The Goethe Institut Chicago offers professional development for trainers who in their turn provide seminars in their areas;the following is a list of contacts in your region:

The Collaboratory Project
Illinois State Board of Education

Transatlantic Teachers Training

Max Kade Institute - Madison, WI

Datenbank zu Unterrichtsmaterialien
"Deutsche Auswanderung in die USA im 19. Jahrhundert"

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