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Germany Country Study Worksheet - Europe - Geography

Germany's continent, capital and demonym open a two-page research sheet whose prompts run from the country's borders and climate through Charlemagne, Martin Luther and 1989 to the currency, seven Berlin attractions and an open section on German culture.
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Grades 7–12, High School, Middle School
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2
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Updated Mar 24, 2024

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Social Studies, Geography, History, History: Europe
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Germany Country Study Worksheet - Europe - Geography

This Geography Social Studies Teaching resource is great for Country Study Activities on Germany (Europe). This Printable Teaching Resource is a 2 pages PDF Worksheet on Germany. It can be suitable for Middle School and High School Geography and Social Studies Learners (7th-12th graders). This Teaching Material can be great for testing students on their knowledge on Germany and German Culture (basic information + language + history + geography + economy + Berlin + culture).

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In this Geography, Social Studies Country Study on Germany (PDF Printable Worksheets; 2 pages) there are included:

  • a qr code linked to Germany's position on Google Maps

  • questions on Geography

  • questions on History

  • questions on the Language

  • questions of the Economy

  • an exercise where it is asked to list some of the most famous sights in Berlin (Capital)

  • an exercise where it is asked to list other cities in Germany

  • an exercise where it is asked to write about the German Culture

This amazing Social Studies + Geography Country Study on Germany (Europe) PDF Digital Teaching Resource (2 PDF Printable Slides) can be great for learners from 7th grade to 12th grade to test Germany and its Culture.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Place Germany in its continent and give its capital and demonym

  • Explain who Charlemagne, Martin Luther and Angela Merkel were and why each mattered to Germany

  • Connect dates to events across German history: 1 September 1939, the settlement after the Second World War, and 1989

Teaching tips

  • No reading passage, map or data table is supplied - every prompt is a research question, so the sheet needs an atlas, a textbook chapter or a supervised search alongside it

  • Page 1 divides cleanly into a language-and-geography column on the left and a history column on the right, which makes an easy split for pair work before the two halves are combined

  • "Who is Angela Merkel?" is written in the present tense; she left the chancellorship in 2021, so the question is worth reframing or extending to who followed her

Skills covered

  • Independent country research - the sheet supplies prompts and ruled lines only, so every answer has to be found rather than read off the page.

  • Chronological reasoning - the history column moves from Charlemagne through the Reformation to 1939, the post-war years and 1989, so the completed answers assemble into a sequence.

  • Descriptive geography writing - three prompts ask for prose on the territory, the climate and the bordering countries, including where each border lies.

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Where do the answers come from?

From the students' own research. The two pages carry prompts and ruled lines only - there is no reading passage, map, table or fact sheet - so the worksheet is built to sit beside an atlas, a textbook or a supervised search.

How are the prompts divided across the two pages?

Page 1 runs in two columns: language and geography on the left - the language spoken, its linguistic family, the bordering countries, the territory and the climate - and history on the right, from Charlemagne to Angela Merkel. Page 2 covers the currency, the economy, five other cities, seven attractions in the capital and the culture section.

How much writing space does each prompt get?

It varies with the demand. The continent, capital and demonym fields take one line each, most geography and history prompts have two ruled lines, "Describe the German Economy" has five, each of the seven attractions gets two, and the closing culture question runs to seven full-width lines.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Country study

  • European geography

  • German history

  • Research skills

  • Culture

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