Part B

Part B

I learned much more information in German Cultures class than I anticipated.  I also learned way different information than I thought that I would receive taking this class.  I liked that we learned a little about the different parts of Germany and their states and how they essentially have dialects and different states have different types of food and entertainment.  I learned a lot about what was going on in World War II in Germany and it really painted a vivid picture.  I also learned a lot more about the German government than I thought that I would have.  It was very intriguing to learn how people lived with the country being divided to 2 different groups.  I enjoyed learning about the different German subcultures and the music scene.

Class Critique. 

Overall I thought that the class was really informative and that I gathered a great deal of knowledge from my peers.  I did feel however that the majority of my learning was from my peers and not my professor.  There was just simply too much group work.  Some of us are not traditional college students especially in night classes.  It was very difficult to try and meet with these people as I don’t live on campus much less in the city.  I think there should have been more teaching and less group work, more of a balance if you will.  Overall the course was good.  Integrating of D2L would have helped immensely as it keeps all of our class information in one location and it’s not difficult to navigate.  I found that it took me a good while to learn blogger and was difficult to log in.  Having things on D2L is really nice because you can see your schedule and assignments coming up from all your classes in one place.  Thank you for this course, I did learn a lot.

Blog Review Part A

1. http://ge110denisebe.blogspot.com

2. Upon arriving at Denise's page, it is clean colorful and full of information.

3. Looks as though they put in a lot of care to their blog

4. The blog is very well written and follows the flow of the class very well.  It is easy to read and easy to understand what topics she is writing about I would rate the overall grade of this blog a 5.  

5. It is done well with good information and is easily readable, I would rate the readability a 5 also.  6. This blog would be better than Mine.

1. http://ge110tabithak.blogspot.com

2. Subtle background, that is easy on the eyes.  Information was clearly presented with pictures.

3. Seemed like she cared a great deal about the information she put on her page.

4. 5

5. 5

6. Better than mine

1. http://ge110jamesot.blogspot.com

2. The page is dull and un entertaining.

3. They didn't seem to care much about the blog or the class.

4. There is a lot of information missing.  2

5.  Hard to follow information on the blog.  3

6. My blog is significantly Better.

The Baader Meinhof

This film was made in 2008 and was written and produced by Bernd Eichinger. It tells the story of four Germans who carry out the fire bombing of a department store that was responsible for the death of a protestor. The young protestor was killed because he was against the ruling of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the leader of Iran. The group was then put on trial for the bombing and were defended by a lawyer who shared the groups beliefs. After each of their prison sentences were finished, the group had become more appealing to young Germans; they became known as RAF. The RAF describes themselves as a communist and anti imperialist urban guerilla group engaged in armed resistance against what they viewed a fascist state. Members of the RAF generally used the Marxist-Leninist  term"Faction" when they wrote in English. The German Government considered RAF a terrorist organization because they were for responsible for nearly 300 bomb attacks and murdered many people without reason from 1973 to 1995.