US Social Studies Teachers Learn More About Germany in Transatlantic Outreach Program

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Sixty US social studies teachers are being invited to Germany for study trips by the Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) again this year. The program is a model Public Private Partnership initiative in which the Federal Foreign Office, the Deutsche Bank AG and the Goethe Institute are working together to convey knowledge of modern Germany. The trigger was the desire of the Americans to have more information available at American schools about Germany as it is today, a trend that has been more pronounced since reunification.

The program this year will take the participants to Berlin, Leipzig, Dessau, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Wittenberg, Donaueschingen, Lake Constance, Dresden, Weimar, Munich, Nuremberg, Goerlitz, though not all study trips have the same itinerary. They will visit educational and political establishments and companies and have talks with politicians. The first group, visiting Germany from June 27 to July 10, will also pay a short visit to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The other groups will be in Germany from July 9 to 24 and from July 23 to August 7, 2004.

On their return to the US, the participants will devise new teaching units and bring their experience to bear in training events. This means some 1,800 people can be reached every year. As a result, a highly efficient network of teachers and training facilities has emerged over the years helping convey an image of modern Germany that is free from prejudices. In the coming academic year, the TOP network will supply the 100,000th volume of teaching materials.

June 29, 2004

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Transatlantic Outreach Program – Goethe Institut information

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