Politik: kostenloses Unterrichtsmaterial, Arbeitsblätter und Übungen
- Sprachzeitung ʺWorld and Pressʺ
Schwerpunktthemen aus dem angelsächsischen Sprachraum und anderen Regionen der Welt auf Grundlage von Originalartikeln der britischen und amerikanischen Presse; jeweils mit englisch-deutschem Vokabular und Lautschrift (Eilers u. Schünemann-Verlag 2009-21)
- Challenges
Arbeitshefte für 10. Schuljahr bis 13. Schuljahr zu Aspekten der Globalisierung, z.B. Global Conflicts, Global Economy (Westermann 2023)
- Bilingualer Sachfachunterricht Politik und Wirtschaft
Die von Bernd Klewitz entwickelten Unterrichtseinheiten für Sek 1 und 2 sind nach sprachlichen Anforderungen gestaffelt und auf die Kompetenzskalen A2 bis C1 des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen bezogen (Narr Verlag 2019).
- Economic Globalization
Das Heft beleuchtet die ökonomische Globalisierung aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Länder (Wochenschau 2017).
- Iraq War: 20 Years On
March 20, 2023 marked 20 years since the U.S., along with its coalition partners, launched a military invasion into Iraq (USA: Voice of America 2023).
- The headscarf controversy
1988 the German-Afghan teacher Fereshta Ludin was not accepted into the teaching profession because she wanted to wear a headscarf for religious reasons (Qantara.de 2023).
- Teaching Resources about Gun Violence
The National Council for the Social Studies offers background articles on teaching about gun violence (USA 2023).
- Federal Statistical Office of Germany
Here the Stistisches Bundesamt publishes selected press releases on its English website (2023).
- 17.3% of Germany's population has immigrated since 1950
14.2 million people lived in Germany in 2021 who themselves had immigrated since 1950, according to microcensus results (Statistisches Bundesamt 2023).
- Poverty in America
Students will explore census data, including infographics and reports, to better understand rates of poverty in the nation (USA: Census Bureau 2020).
- World Inequality Database: Germany
Der ʺWeltreport über Ungleichheitʺ einer Forschergruppe um Thomas Piketty attestiert Deutschland so viel Ungleichverteilung wie zuletzt 1913 (2020).
- Politics and elections
Deutsche Welle supports students to talk about elections and about the political offices and institutions in Germany (2023).
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
In the version confirmed by the Parliamentary Council on 23 May 1949, as amended including the act of 21 July 2010 (German Law Archive 2020)
- Constitution
Constitution
- Interest Groups
This lesson uses the battle over school lunch ingredients to illustrate how interest groups and lobbying affect public policy. Take a side in the battle, create an interest group, and try to influence public policy (USA: iCivics 2018).
- How the German Government Works
Erklärvideo (4 minutes, 2023)
- Germany: political system
Tutorial by Mikael Hellstrom (11 minutes / USA 2023)
- School Councils - Big School Democracy
This programme focuses on Lymm High School's school council system which represents 2000 students and makes sure every voice is heard. (TES, UK 2020)
- What mayors do: Local government in Germany
Video from a Brit's perspective on local government in Germany (5 minutes)
- The Evolution of Germany's Political Spectrum
Germany’s parliamentary democracy is home to a wide range of political parties. In fact, more than 40 parties received votes in the 2017 national election (5 minutes, 2023).
