The Max Kade Institute is providing a number of lesson plans to K-12 educators. These lesson plans, developed by the Institute or teachers, have the following goals in mind:

Making authentic, historic materials available to educators in an accessible and usable form.
Linking school instruction with the community, as well as to local and family history.
Providing suggestions to teach a topic across subject lines and furthering interaction at the school level.

All lesson plans are copyright © Max Kade Institute for German American Studies at the University of Wisconsin/Madison, unless otherwise noted. All materials can be copied and duplicated for educational purposes.

1. Foods and Food Traditions:
a. Kaffee- und Teegesellschaften (German, Levels I-IV)
b. Using Pictures in Historic German-American Cookbooks: Advertisements (German, Levels I -II)
c. Recipes for Sick People in Historic German-American Cookbooks (German) [available soon]
d. Breaking Bread - Bridging Cultures (Social Studies, all Levels)

2. Ratgeber
a. Health (German, Beginning/Developing Level)
b. Geography and Travel (German, Developing/Transitioning Level)
c. The Good and Successful Citizen (German, Beginning to Refining Level)

3. Local History
a. Das Lutze Einhaus: A Story for Students of German, (Levels I and II)

Contact
Educators with comments or questions are encouraged to contact Antje Petty, Assistant Director and Educational Outreach Specialist at the Max Kade Institute, at apetty@wisc.edu or (608)262-7546.

Friends of the MKI: K-12 Educators' fee
K-12 educators are eligible to join the Friends of the MKI at the special rate of $20/year. Please contact Antje Petty at apetty@wisc.edu or (608) 262-7546 for details.

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