Man Bites Dog Activity

The "Man Bites Dog Activity" will start in february 2009 and based on an item in a popular Belgian TV-program in which couples from all European countries are asked to answer the same questions. They are filmed in their own house and they speak their own language. A list of questions will be made during a project meeting before the activity starts. The questions require short answers and will deal with regional traditions, festivities and/or local superstitions.

Here you will find our video files:

Question 1      Question 2       Question 3      Question 4        "Question 5".

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Here are some information about our anthem:(http://german.about.com/library/blmus_deutschland.htm)

The melody of the German national anthem comes from the old Austrian imperial anthem “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” (“God Save Franz the Emperor”) by Franz Joseph Haydn, which was first played on February 12, 1797. In 1841 Haydn's melody was combined with with lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben to create “Das Lied der Deutschen” or “Das Deutschlandlied.” From the time of Bismarck's Prussia (1871) up to the end of the First World War this anthem was replaced by another. In 1922 the first president of the German Republic (the “Weimar Republic”), Friedrich Ebert, officially introduced “Das Lied der Deutschen” as the national anthem. During the 12 years of the Nazi era, the first stanza was the official anthem. In May 1952 the third stanza was proclaimed the official anthem of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) by President Theodor Heuss. (East Germany had its own anthem.) The second verse, while never verboten, was not very popular because of its “wine, women, and song” theme.