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Topic 1: Germany’s Changing Position in Europe               and the World

Lesson 2
Step #3: Application

Strategy: Drawing Conclusions

  • How are the United States and Germany/Europe interdependent?

Activities

Review Data Profile Sheets for Germany and the United States.
Now, review the Profile sheets for the other European Union members.

Have the students go to the computer lab to complete their research.
Have them look for additional similarities and differences

Have them use the following chart to categorize their information:

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Cultural Issues
Economic Issues
Global Issues
Similarities
  

  

  
Differences
  

  

  

Use information from your chart to support or refute the statement:

  • The United States and Germany/European Union are interdependent.

Check for Understanding

FOCUS QUESTION #2: How does Germany compare with the other countries of Europe and with the United States?

Write a journal entry describing why there are more similarities than differences between the United States and the countries of the European Union.

Why does this support the idea that Germany and the United States are interdependent?