Google Deutschland search engine:
http://www.google.de/
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Die Blinde Kuh search engine:
http://www.blinde-kuh.de/
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Katzensprung 1, Kapitel 1
Design your own puzzle on the Internet using one of these sites:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
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http://www.quia.com/
Workbook page/s: 10
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Katzensprung 1, Kapitel 2
A starting point for researching Easter traditions is:
http://german.about.com/library/blbraeuche_ostern.htm
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http://www.blinde-kuh.de/ostern/
Textbook page/s: 26-27
Workbook page/s: 26
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Katzensprung 1, Kapitel 3
Research the FIFA World Cup using the official site, and select 'Deutsch' for German version:
http://www.fifa.com/index.html
Textbook page/s: 38
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Katzensprung 1, Kapitel 4
Find out more about the Allwetterzoo Muenster at this site:
http://www.allwetterzoo.de/
Textbook page/s: 51
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Search for your own penpal using one of the following sites:
http://www.epals.com/
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http://www.deutschepost.de/
Workbook page/s: 51
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Katzensprung 1, Kapitel 5
Design your own puzzle on the Internet using one of the following sites:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
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http://www.quia.com/
Workbook page/s: 61
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For up to date information (opening times, cost) about the Radstation in Muenster, visit:
http://www.muenster.de/stadt/radstation/
Textbook page/s: 67
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Katzensprung 1, Kapitel 6
To find out about summer times around the world, including Germany, vist the following website and click on 'Sommerzeiten':
http://www.weltzeituhr.com/laender/sommerzeiten_aktu.shtml
Textbook page/s: 70
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Send a e-card to a friend on their birthday with a German message at:
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa100399.htm
Textbook page/s: 70
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To find out about Troy Chapman's school, Oberon High School in Geelong, visit:
http://www.oberonhs.vic.edu.au/
Textbook page/s: 79
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To find out about Sarah Miller's school, North Geelong Secondary College, visit:
http://www.ngsc.vic.edu.au/
Textbook page/s: 80
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To find out about Timo Ernst's school, Gesamtschule Ebsdorfergrund in Heskem, visit:
http://www.gs-ebsdorfergrund.de.vu/
Textbook page/s: 79-80
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Find out more about different German festivals using the following sites:
http://www.cranger-kirmes.de/
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http://www.oktoberfest.de/
Workbook page/s: 101
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Katzensprung 2
Tutzing Gymnasium website:
http://www.gymtutzing.de/
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Starnberger See information
http://www.bayregio-starnberger-see.de/
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 1
To find out more about the Starnberger See region and its various summer and winter activities and attractions, visit the following site:
http://www.sta5.de/
Textbook page/s: 3
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Find a penpal in Germany through one of these sites:
http://www.epals.com/
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http://www.deutschepost.de/
Workbook page/s: 1
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Create your own word search using the following site:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Workbook page/s: 6
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To find information about a particular town in Bavaria, do a search on Google Deutschland:
http://www.google.de/
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You can look up information about Chieming at:
http://www.chieming.de/
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You can look up information about Diessen am Ammersee at:
http://diessen.de/index.php
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You can look up information about Weilheim at:
http://www.weilheim.de/
Workbook page/s: 9
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For a list of fun German tongue twisters in various dialects with translations have a look at this site:
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/de.htm
Textbook page/s: 11
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 2
Find out about the 'Prinzregententorte' and other German cakes on:
http://www.food-from-bavaria.de/
Textbook page/s: 20
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Look up information about the film 'Lola rennt' at the following website:
http://www.imdb.com/
Workbook page/s: 21
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The following site has many links to restaurants that display menus:
http://www.gastroguide-muenchen.de/
Workbook page/s: 22
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How many visitors were at the Oktoberfest last year? Here you will find all the facts about last year's Oktoberfest:
http://www.oktoberfest.de/
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To look up other German festivals and celebrations, you can use a German search engine such as the following. In the 'Web—Verzeichnis' (directory) section, click on 'Reisen und Freizeit'. Then click on 'Feiern, Volk— und Stadt—Feste' or 'Fest- und Feiertage'.
http://de.yahoo.com/
Workbook page/s: 24
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To find information on various cities, go to the following site. Click on 'Staedte und Laender'. Then click on 'Deutsche Staedte' or 'Oesterreich' or 'Schweiz'. Then select individual cities.
http://de.yahoo.com/
Workbook page/s: 24
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A list of annual holidays in Germany can be found at:
http://www.feiertage.net/uebersicht.php
Workbook page/s: 24
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http://www.neckermann.de/
Textbook page/s: 32-33
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To set up an Internet—based email address, you could use one of the following sites:
http://www.hotmail.com
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http://au.yahoo.com/
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Many large department stores can be found on the Internet. Go to one of the following sites, choose 'Shopping', then 'Mode und Accessoires':
http://de.yahoo.com/
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http://de.altavista.com/
Textbook page/s: 37-39
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 4
To find out about the weather in Germany, go to one of these sites:
http://www.wetter.de/
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http://www.wetteronline.de/
Textbook page/s: 47, 53
Workbook page/s: 46
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To find German weather maps, do a search on German Google using the keyword 'Wetter' under the 'Bilder' section:
http://www.google.de/
Workbook page/s: 46
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Bob's Special Tours website
http://www.bobstours.com
Textbook page/s: 49
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To find out about train times in Germany, go to the Deutsche Bundesbahn website:
http://www.bahn.de/
Textbook page/s: 54
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 5
Create a puzzle at the following site:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Workbook page/s: 54
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To convert euros into Australian dollars you can go to:
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Workbook page/s: 61
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Have a look at the following site, which offers 'Wohnungen' for rent. On the map of Germany click on 'Berlin'. Click on the British flag if you want to read it in English.
http://www.homecompany.de/
Textbook page/s: 67
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To find a house or flat in Austria, Switzerland or Germany, you can go to the following site.
http://www.lohmann-immobilien.de/
Textbook page/s: 69
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 6
At this German newspaper website you might find an interesting part-time job. Go to 'Stellenmarkt':
http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de
Workbook page/s: 77
Textbook page/s: 77
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 7
Design a crossword at this site:
http://www.quia.com/
Workbook page/s: 81
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Find out about the Alpamare theme parks at these sites:
http://www.alpamare.de
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http://www.alpamare.ch
Workbook page/s: 86
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Look up a German or Swiss theme park at one of these sites:
http://www.hansapark.de
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http://www.heide-park.de
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http://www.phantasialand.de
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The website of the Gymnasium Ulricianum Aurich in Aurich, Germany, displays a lot of the school's activities. Click on 'Schueler' to find out about exchange students at the school.
http://www.ulricianum-aurich.de
Workbook page/s: 88
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Katzensprung 2, Kapitel 8
To look up the meaning of words or to check the spelling of a German word, go to this site and type in 'Woerterbuch Englisch-Deutsch' or 'Woerterbuch Deutsch-Englisch', depending on what you need:
http://www.google.de/
Workbook page/s: 94
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A very good English-German/German-English dictionary is:
http://dict.leo.org/
Workbook page/s: 94
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Send an electronic postcard using this site:
http://www.dromadaire.com/
Workbook page/s: 95
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To set up an Internet-based email address, you could use one of the following sites:
http://www.hotmail.com
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http://au.yahoo.com/
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http://www.mail.com
Workbook page/s: 100
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To research the German holiday dates for different 'Bundeslaender', try:
http://www.schulferien.net/
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http://www.schulferien.org
Workbook page/s: 101
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Katzensprung 3
Go to this website for information on the Berlin bear.
http://www.berliner-baer.de/
Workbook page/s: vii
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 1
Find out about events and concerts in Berlin:
http://www.berlin.karten-vorverkauf.de/
Workbook page/s: 2
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Check out some German hip-hop and rap bands:
http://www.besttips.de/bands-singers.htm
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http://www.hiphop.de/
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http://www.germanrhymes.de/
Workbook page/s: 4
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To research television channels and programs in the German-speaking countries, try one or more of these links:
http://www.tvinfo.de/
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http://www.tvtv.de
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http://www.klack.de/
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http://www.tvmovie.de/
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http://www.fernsehen.ch/
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http://www.tele.at/
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Look at the ARD website:
http://www.tagesschau.de/
Workbook page/s: 6
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Find information about the original Till Eulenspiegel and the new cartoon film about his life at these websites:
http://www.new-video.de/film-till-eulenspiegel/
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Eulenspiegel
Workbook page/s: 7
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 2
Create a puzzle of your own at this site:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Workbook page/s: 17
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Check out what is on offer at KaDeWe:
http://www.kadewe.de/de/
Textbook page/s: 21
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http://www.broehan-museum.de/
Textbook page/s: 22
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 3
You will find information about youth hostels at the following sites. For Germany, look up DJH or Deutsche Jugendherbergen at:
http://www.jugendherberge.de/
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In Switzerland, Schweizer Jugendherbergen can be found at:
http://www.youthhostel.ch/
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In Austria, a list of Österreichisches Jugendherbergswerk (ÖJHW) can be found at:
http://www.jungehotels.at/od/home/
Workbook page/s: 27
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Research information on the Potsdamer Platz at these sites:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdamer_Platz
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http://www.potsdamer-platz.net/
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http://www.sonycenter.de/
Textbook page/s: 33
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To find out more about Radio Fritz, go to this site:
http://www.fritz.de/
Workbook page/s: 31
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For maps of your local area, go to Google and search using 'maps of Australia' or 'maps of New Zealand':
http://www.google.com.au/
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Alternatively, go to one of the following sites:
http://www.whereis.com/index.htm
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http://www.street-directory.com.au/
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http://www.nzmaps.co.nz/
Workbook page/s: 36
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You could begin your search for accommodation, places of interest and events in Berlin at these sites:
http://www.google.de/
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http://veranstaltungen.meinestadt.de/berlin
Textbook page/s: 41
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For the address of a hotel or business in Germany, use the Gelbe Seiten website:
http://www.gelbeseiten.de/
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To find the address or phone number of someone you know in Germany, go to:
http://www4.dastelefonbuch.de/
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To find out a post code, go to the following site and click on 'PLZ suchen':
http://www.deutschepost.de/
Workbook page/s: 37
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 4
To find out about exchange programs run by Rotary, go to this site:
http://www.youth-exchange.net/
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And for similar programs run by Youth for Understandings, go to:
http://www.yfu.org/
Workbook page/s: 45
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Go on a tour of KunstHausWien at this website:
http://www.kunsthauswien.com/index_en.html
Textbook page/s: 55
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To find out more about Friedensreich Hundertwasser, go to these websites:
http://www.hundertwasser.at/
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http://www.kunsthauswien.at/
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http://www.hundertwasserhaus.at/1st.html
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http://www.hundertwasser-stamps.com/
Textbook page/s: 55
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Find out more about Albrecht Dürer and view some of his paintings:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/durer_albrecht.html
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 5
To see what the weather is like in the German-speaking countries, go to one of these sites:
http://www.wetter.de/
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http://www.wetteronline.de/
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http://www.wetter.ch/
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http://www.wetter.at/wetter/
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Visit some of Germany's holiday islands at the following sites:
http://www.norderney.de/
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http://www.langeoogweb.de/
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http://www.sylt-suche.de/
Workbook page/s: 56
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Find out what the weather is like at your German holiday destination:
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/
Workbook page/s: 56
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 6
Design your own crossword using templates from this site:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Workbook page/s: 70
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Follow this link to learn more about the Olympic Games:
http://olympic-museum.de/
Workbook page/s: 71
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Find out more about the Australian football teams in Germany:
http://www.aflg.de/
Textbook page/s: 82
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 7
Learn about German movies and actors by visiting the following sites:
http://www.google.de/
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http://www.german-way.com/cinema/
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http://www.imdb.com/
Workbook page/s: 82
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Use the following websites to help you research information about World War II:
http://www.google.de/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/2076
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http://www.answers.com/topic/military-history-of-new-zealand-during-world-war-ii
Workbook page/s: 90
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Katzensprung 3, Kapitel 8
Have a look at the beautifully decorated Ostereier from Sorbia and learn about the Sorbian culture:
http://www.sorbische-ostereier.de/
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http://www.sorben.de/
Textbook page/s: 100
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For information about Räuchermännchen, go to these sites:
http://www.erzgebirge.org/raeuchermaennchen.aspx
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4ucherm%C3%A4nnchen
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http://www.weihnachtsseiten.de/brauchtum/rauchmaennchen/home.html
Textbook page/s: 104
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These links will take you to the site of the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt and live webcams of the market (during the Christmas season):
http://www.christkindlesmarkt.de/
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Look for e-cards at the following sites:
http://www.google.de/
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Find out more about Springerle Christmas biscuits at these sites:
http://www.springerle.com/aktuelles.html
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http://www.springerlemodel.de/
Workbook page/s: 99
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Discover some tempting Weihnachtsplätzchen recipes at the following sites:
http://www.weihnachtsseiten.de/weihnachtsrezepte/backrezepte/home.html
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http://www.weihnachtsplaetzchen.de/
Textbook page/s: 108
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