A key component of the Wheaton in Germany program is a Referat - group presentation. During the last month, each of us teamed up with another student to create a presentation about a given topic pertaining to German history and culture. We each became mini-experts on our topic, and then shared our knowledge with the rest of the group. The fun thing about these presentations is that we did not deliver them in a classroom: rather, they were given on-site in a location important to the theme.
Thus, Clementine and Nick taught us about gothic architecture and mysticism in the Frauenkirche in Munich. Anna and Bill stepped into the lives of three German inventors at Munich's Deutsches Museum - a fantastic, interactive technological museum. Allison and Henry told us about what daily life in the GDR was like, and then lead us into the DDR Museum, where we were able to poke around a typical East German apartment and take a seat in a Trabant car. And Tim and I presented on daily life in West Germany after WWII in the German Historical Museum in Berlin. Presenting on-site made the presentations memorable, as did the surprises some of the presenters had up their sleeves.
Clementine and Nick point out the finer details of this exquisite stained-glass window.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Bill) explains how he stumbled on x-ray technology.
Anna test drives a Trabbi with Allison and Kate as passengers after Allison and Henry's presentation.
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