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What you will learn with film 8 |
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 At Easter, many German children paint their own Easter eggs. |
 German parents give new pupils a Tüte (bag of gifts) on their first school day in September. |
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 St Martin's Day is celebrated in November. |
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Summary Learning the months of the year enables pupils to talk in German about events such as festivities and birthdays. In this section we see typical German activities for each month, and find out about some traditional German festivals. |
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Traditional customs for Easter in Germany were spread to the USA by German settlers in Pennsylvania. Find out about special Easter Eggs and cakes: http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/kids/?location_id=1198 http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/london/en/01/Feste/Easter/Easter__Seite.html |
 Easter Bunny promoting chocolate Easter eggs in Hamburg PA |
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Easter customs ('Ostern')|
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How to make your own paper lanterns to celebrate St.Martin's Day: |
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See Ch.1.15 in Early Start German 1 for a list of links about German Christmas customs. |
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