Educator Support

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

German Teaching Units and Course Syllabi

• German Immigrants: Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest The Library of Congress, American Memory Fellows Program
• Die Russlanddeutschen