TENTATIVE SCHEDULE This course plan is subject to change at any time.
**HW posted on BOLT and in the textbook**
| Day | Date | Class # | Homework due | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kultur und Gesellschaft im Vergleich | ||||
| Mo | 23. Aug | 1 | purchase textbook | introduction |
| Mi | 25. Aug | 2 | 9-1a. 9-1b, syllabus quiz | adjectives, "typisch deutsch, typisch amerikanisch?" |
| Fr | 27. Aug | 3 | 9-2a, 9-2b, 9-2c | "Der Umgang mit Menschen", present tense |
| Mo | 30. Aug | 4 | 9-2d, 9-3a, 9-3b | Statistiken, modal verbs |
| Mi | 1. Sep | 5 | 9-3c, 9-3d, 9-4a | Dating |
| Fr | 3. Sep | 6 | 9-4b, 9-4c, 9-5a | Video: Deutschland vs. USA 1, time expressions |
| Mo | 6. Sep | Labor Day | no class | |
| Mi | 8. Sep | 7 | 9-6a, 9-6b | Video: Deutschland vs. USA 2, word order |
| Fr | 10. Sep | 8 | 9-7a, 9-7b, 9-7c | Video: Deutschland vs. USA 3, conjunctions |
| Mo | 13. Sep | 9 | 9-7d, 9-7e, 9-7f, 9-7g | conjunctions |
| Mi. | 15. Sep | 10 | 9-8b, 9-8c | future tense, "Die Welt in 100 Jahren", cases of nouns |
| Fr | 17. Sep | 11 | 9-9a, 9-9b, 9-9c | imperative mood (commands), review of modals |
| Mo | 20. Sep | 12 | 9-10a, 9-10b | Video: Deutschland vs. USA redux, composition, test Kapitel 9 |
| Kapitel 10: Migration und die multikulturelle Gesellschadt | ||||
| Mi | 22. Sep | 13 | 10-1a, 10-1b, | present perfect tense, Ausländer, |
| Fr | 24. Sep | 14 | 10-2a, 10-2b, 10-2c, 10-2d | comparatives, Migration in Deutschland |
| Mo | 27. Sep | 15 | 10-3a, 10-3b, 10-3c | Was bedeutet "multikulturell"?, conjunctions dass and ob, da- and wo-compounds |
| Mi | 29. Sep | 16 | 10-4a, 10-4b | question words as conjunctions, reflexive forms |
| Fr | 1. Okt | 17 | 10-5a, 10-5b | reflexive verbs in the past tense, Alternativ für Deutschland, expressing opinions |
| Mo | 4. Okt | 18 | 10-6a, 10-6b | genitive case, "die multikulturelle Gesellschaft", expressing opinions |
| Mi | 6. Okt | 19 | 10-7a, 10-7b | genitive preposition |
| Fr | 8. Okt | 20 | 10-8a, 10-8b, 10-8c | infinitive constructions |
| Mo | 11. Okt | 21 | 10-9b, 10-9c | past tense of haben and sein, "LSBTI und Migranten" |
| Mi | 13. Okt | 22 | 10-10a, 10-10b, 10-10c, 10-10d | Flüchtlinge, composition |
| Kapitel 11: Deutsche Geschichte, Deutschland in der Geschichte | ||||
| Fr | 15. Okt | 22 | 11-1a, kleiner Bericht | deutsche Geschichte: Einführung, preterite tense |
| Mo | 18. Okt | 23 | 11-2a, 11-2b | deutsche Auswanderung, preterite tense |
| Mi | 20. Okt | 24 | 11-3a, 11-3b, 11-3c, 11-3d | preterite tense, conjunctions als, wenn, wann,, famous Germans |
| Fr | 22. Okt | 25 | 11-3e, 11-3f | Middle Ages |
| Mo | 25. Okt | 26 | 11-4a, 11-4b, 11-4c, 11-4d | preterite tense of modal verbs, The Reformation |
| Mi | 27. Okt | 27 | 11-4f, 11-5a, 11-5b, 11-5c | goal and purpose (conjunctions damit and um...zu) |
| Fr | 29. Okt | 28 | 11-5e, 11-5f, 11-6a, 11-6b, 11-6c, 11-6d, | Der Dreißigjährige Krieg, Imperial Germany, preterite of irregular weak verbs conjunction indem |
| Mo | 1. Nov | 30 | 11-7a, 11-7b, 11-7c, 11-7d, 11-8a, 11-8b | Weimarer Republik, temporal relations |
| Mi | 3. Nov | 31 | 11-8c, 11-9a, 11-9b | Holocaust, 1950s |
| Fr | 5. Nov | 32 | 11-9c, 11-9d | WWII, review of preterite, review of goal and purpose |
| Mo | 8. Nov | 33 | 11-10a, 11-10b | Reunification, composition, test Kapitel 11 |
| Kapitel 12: Literatur, Kunst und Musik | ||||
| Mi | 10. Nov | 34 | 12-1d, 12-1e, 12-1f, 12-2a, 12-2b, 12-2c | write a poem in German, haiku, nursery rhymes, review adjective endings, relative constructions, 19th-century German art |
| Fr | 12. Nov | 35 | 12-3a, 12-3b, 12-3c, 12-3d | intro to German literature, "An die Freude", nouns from adjectives |
| Mo | 15. Nov | 36 | 12-4a, 12-4b, 12-4d | Märchen, adjectives from past participles |
| Mi | 17. Nov | 37 | 12-5a, 12-5c, 12-5d | deutsche Architektur, review comparatives |
| Fr | 19. Nov | 38 | 12-6a, 12-6b, 12-6c | "Der Erlkönig", Bundesländer im Vergleich, review relative constructions |
| Mo | 22. Nov | 39 | 12-6d, 12-7a, 12-7b, 12-7c | Albrecht Dürer, review of grammar |
| Mo | 29. Nov | 40 | 12-7d, 12-7e, 12-8a, 12-8b, 12-8c | review of grammar, Heinrich Heine, intro to subjunctive |
| Mi | 1. Dez | 41 | 12-8d, 12-8e, 12-9a, 12-9b | review, Deutschlandlabor "Kunst", subjunctive |
| Fr | 3. Dez | 42 | 12-10a, 12-b | Borchert: "Nachts schlafen die Ratten doch", composition |
| Mi | 8. Dez | Final Exam for GERMAN 203-01 and GERMAN 206-01 | 12:30PM - 2:30PM | |