Goodbye Bayern - Grüß Gott, America!
Version vom 15. Mai 2022, 16:57 Uhr von Matthias Scharwies (Diskussion | Beiträge)
In the 19th century many Germans from Bavaria and Franconia migrated to America.
Why did they leave their homes in Germany?
Why did they go to America?
How did they fare? - Were they successful or did they return?
This Learning Path examines the factors leading to migration. It has been developed for a year 8 Bilingual History-class of 4th-year ESL-Learners.
Weblinks
- loc.gov: The Germans in America (European Reading Room)
- usembassy.de: History of German immigration to the USA
- hdbg.de: Goodbye Bayern - Grüß Gott America
- wikisource: Auswanderung
- Off to New York! A story of emigration in the 19th century in pictures By Sonja Dolinsek (deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de)
- Bernhard Heim: Zu- und Abwanderung (aus Geslau/Leutershausen)