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

Strategy: Compare and Contrast

Activities

Step #1 of this lesson will help students compare and contrast the United States and Germany in terms of population density, immigration, and cultural diversity. But in order to compare cultural and recreational activities, students will need to concentrate first on their own participation in such activities.

Give each student a copy of Worksheet #2 (Cultural and Recreational Activity Survey). Each student should complete the survey. Once complete, have students share their answers within their group. Each group should then prepare one copy of the survey for classroom discussion based the averaged individual replies.

Finally, each group should use the information gathered in Step #1 as well as the information gathered in the survey to complete the Comparison Chart (Germany and the United States) below.

Each group will complete the comparison chart and then share their charts with the class.