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
Interactive, searchable news site for kids that allows them to read either German or world news, record themselves reading articles from the site in German, and look up common terms in a glossary in German (Shared by Laura Terrill)
- A collection of newspapers and magazines, organized by continent and country and briefly annotated with info. about the primary emphasis and political leanings of the news included
Oceans
Poetry
A database of poems in a very wide variety of languages that can be filtered by country, language, or poet. Each poem is read aloud and accompanied by biographical information about the author. Translations to numerous languages are provided as well.
Realia
- A small collection of images of culturally authentic realia from the German-speaking world
Resources
A website dedicated to current science-related news and events
Videos
A radio site with links to comedy sketches, interviews, and video about current events
Wise Guys Chocolate Chip Cookies - A famous group of German musicians sing a recipe for making chocolate chip cookies (and show them being made with culturally authentic ingredients)
Texts
- A collection of books, e-books, and other texts in a wide variety of languages. Use the advanced search feature to find texts in German.
Pedagogical Resources
Phenomenal site filled with creative, practical, proficiency-oriented ideas for world language teaching and learning,
Small Talk in German (Easy German) - Interesting interviews, subtitled in both German and English, about making small talk with Germans [Contributed by Bre Jones & Brigitte Morales]