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• The German Heritage in Europe: Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
   german_heritage.pdf ( 130.41K ) Number of downloads: 38
  
• Multicultural Switzerland. This is a course in history about the development of Switzerland with its four cultures and languages. Not a course on migration etc.
• German Culture: Literature and Film (Robert Walser, Mann, Kafka, Tucholsky, Dürrenmatt, Frisch)
   german_and_swiss_film.pdf ( 93.8K ) Number of downloads: 40
  
• Kulturlandschaft Schweiz
   kulturlandschaft_schweiz.pdf ( 52.5K ) Number of downloads: 35
  
• Perspectives on German Swiss Film
   swiss_film_2.pdf ( 81.37K ) Number of downloads: 37
  
• German Swiss Cinema
   swiss_film.pdf ( 71.46K ) Number of downloads: 40
  
• Topics in German-Swiss Literature (Loetscher, Federspiel, Bichsel; movies Voyager, Visit)
   swiss_lit_deuber.pdf ( 54.38K ) Number of downloads: 41
  

[Dr._Karin_Baumga...]

Multi-cultural literature in Switzerland. This is a 3 1/2 week unit (7 x 75 minutes) for intermediate high - advanced students that can be taught in a course on Contemporary Switzerland, or in a course on multi-cultural literature in German speaking countries. The unit was introduced at the ACTFL conference 2007. Go to "Members" to contact Dr. Karin Baumgartner, University of Utah.

Lessonplan.  lessonplan_multi_kulti.doc ( 188.5K ) Number of downloads: 24

Worksheets.  multi_cultural_wrksheet.doc ( 84K ) Number of downloads: 22

Resources for the teaching of multi-cultural Swiss literature.  Allgemeine_resourcen.doc ( 74K ) Number of downloads: 19

[Dr._Karin_Baumga...]

New Swiss Voices. Handouts for teaching units on Christoph Simon, Peter Stamm, Martin Dean, Sibylle Berg. The texts were taken from Focus: New Swiss Writers, in:Dimension. Ed. Romey Sabalius and Michael Wutz 8.2&3 (2007). Go to "members" to contact Dr. Karin Baumgartner, University of Utah.

Handouts.  worksheet_how_Swiss.doc ( 73.5K ) Number of downloads: 46

General resources for young Swiss literature (references anthologies, websites, etc.)  Resources_How_Swiss.doc ( 39.5K ) Number of downloads: 28

[Dr._Karin_Baumga...]

New Perspectives in German-speaking Swiss Literature. Four teaching units on Swiss writers Peter Stamm, Franz Hohler, Zoe Jenny, Milena Moser. This unit was introduced at the ACTFL 2007 by Dr. Annette Kym, Hunter College.

Hand-out Peter Stamm.  Handout_Stamm.doc ( 30K ) Number of downloads: 20

Hand-out Franz Hohler.  Handout_Hohler.doc ( 76K ) Number of downloads: 21

Hand-out Zoe Jenny.  Zo__Jenny_Handout.doc ( 46K ) Number of downloads: 20

Hand-out Milena Moser.  Handout_Moser.doc ( 40.5K ) Number of downloads: 20

[Dr._Karin_Baumga...]

Teaching German through Swiss children's literature. This unit was developed by Dr. Margrit Zinggeler, Eastern Michigan University, and introduced at the 2007 ACTFL conference. Go to "Members" to contact the author.

Powerpoint Presentation.  CH.Jugendliteratur.Pres.2007.ppt ( 41K ) Number of downloads: 21