Nützliche Webseiten für den Deutschunterricht

www.unitedstreaming.com(Hennings Haus, Top, Extra)

www.channel4learning.com (worksheets, scripts, and more for the video clips above)
How to navigate this website:
1. click on Modern Foreign Languages
2. click on Interactive Resources
3. click on Extra
4. choose German
5. play games and enjoy
or:
1. click on Modern Foreign Languages
2. click on Programme Notes
3. click on any of the following to obtain materials
German Extra
Extra Series 2
Extra Series 3
Hennings Haus
Top 1
Top 2

www.stepintogerman.org (contests, music videos, and facts about Germany)

www.atantot.com (great websites for games, grammar, and vocabulary)

How to navigate this website:
1. click on skip intro
2. click on useful links
3. click on atantot-extra under the German menu
4. click on arrow
5. click on German flag
6. play any of the games featured

www.tivi.de

How to navigate this website:

1. click on logo Nachrichten
2. click on TV-Sendungen!
3. pick your show (You can download these. I use real-player)

www.kika.de (children TV-shows from Germany, playable on your computer)

www.viva.tv (German music video site)

www.wdrmaus.de (mouse and elephant clips and much more)

www.kinderwetter.com : This is a fun site to use when you teach about the weather. It offers a map of the
major German cities, games, and an encyclopedia to explore more about the weather.

www.kidsundco.de : an interactive website with a variety of things to do such as drawing, playing, making
music, and much more.

www.familie.de : a variety of games, videos, crafts, and texts to use for instruction.
 Podcasts für den Deutschunterricht

The following podcasts are available on i-tunes Deutschland and are free. I have picked
these for my classes, but there are plenty more to choose from.

audio podcasts:

1. Der Märchenpodcast: fairy tales from all over the world 2 to 5 minutes long,
great to use for past tense and to have students retell the fairy tales, maybe draw a
picture story etc.
2. Grimms Märchen: famous fairy tales by the Gebrüder Grimm, 5 to 20 minute
episodes
3. NDR 90,3-Platt für Anfänger: 1 to 3 minute episodes explaining a new word in
“Plattdeutsch” and how to use it. Great to have students listen to a different dialect
of German, recommended for higher level classes.
4. Märchenstern and Märchen zum Lauschen: more fairy tales for listening

video podcasts:

1. Germany’s next Topmodel: the German version of the American series, just
something fun to watch, these are not full length episodes but rather highlights of
each episode, the clips are 10 to 20 minutes long.
2. Käptn Blaubär: animated short stories about 2 to 3 minutes in length with play on
words and taking “things” literally, sometimes just plain silly, great for the lower
level classes to watch and have fun with, certain episodes can be linked to
vocabulary and lessons worked on.
3. Marienhof und Verbotene Liebe: about 30 second previews to this German Soap
Opera, great to use for students to predict what this series is about, create their own
stories or soap opera using these clips as prompts.
4. neuneinhalb: German newscast for children dealing with current issues in
Germany. Episodes are 7 to 10 minutes long and are easy for students to
understand due to graphic organizers, pictures, interactive storylines, and easier
vocabulary.
5. Sendung mit der Maus: 5 to 8 minute episodes explaining questions kids have
such as : how are balloons made, religions of other countries, why does the teapot
whistle, how do you tie a turban, how are braces made etc. (for children 6-12 years
of age in Germany)
6. Wissen macht Ah!: 25 minute episodes along the same lines of the “Sendung mit
der Maus”, the themes are more detailed and maybe even address kids over the age
of 12.
7. Logo Nachrichten: another newscast for children, however, it is dealing with
current world news and events as well. This show provides daily weather reports
and a joke at the end. It uses the same helping tools as “neuneinhalb”.
8. Alisa-Folge deinem Herzen: A German soap opera with all the “fixings”. Before
every episode there is a recap of what happened so far. This is a great show to watch
and fun to work with. (I am so hooked)