On the first day, I gave students the brackets and without any information besides the name of the songs, I asked them to fill out their bracket. Here are the videos we'll be looking at:
- Marteria — Endboss : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=225&v=AWcFHEdhYys
- Wir sind Helden — Wenn es passiert : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpfvzVa4uyM
- Alexander Marcus — Hawaii Toast Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHHAR1S_eKA
- Die Fantastischen Vier — Geboren : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XGqXhMqitg
- Schnappi — Schnappi das kleine Krokodil : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3FG4EOgyU
- Xavier Naidoo — Bei meiner Seele : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhILcidWp1Q
- Deine Freunde — Hausaufgaben : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w01harg0E7M
- Silbermond — Das Beste : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyYAQHDMqfA
- Die Prinzen — Millionaer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQs0sB8Q0s
- Nena — 99 Luftballons : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE
- die Atzen & Nena - Strobo Pop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-siseBfaE
- Deichkind — So’ne Musik : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdIP3hyxi3k
- Peter Fox — Alles neu : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtLCfEcPL4
- Die Drogen — Du bist die Sonne : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_vqjqIAyjM
- Wise Guys — Schönen guten Morgen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32M8qRGrUE8
- Cro — Einmal um die Welt : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pySXCmwpc
It took some time to decide on these videos. Obviously I had to view them all to make sure they were school appropriate (a couple that I liked didn't make the final list since I am working with 8th graders on this). I looked for videos that were interesting, songs that were good, and/or songs that had a cultural impact. We'll see how this particular list goes and I might edit for next year.
Here's a look at the bulletin board bracket I'll be using to keep track of the rounds:
The plan is that the first time a video comes up in the bracket, we'll watch it in class. This does mean the first 8 days will be more time consuming since this will take up our opening of class. After they're familiar with the videos, I'll probably just show a brief clip to remind them what the video is. Students will vote on their favorite using PollEverywhere. For the first round, students will receive 1 point for correct guesses. For the second round, 2 points, third round 3 points, etc. I'll have a small prize for the winner(s).
This is an idea I got from one of the Spanish teacher sin my building and one that I've seen used by English teachers for books. Looking forward to seeing how it goes overall and what video wins out!
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this! German pop music is not my area of strength, so I really, really appreciate all the time you put in the sharing the songs and links. I'm going to try this with my German 2 classes after Spring Break.
ReplyDeleteLet me know how it goes! My kids so far have had fun with the wackier videos (though they could not believe that Schnappi was popular... I had to point out that it's no different than everyone knowing Baby Shark and they conceded the point)
DeleteI googled March Madness Brackets and found a great one: https://plexkits.com/march-madness-bracket/
ReplyDeleteI edited it to make just 1/4 of the bracket, put in the songs with links, and asked the person who made it to help me add a winner box, and here's the result: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/138BiHAN3nwxLbM9Ojbyx7eYRNGs_CQRRy52AmAYu5_Y/edit?usp=sharing
I think it will be a good way to wake up my lethargic students the first day back from break. Thanks again so much!
I love it! I'll have to use this next time I do a bracket - the website I used would not load the version of the bracket with all the songs typed in so I had to write them in a blank one by hand.
DeleteI am honestly surprised how things are going so far - some videos I thought would be shoe ins for the kids are ones that they don't seem to like at all, while others I thought they wouldn't be into they seem to enjoy. I'm very curious who the winner will end up being (though at this point my money is still on Hawaii Toast Song).
Also thanks for the note on Wise Guys - I figured I'd leave it in since with my current group, I am pretty sure they are not aware of the word. It's one I might have to change out next year if I have a class that's more "proactive" about learning the bad words.
I also changed the Wise Guys song to Selfie, mostly to avoid "Scheiß" in the lyrics of Schönen guten Morgen...
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