What about German class?

           Coming into German class I knew little to nothing about Germany. I pretty much knew they were known for making and drinking beer but that was pretty much the end of my knowledge. I though the class was going to be about learning the language and a little about the culture. I was a little bummed about not to be learning the language but wanted to stay in class because I was interested in learning about Germany.  Some of the projects we did I really enjoyed. We first broke up into groups and researched the 16 German states. That project was interesting, like I said I knew nothing of Germany so I did not even know they had 16 states, it helped us learn a little about each state and their role in Germany. I had Hamburg and found out that it was really big for the trade industry.

We then read All Quiet On the Western Front, I remember reading this book previously in High School but never looked at how it affected Germany. Being in German class I think I paid attention more to detail and found how Germany struggled during the war and the conditions. We then watched the movie of the book and that really showed the struggle, this helped put the things from the book into perspective.  

Then we looked into German politics. In the U.S. we seem to have two primary groups, Democrat and Republic. I liked to see all the different political groups that Germany had and how people had all these options when it came to politics. I had the Pirate group which I still pretty new but growing at a fast pace.

We also took a look at different things such as role of women, art and medicine from the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th century. I really enjoyed this project. I liked to see how things were back in the 18^th century and how they have changed over the years. I had 18^th century medicine I Farley enjoyed doing this project and all the ways that they handled medical conditions back then. For example, they thought that masturbation for men was horrible but now in Germany there are sex shops everywhere.

                Lastly in class we watched a couple movies. Berlin Calling was one of the movies that we watched. These movies are different from the U.S. in the fact that they were so open with the sex and drug abuse. I was not a huge fan of this movie or the other movie we watched in class. Berlin calling I don’t think I liked it seemed very unrealistic that I almost couldn't handle it.

                Overall I really enjoyed the class. The teacher was awesome and made class fun along with always keeping things interesting. He gave clear directions on everything he wanted along with giving opportunities to make up points. The blog was kind of fun for me I have never had a blog before so it was fun to see how the blogger worked.  This class was fun and really enjoyed it I felt I learned a lot in class about Germany.