Browse Resources by Theme: Personal and Public Identities

Description: This is a video skit from Herr Antrim where he describes people https://youtu.be/pKYoaJsSpWw

Description: Anja goes to the hairdresser and talks about it in German https://youtu.be/d_dj54qLIf4

Description: This is a video on the topic of job interviews from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The…

This episode of Alltagsdeutsch from Deutsche Welle focuses on issues of national, personal, and public identities, alienation, and integration in German society.

This is a free OER German course from COERLL, the Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learning. Ten “chapters” come with downloadable PDF workbooks, video interviews with German college…

This is a YouTube playlist of 32 videos from Deutsche Welle on the topic of “Deutsche Feste und Traditionen”

This is a YouTube playlist from Deutsche Welle on the topic of “Arbeiten in Deutschland”

This is a YouTube playlist of 7 videos from Deutsche Welle on the topic of “Deutsche Sprache”

This is a YouTube playlist of 50+ videos from Deutsche Welle on the topic of “Deutsche Städte und Regionen”

Source: https://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/das-deutschlandlabor/s-32379 Description: This is a 20-episode series from Deutsche Welle consisting of short videos in which the hosts explore different topics as they relate to German culture. Deutsche Welle…

Description: This is a video about the post-war occupation and separation of Germany, from the “Authentic German Learning” YouTube channel, which produces comprehension-based videos on different topics. German & English…

Description: This is a video about the Hanseatic League and cities, from the “Authentic German Learning” YouTube channel, which produces comprehension-based videos on different topics. German & English subtitles are…

This is a collection of videos from the “Easy German” YouTube channel on the topics of Stereotypes and Perceptions of Other Countries. The videos include subtitles in both German and…

Description: This is a video on the topic of identity from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The videos…

Description: This is a video about childhood memories of a country youth, from the “Authentic German Learning” YouTube channel, which produces comprehension-based videos on different topics. German & English subtitles…

Description: This is a video about German jokes, from the “Authentic German Learning” YouTube channel, which produces comprehension-based videos on different topics. German & English subtitles are available. https://youtu.be/Shm77J1QRhE

Description: This is a video on the topic of immigration from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The videos…

Description: This is a video on the topic of music from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The videos…

This is the archive page of all posts in the “Nachrichten” category from the “Nachtrichten Leicht” website. Each post features slowly spoken, simple news with manuscript.

Description: This is a video on the topic of perfectionism from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The videos…

A page featuring all episodes of the “Slow German” Podcast in the category “Freundschaft-Familie”

Description: Herr Antrim gives lessons on Der Tag der Deutschen Einheit and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, and in another video explains and reenacts the Günter Schabowski Press Conference…

Description: These are two videos from KET’s German course focusing on introductions and describing onesself https://youtu.be/VHup_SyDxt8 https://youtu.be/HW_bqrX05ZU

This is a YouTube playlist of 17 videos from Deutsche Welle on the topic of “Wohnen in Deutschland”

This is a YouTube playlist of 10 videos from Deutsche Welle on the topic of “Zuwanderung in Deutschland”

Description: These are two videos on the topic of growing old, from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The…

Alltagsdeutsch is a production of Deutsche Welle. Each “Lektion” includes an audio clip (10 minutes or less) with manuscript, interactive exercises, and downloadable materials on a current topic.

Description: “In Deutschland funktioniert alles. Alles ist perfekt organisiert. Zumindest glaubt man das im Ausland. Ob das wirklich stimmt, wollen Nina und David herausfinden.” Source: https://www.dw.com/de/folge-7-organisation/l-18786301 Deutschland Labor is a…

Description: “In Deutschland leben viele Menschen, deren Familien aus anderen Ländern kommen. David und Nina treffen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund und lernen außerdem einen neuen Tanz kennen.” Source: https://www.dw.com/de/folge-10-migration/l-18837000 Deutschland Labor…

Description: “Die Deutschen sind pünktlich, gut organisiert und lieben Regeln. Stimmt das? David und Nina fragen nach, was typisch deutsche Eigenschaften sind. Und sie sammeln viele neue interessante Regeln für…

Description: “Die Deutschen essen gerne Wurst. Nina und David wollen herausfinden, ob Wurst wirklich so beliebt ist, und wie die vegetarische Wurst bei den Deutschen ankommt.” Source: https://www.dw.com/de/folge-19-wurst/l-18989684 Deutschland Labor…

Description: “Deutschland ist bekannt für die vielen Biersorten. David und Nina möchten herausfinden, wie viel und wann Bier in Deutschland getrunken wird und was man noch mit Bier machen kann.”…

This page allows you to easily filter through the entire media collection at Deutsche Welle by media type, theme, specific programs, and date.

Resource Name: Dialektatatlas / Dialect Atlas from Deutsche Welle Source: https://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/dialektatlas/s-8150 Description: This is a large collection of resources from Deutsche Welle. The main page (link above) leads to subpages…

Description: Grenzenlos Deutsch is an open access beginner German curriculum. There are many lessons on many beginner topics with a variety of interactive activities and multimedia resources! Unit 1 is…

The “learner portraits” from Deutsche Welle feature German language learners from all of the world introducing themselves and telling about why they learn German, their experiences in Germany, and a…

Source: https://p.dw.com/p/RddR Description: This lesson series (Unterrichtsreihe) from Deutsche Welle features 6 lessons which focus on law and order. Each lesson comes with a downloadable/printable PDF of lesson plans for…

Description: Anja discusses some basic LGBTQ+ related vocabulary https://youtu.be/Z6AOuAkjAvU

Resource Name: LGBTQ+ webpage of youth news/media website “Bravo” Source: https://www.bravo.de/lgbtq Description: This is the LGBTQ+ themed subpage of the exclusively youth-oriented German news & media website, www.Bravo.de. This page…

This is a huge collection of videos on all topics with teaching/learning materials available electronically or as downloads from Deutsche Welle. In their own words, “Das Video-Thema liefert interessante Beiträge…

This video explores stereotypes and other issues on the topic of refugees by asking three individuals to guess who is and isn’t a refugee based on observation and questioning.

This video explores what it means to be German by asking three individuals to select who they think is and is not German through observation and questioning

This video explores stereotypes and other issues on the topic of homelessness by asking three individuals to guess who in a group is or isn’t homeless based on observations and…