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 The ProCon.org resources listed below can be used to supplement the instruction of AP German Language and Culture. They are geared to match College Board learning outcomes and test preparation, while also advancing critical thinking with real-world information about important policy issues. German teachers who are not preparing for the AP test may also find the resources useful.
“The AP German Language and Culture course engages students in an exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. The course develops students’ awareness and appreciation of cultural products (e.g., tools, books, music , laws, conventions, institutions); practices (patterns of social interactions within a culture); and perspectives (values, attitudes, and assumptions).” College Board, “AP German Language and Culture,” collegeboard.org (accessed July 21, 2016)
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Born Gay (click to expand)
Drinking Age (click to expand)
Euthanasia (click to expand)
Gun Control (click to expand)
Immigration (click to expand)
- Illegal Immigration around the World: 13 Countries Compared to the United States
- Timeline: History of Legal and Illegal Immigration to the United States
- Mar. 12, 1700 – Massachusetts Prohibits “Lame, Impotent, or Infirm Persons” from Entering
- Sep. 17, 1717 – Pennsylvania Enacts Oath of Allegiance for German Immigrants
- 1840s – Naturalizations of Germans and Irish Are Expedited and Offered Free of Charge During Election Time
- 1849 – Know-Nothing Party Forms and Pushes for Major Restrictions on Immigrants
- 1880’s – First “Great Wave” of European Immigrants to the United States
- Mar. 28, 1898 – Supreme Court Confirms That 14th Amendment Gives Citizenship to All Persons Born in the United States
- May 26, 1924 – Johnson-Reed Immigration Act Reduces Quotas
- Feb. 19, 1942 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signs Executive Order 9066 Sending Tens of Thousands of Japanese Americans (Among Others) to Internment Camps
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (click to expand)
Prostitution (click to expand)
Sports and Drugs (click to expand)
- Timeline: History of Performance Enhancing Drugs
- 1940-1945 – Nazis Test Steroids on Prisoners and Hitler
- 1940-1945 – Soldiers Use Amphetamines During WWII
- 1972 – First Full-Scale Drug Testing of Olympic Athletes for Narcotics and Stimulants
- Dec. 2, 1991 – Former East German Swimming Coaches Admit to Two Decades of Doping
- Nov. 1, 2007 – German Athletes and Their Children Suffer Health Problems 40 Years after Doping
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