My group is doing our presentation on an overveiw of all the German parties. We started by collecting all of eachother's contact information. At the end of class last week, we all got together to make sure we knew who was in which group. Right away I could tell that the group leader was going to be Kari Anderson. She wasn't the only one, though, that seemed to want to take initiative. Many of the students in our group wanted to make sure that our project was done on time and in an efficient manner. She was the most proactive about getting everyone's contact information to make sure we could all keep in contact. The majority of the work done by our group was individual. Being that it was a large group, we did not have much time where we could all meet up. I don't think that this affected our work in a negative way, as with technology these days you don't really need to be in the same room physically to work together. We sent our information to Kari on google docs, where she and maybe some others put our data together and formed a powerpoint. The information that we collected is fairly basic for each party, but as it explains in our group title, "overveiw," I think that is the point. I focused on looking up information about current political news such as the current leaders and parties challenging each other for the next elections in 2013. I tried to look up very current news on political polls and elections going on in Germany. The most helpful sites that I found were BBC and CNBC.com. As always, wikipedia had plenty of information that was useful. I feel that the party that I would support if I were a german would be the current leading CDU. That parties seems to reflect the veiws of the party that I endorse here in the U.S. I think it is very interesting that Germany follows a Coalition government, which means multiple parties lead the country together. I think that this form of federal government would be the most equal way to govern a country, but not necessarily as efficient as one party. I wonder what the U.S. would be like if we adopted such a type of government. It seems, though, that German politics is kind of a mess with all of the different parties. It would be hard to chose just one party to endorse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Germany
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Overveiw of German political parties: what's in the news
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Overview of German political parties
In recent news:
Angela Merkel,
chairwoman of the CDU, is the current
Chancellor of Germany. She and the CDU
defeated a SDP-Green coalition that was led by Gerhard Shroeder.
The current coalition includes the CDU/CSU and FDP.
The next elections for chancellor are in September, 2013.
SDP is the current opposition to the leading CDU. The top 3
candidates for chancellor from the SDP include Frank-Walter Steinmeier, SPD Chairman Sigmar Gabriel, and ex-Finance
Minister Peer Steinbrueck.
SDP currently leads
in the elections.
Sources:
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
HAMBURG
Monday, September 10, 2012
Hamburg
- Originally named Treva
- Home to 1.8 million people
- largest GDP in Germany, 50,000 Euros per ca pita
- Produces most of Countries Copper supply
- Port of Hamburg
- Broken into 6 districts, Bergedorf being the largest and least populated
- 1918 became a city state
- great fire in 1842
- Beatles became famous in Hamburg
- 2011 won most environmentally friendly and green capital of Europe
- most bridges in the world
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/node/2091
http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/node/2091
http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/germany/hamburg/tradeindustry.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253231/Hamburg/16041/The-economy
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Hamburg
1. Hamburg
1.1 Hamburg is located in Northern Germany.
It is about 292 square miles and is home to 1.8 million people. People from
Hamburg can be called, "Hamburgers"1.2 Hamburg has the highest GDP in Germany at
50,000 Euros per capita. It is also a major industrial state and produces a lot
of the countries copper supply. Other major industries of Hamburg include
rubber, tobacco, crude oil and ship building. Hamburg is also known as the Port
of Hamburg which is responsible for more than half of West Germany's foreign
trade. In the year 2011 Hamburg's main trade partners were China, Russia and
Singapore. The major river that runs through Hamburg is the Elbe.1.3 Hamburg is broken into 6 districts with Bergedorf being
the biggest and least populated.
1.5 Before 1871: In 1834 Hamburg was designated
the seat of Roman Catholic Bishopric.
Hamburg was burned down and destroyed by Vikings
in 845. It was again burned down in 1201, 1241 and lastly in 1842 which was
known as the great fire which destroyed most of the inner city. From May 4th to
May 8th in 1842 was the conflagration which destroyed three churches and town
hall. The fire killed 51 people and left 20,000 people homeless. It took hamburg
over 40 years to rebuild
Before
1918: Hamburg adopted the republican constitution and became a city- state. In
the second half of the 19th century the population ofHamburg quadrupled in
size.
Before 1948: During WWII Hamburg had Allied air raids that destroyed more than half of the city. In 1943 a firestorm came from results of the bombings and completely destroyed neighboring cities such as Hammerbrok. This bombing killed around 42,600 civilians.
2. The Beatles became famous from playing in clubs in Hamburg.
In 2011 Hamburg was named Europe's green capital and most environmentally friendly.
Hamburg has more bridges than any other city in the world.
Hamburg was originally names Treva but got its name from the Emperor Charlamagne who ordered the first building on site which was a castle on a rocky terrain.
Before
1918: Hamburg adopted the republican constitution and became a city- state. In
the second half of the 19th century the population ofHamburg quadrupled in
size.Before 1948: During WWII Hamburg had Allied air raids that destroyed more than half of the city. In 1943 a firestorm came from results of the bombings and completely destroyed neighboring cities such as Hammerbrok. This bombing killed around 42,600 civilians.
2. The Beatles became famous from playing in clubs in Hamburg.
In 2011 Hamburg was named Europe's green capital and most environmentally friendly.
Hamburg has more bridges than any other city in the world.
Hamburg was originally names Treva but got its name from the Emperor Charlamagne who ordered the first building on site which was a castle on a rocky terrain.
Fun Fact:
There is a street in Hamburg called, Reeperbahn in the St. Pauli district.
It is described by some as, "die sündige Meile (the sinful
mile)."
3. Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/node/2091
3. Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/node/2091
http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/germany/hamburg/tradeindustry.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253231/Hamburg/16041/The-economy
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253231/Hamburg/16041/The-economy
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