RESOURCES
This compilation of links and resources is rather modest. For more comprehensive lists we recommend the excellent web sites maintained by the AATG and North Carolina’s own Andreas Lixl (see below).
While we see no need to reinvent the wheel, we are interested in expanding the list with those pages that have proven useful to members. If you would like to add a link, please send it to the webmaster.
Link Collections and Teaching Resources
- www.deutschland.de. The main gateway to Germany on the web.
- www.german-way.com. The German Way and More (Hyde Flippo).
- www3.davidson.edu/cms/x17339.xml. Davidson College link collection.
- www.davidson.edu/academic/german/henke/_german201/201f98/main/main.html. An intermediate online course (Burkhard Henke with Scott Denham, Davidson College).
- www.davidson.edu/academic/german/gallery/gallery.html. Deutsche Fotogalerie, a compilation of 1,000 images (Burkhard Henke, Davidson College).
- www.washjeff.edu/CAPL. Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon (Michael Shaughnessy & Jason Parkhill).
Important AATG Links
- www.aatg.org/content/view/117/34. List of Professional Development Consultants (also request form).
- www.aatg.org/content/category/9/32/35. Testing Information.
- www.aatg.org/content/category/4/60/38. Chapter Officers’ Handbook.
AP Listening Exam Scripts and Recordings
- Script – PDF | DOC
- Recording 1
- Recording 2
- Recording 3
North Carolina Sister Cities
- Rostock. Raleigh
- Krefeld. Charlotte
- Fulda. Wilmington
- Bonn. Durham
- Mainz. Chapel Hill
- Jever. Goldsboro
- Hockenheim. Mooresville
German Studies, Literature, and Criticism
- www.gutenberg.org. Projekt Gutenberg.
- www.perlentaucher.de. Perlentaucher.
- literaturkritik.de. Literary criticism.
- polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/german/irfg. Germanistik.net.
- www.dartmouth.edu/~wess. German Studies Web (Reinhart Sonnenburg, Darmouth College).
History and Politics
- www.bundesregierung.de. The German Federal Government.
- www.dhm.de. Deutsches Historisches Museum.
- www.europa.eu.int. The European Union.
Information Technology
- www.w3.org. The World Wide Web Consortium.
- www.w3schools.com. W3 Schools.
Language
- dict.leo.org. Online German-English Dictionary.
- www.ids-mannheim.de. Institut für deutsche Sprache, Mannheim.
Newspapers
- www.tagesspiegel.de. Berlin daily.
- www.sueddeutsche.de Munich daily.
- www.zeit.de. Die Zeit. National weekly.
- www.bild.t-online.de. The worst yellow journalism has to offer.
Professional Organizations
- www.aatg.org. The American Association of Teachers of German.
- www.daad.org. The German Academic Exchange Service.
- www.flanc.org. The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina.
- www.goethe.de. Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes.
- www.goethesociety.org. The North American Goethe Society.
- www.german.duke.edu/ncgermanstudies. North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series
- www.thegsa.org. The German Studies Association.
- www.languagepolicy.org. The Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL) and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (NCLIS).
- www.mla.org. The Modern Language Association.
- www.valdosta.edu/scolt. Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT).
- www.womeningerman.org. Women in German.
Sports and Games
- www.kicker.de. The ultimate source of information on German soccer.
- www.blutgraetsche.de. “Blood tackle,” the meanest satirical page on German soccer.
- www.catan.com. Die Siedler von Catan, the best gateway board game out there.
Television and Movies
- www.tagesschau.de. Premier news show of the ARD.
- www.cinema.de. German movie site.
- www.imdb.com. The Internet Movie Database.
Travel and Study
- www.germany-tourism.de. Comprehensive travel site in German and English.
- www.campus-germany.de. Information on Study, Research, Training, and Living in Germany.