Advanced German 3
Fall Semester | ||||
Unit Title | Preliminary Unit Introduction | Unit 1 Familie und Gemeinschaft | Unit 2 Persönliche und Öffentliche Identität | Unit 3 Schönheit und Ästhetik |
Time | 2 weeks | 6 weeks | 3 weeks | 7 weeks |
Understandings | Use simple sentences to talk about myself in German
Ask formal/informal questions
Discuss interests and activities
Discuss summer activities and events in the past
| Identify family members and discuss their characteristics
Discuss family activities and traditions
Identify elements of an email
Read and respond to emails
Use the present perfect tense
| Compare the role of personal and cultural worldview and Mentalität within German and American culture
Use vocabulary to make cultural comparisons
Discuss dialects in various German-speaking countries
Discuss the impact of technology on culture
| Examine the influence of beauty and art on daily life
Express personal opinions about art
Examine how art reflects cultural perspectives
Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Recognize the differences between aber und sondern |
TEKS | 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3B | 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3A | 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3B | 1B, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3A, 3B |
Spring Semester | ||||
Unit Title | Unit 4 Wissenschaft und Technologie | Unit 5 Unit 5: Alltag | Unit 6 Globalisierung | Unit 7 Endspurt |
Time | 6 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 5 weeks |
Understandings | Describe how technology both creates and resolves challenges
Discuss how technology impacts society and our connections to others
Identify various inventions that have contributed to society
Use the präteritum to describe actions in the past
| Discuss cultural comparisons of educational systems in German-speaking countries and the US
Identify various types of residences in Germany
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of living in a city vs. living in the country
| Discuss cultural perspectives on the environment
Discuss essential elements of fiction literature, such as German fairy tales
Using the präteritum to describe actions in the past
| Discuss and understand essential elements of fiction literature, music, and film in the target language
Sumarize and make predictions
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TEKS | 1A, 1B, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3A, 3B, 3C | 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3A, 3B, 3C | 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3A, 3B, 3C | 1B, 1E, 1F 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D 3A, 3B |