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German

• The German Heritage in Europe: Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
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• 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)
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• Kulturlandschaft Schweiz
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• Perspectives on German Swiss Film
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• German Swiss Cinema
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• Topics in German-Swiss Literature (Loetscher, Federspiel, Bichsel; movies Voyager, Visit)
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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.

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Resources for the teaching of multi-cultural Swiss literature. Click to view attachment

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.

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General resources for young Swiss literature (references anthologies, websites, etc.) Click to view attachment

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.

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Hand-out Franz Hohler. Click to view attachment
Hand-out Zoe Jenny. Click to view attachment
Hand-out Milena Moser. Click to view attachment

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.

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