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==Learning Activity 8-B-1: Local History Project==

media type="file" key="PAGerman_1.wmv" ==Learning Activity 3-D-2: Local Documents, Data, and Cartoons==


 * [|Bethlehem Digital History Project] - journal entries, letters, maps, and other early accounts of life in rural South East Pennsylvania
 * [|LOC: The Pennsylvania Germans]- primary source prints, graphics, and depictions of early PA German life
 * [|Amish America]- primary source images of the contemporary Amish
 * [|National Park Service: Revolutionary-Era Art]- demonstrates the growing connection of the early immigrants toward the cause of liberty
 * [|Kunsthalle Basel]- comparison of Pennsylvania German art with Swiss and Southern German folkart

Learning Activity 4-D-1
[|Visit Pennsylvania Where pre-revolutionary costumes still survive (Tourist Poster circa 1936)] - This is a poster demonstrating what the public thought of the Amish. It's evidence of some of the misunderstandings surrounding the culture. [|German Language Civil War Recruiting Poster]- This poster demonstrates how the U.S. government targeted the German-speaking population to help the Union war effort. The population of Germans was so great that advertisements even up to the end of the 19th century had to be bilingual. [|Excerpt from a manuscript by Paracelsus. Hand-illustrated]- this unique illustrated manuscript provides documentation of the roots of quack medicine from 16th century alchemy, leading to the Pow Wow pagan healing practices. [|Dubb's Bridge]- photo of local Pennsylvania German architecture from the LOC, and less than a mile from my house! It was torn down this spring. My project mentions the architecture, culture, and language which is slowing fading. [|Travel Warning from a German Immigrant](1750) - Evidence of the perils at sea and on land for travellers making the trek to Amierica. It's also an excellent source for the contention that the early immigrants had more than economic and political reasons for coming to America. [|The Life of Martin Luther and the Heroes of the Reformation] - This print demonstrates the continuing influence of the Reformation as the primary reason for immigration and the variety of figures who contributed to the religious movement in Europe, going back to Jan Hus in the 15th century. This supports an understanding of the German emigrant worldview.
 * Learning Activity 5-D-1**

[|Schnitzelbank] - popular folk song known by contemporary Pennsylvania German and also a common German folk song.

[|Pennsylvania German song clips] - varied authentic Pennsylvania clips from the Pennsylvania German Society in Kutztown.

[|Conversation with 66 year old male and 63 year old female, Pennsylvania] - conversation in English with a Pennsylvania German farmer and his wife, discussing farm life and customs.

[|Amish songs] - songs translated into English but still sung by the Amish

[|Pennsylvania German an Other Dialects] - a list of audio samples which help compare the various dialects

==Learning Activity 6-D-1: Local Video and Maps==

[|Dave Rumsey Historical Maps of Pennsylvania]- This will give the audience and understanding of the demographics of the settlement time periods

[|Library of Congress Pennsylvania Population Map]- Shows the population of various counties in 1840. This helps to understand the past and current population by comparing areas.

[|Local Area Bird's Eye View] - This is an example view of the area as it has changed since the turn of the century, chaning from agricultural to mostly residental and industrial.

[|1690 Settlement Map] - This map demonstrates the possible geographic frame of reference shared by settlers first coming to the New World.

[|Exploration and Settlement]- This map demonstrates the Westward expansion of settlement circa 1820.

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