Willkommen zu Willkommen zu Deutschland!Deutschland!

Guten Tag!Guten Tag!• History• Language Lesso

ns• States• Cities• Sports• Food• Money

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A Brief HistoryA Brief History• 1914-1918: World War I• 1933: National Socialism- Adolf Hitler

becomes Chancellor of the Reich• 1939-1945: Second World War• 1948: Blockade of Berlin• 1961: Berlin Wall is built• 1989: Fall of Berlin Wall• 1990: German reunification

Language LessonsLanguage Lessons• Hallo, Gruss dich• Guten Tag!• Ja• Nein• Bitte• Danke• Tschus• Auf Wiedersehen• Es tut mir Leid• Enschuldigung• Wie bitte?

• Hello• Good day!• Yes• No• Please• Thanks• Bye (Informal)• Bye• I am sorry• Excuse me• I beg your pardon?

StStatateses• Just like the USA is

a country divided into states, Germany is divided into 16 states

• Each state has a capital as well as other large cities

CitiesCities• Texas:

– Houston– Austin– Dallas/Ft. Worth

• Germany:– Berlin– Munich– Frankfurt am

Main

SportsSports• Germany (and

most of Europe) is famous for their soccer, or “fussball”

• In 2006 Germany was home to the World Cup

• European soccer fans go crazy for their team, do you go crazy over any sport or team?

Food (Essen)Food (Essen)• Food you might see

on a German menu or “Speisekarte”– Bratwurst– Wienerschnitzel– Sauerkraut– Brotchen– Rindfleisch

Money (Euro)Money (Euro)• The official money The official money

of Europe is of Europe is “Euros”“Euros”

• Germany used to Germany used to use “deutsche use “deutsche marks”marks”

• Euro coins range Euro coins range from 1 euro cent from 1 euro cent to 2 eurosto 2 euros

References

• http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/geschichte.html

• http://www.germanfortravellers.com/content/view/29/43/