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Every year a short video portrays some aspect of German life and students complete a quiz on the video. Great prizes await the winners, including a trip to Germany next summer. The competition is open to middle and high school students, and it ends on December 16, 2016.

This is from the Oakland Schools Nov 2012 Information Center Newsletter, by Judy Hauser: CultureGrams Do you know that you have free access to CultureGrams? All Michigan citizens have access to commercial resources and databases provided through MeL - the Michigan Electronic Library - via the Library of Michigan. CultureGrams from ProQuest is a resource that schools have used for years in all grades starting in upper elementary. And now… it is available to all educators, students and parents via MeL. To access CultureGrams go to: http://mel.org and click on "MeL Databases." Scroll down and click on "CultureGrams." At the top of the page and in the large boxes on the page you will see World Edition, 2 States Edition, Kid's Edition and Provinces Edition. If, for example, you click on the States Edition and click on any state on the map you have many choices for information.Everything from current information to history to recipes is included. This is a great resource for students to use when researching a state, province, country or culture.

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'German for Hire' gives middle and high school teachers the opportunity to invite German university students into their classrooms to give youth-oriented presentations on different topics in modern German life and culture. These ambassadors will provide an authentic and interactive classroom session in German language, history or social studies classes. Students will be able to discuss current events and experience German history first hand through a personal encounter. They can connect with their German guests through their shared excitement for films, music, and sports. Any school in the United States is eligible to participate.

This website takes stories from the news and translates them into Spanish. You can then listen to the story read by a native speaker at two different speeds. Additionally each word or phrase in the article when hovered over shows the English translation of the word. The website has many articles available at any given time, so students are able to find something that is interesting to them. 

Great video to share with Middle School students on Earth Day.

Intriguing site which transports users to places all over the world with a Google StreetMap mashup. Good for speaking or writing prompts for students.

Summary of an online discussion about integrating culture into student projects.

Activities for students to practice their vocabulary.

Engage your students with StudyBlue technology both in and out of the classroom. For free. "Students in my 8th Grade History class love using StudyBlue. It's great to see them excited to learn!"Mr. Borgman This is not a top-down, group-purchase, fee-licensed product.

Interactive activities for elementary French students from a site in the UK

Readers for beginning students of Chinese

Activities/Websites for elementary French students

Generate a fake airline ticket with the information of your choosing. You can use the tickets for simulations or have students create and then talk about them or use them in skits or interactive activities.

Flickr Commons is a collection of institutions around the world that make media content available on Flickr. The content is in the public domain or Creative Commons permission to use is given by the institution--so it's all easy for educators and students to legally use.

This website is a virtual classroom game with students from different schools in Canada. You go through the modules and learn items in the classroom, colors, commands, basic pronunciation, meet the characters and can create your own comic strip as well!

Web 2.0 tools that are useful to teachers and students by classification and category

The comments that accompany this short video are interesting and might inspire some conversation among students.

App of games that students can play in their free time or as enrichment. For iPhone or iPad.