

I will never use what I learn in school anyways, what is the point to this assignment?
I think we have all questioned our teacher why we would ever need to know math, German, English, science or whatever subject that we did...


Sturm und Drang a 3-dimensional approach
How do you get high school students to care about a topic? High school students aged 14-18 in the peak of adolescence. Psychologists...


Teaching culture with cake
I love to use food to share my German culture with students. Everyone in the US knows that Germans have two cakes, the black forest cake...


Foreign Languages open Worlds of Knowledge
I have had to write my fair share of history research papers. I love getting my hands on primary sources. Universities and government...


A cute little bunny or a hessian mercenary, pronunciation matters
Pronunciation can be the difference between a cute little bunny and a soldier. How is that possible, well when the diminutive of the...


Why you should never use Google translate
I always ask my students to refrain from using google translate and to do their own translation work. Not only is it cheating to let a...