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Course Title: Honors German IV Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 106245 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of German III 90% or higher or Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
completion of Honors German III with an 80% or
higher
Career Cluster(s): Architecture and Construction Government and Public Administration
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Hospitality and Tourism
Education and Training Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: In order to be successful in this class, students must have mastered the following skills: use of present, past
and future tenses; stem changing and separable prefix verbs; use of haben, sein, and werden; modal verbs; personal and
possessive pronouns; word order of questions and statements; noun gender and plurals; definite and indefinite articles;
nominative, accusative and dative cases; prepositions; conjunctions; and adjective endings. Course content includes a study
of German history and culture from 1919 until the present. Time periods include: the Weimar Republic; Hitler’s takeover
of power; the Third Reich; World War Two and the Resistance; Postwar Germany; the German Democratic Republic; the
Federal Republic of Germany; the Reunification; and Germany in the European Union of today. Authentic texts and
resources used for this class include: short literature; film; artwork; songs; musical pieces; news articles and clips; and
documentaries. Additionally, we will review current events from the German speaking world on an ongoing basis.

Course Title: Advanced Placement German V Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 106255 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors German IV with an 80% or Open to Grades: 11, 12
higher
Requirement(s): Students are required to complete the designated Advanced Placement exam at their own expense
(2019-2020 cost $94).
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Health Science Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: This is a high-level, intense language course designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam
and college-level study. The course emphasizes vocabulary expansion, extemporaneous speaking, and lengthier writing,
listening at native-speaking speed and reading lengthy authentic texts. AP German V is conducted in German and students
pledge to use only German in class. Themes addressed in this course include family and community, public and private
life, the environment, and beauty and esthetics. A comprehensive review of German grammar promotes mastery of all
tenses, cases, and structures of the language.

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