Aktuelles
February 2019: Bauhaus Workshop
In order to celebrate 100 years of Bauhaus, the influential design school of Dessau, Germany, the Goethe Institute and the Museum of Design in Frankfurt organized a workshop at the LFC. After a theoretical part, students in High school and in Elementary School were asked to build a chair with just five basic craft supplies and in 10 minutes time.
December 2018: Christkindl Market field trip (Grades 6 and 7)
Activities in the classroom
The exchange students from Munich arrived! Check out our Newsblog here:
December 2017: Annual Field Trip to Daley Plaza to visit the German Christkindlmarket
September/October: The 9th grade and 10th grade German students are on their exchange trip to Munich.
January 2017: Field Trip to the Lyric Opera combined with the Music class
Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
December 2016: Our annual field trip to the Christkindl Market
in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade
in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade
October 2016: (Halloween) 8th graders present travel souvenirs to each other
September 2016: 6th graders learn to communicate in pairs.
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June 2016: A 7th grader's grandfather talks to the class about the inflation in Germany in the 1920s.
June 2016: Skits about meeting and going out together in 6th grade
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March 2016: Visit of our exchange students from Munich
December 2015: Christkindl market on Daley Plaza
An annual tradition of the German program and the most popular field trip for our students:
a visit to the German Christkindl Market with German food and Christmas decorations,
a scavenger hunt in German, Lebkuchen, Haribo, Glühwein, Bratwurst, Brezel,.......
a visit to the German Christkindl Market with German food and Christmas decorations,
a scavenger hunt in German, Lebkuchen, Haribo, Glühwein, Bratwurst, Brezel,.......
Slide show of all three field trips to the Christkindl Market (6th, 7th, 8th grade)
Fall 2015: Photos and Videos
Click on the image to go to the skits of the 8th graders.
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September/October 2015: Class exchange-trip to Munich
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Spring 2015: Videos
Check out the new videos of the 6th graders here:
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April 2015: Munich Exchange
Exchange students from Munich visit the LFC
More photos here:
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December 2014: Christkindlmarket in Chicago
Students in 6th-8th grade visit the German Christkindlmarket in downtown Chicago each December to enjoy German Christmas traditions, food, and festivities. They speak German to the vendors and answer questions in a scavenger hunt.
January 2014: Lyric Opera of Chicago
Die Fledermaus
Once again, German students of the LFC enjoyed a
German speaking opera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
In past years we saw: Zauberflöte.
Die Fledermaus
Once again, German students of the LFC enjoyed a
German speaking opera at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
In past years we saw: Zauberflöte.
March: UIC German High School Day
Every year, high school students compete and win prizes
in various categories with other High School students
in the Chicago area: poetry recitation, essay writing, skits etc.
Every year, high school students compete and win prizes
in various categories with other High School students
in the Chicago area: poetry recitation, essay writing, skits etc.
October 2013:
Third annual Munich exchange
Go to the Archive on the "Munich Exchange" page or click here:
Third annual Munich exchange
Go to the Archive on the "Munich Exchange" page or click here:
March 2013:
Celebrating 50 years of German-French friendship
(Elysée-Treaty, 1963) in Daley Plaza.
Celebrating 50 years of German-French friendship
(Elysée-Treaty, 1963) in Daley Plaza.
March 2013: The new German film "Hannah Arendt"
German students attended a special pre-screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center which was sponsored by the Goethe Institute. The political theorist and philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and her writings are part of the curriculum of German as well as History and Philosophy in 11th and 12th grade at the LFC.
German students attended a special pre-screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center which was sponsored by the Goethe Institute. The political theorist and philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and her writings are part of the curriculum of German as well as History and Philosophy in 11th and 12th grade at the LFC.
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