Events for School Classes

Looking Back at Class visits 2023

 

In 2023, we had the pleasure of welcoming 556 students to the Goethe-Institut. During the one-hour session, they received an introduction to the Goethe-Institut and playfully explored the world of German music. The students greatly enjoyed the music, demonstrated competitiveness and interest in the topics discussed. Regardless of their level of language proficiency, all students were able to immerse themselves in the German language during their stay. The students also expressed their excitement about visiting the nearby Christmas market, which they were heading to after their visit at the Goethe-Institut.

Looking Back at Class visits 2022

Between Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, 22 school classes from Illinois and surrounding states visited us for a one-hour visit to the Goethe-Institut followed by a visit to the Christkindlmarket. During the hour-long visit, students either explored current topics about Germany using the interactive map of Germany or discussed the topic of consumption with the help of the song "Zeug" by the band ok.danke.tschüss. The overall response was positive and we were very happy to be able to hold all class visits in presence!
 

Looking Back at Class visits 2021

In November and December, eight classes with a total of over 130 students visited the Goethe-Institut Chicago. Using our new Deutschlandcollage, the students worked on various topics in groups. Together, they created a quiz and got to know Germany better. The classes rounded off their trip to Chicago with a visit to the Chicago Christmas market. Unfortunately, due to the rising COVID numbers, all class visits had to be cancelled from mid-December onwards.
 

2020 Virtual Christmas class visits

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 Goethe-Institut Chicago offered virtual programming for classes. During their "stay" at Goethe-Institut students from all over the midwest were given a virtual introduction to the Goethe-Institut and then guided through an interactive program by Hanna Kuhn and Christina Pick and introduced to the different realities of life in East and West Germany and political meaning and consequences of the German Reunification.

a look back to December 2019

2019's visits before Christmas took place between December 2 and December 18, 2019. In total, more than 750 students from 23 schools and 4 different states came to the Goethe-Institut Chicago during that time. Fitting the theme of the peaceful revolution, they learned about the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the division of Germany, and the Berlin Airlift. We want to thank our visitors for the great interest in our program. We had lots of fun during this time!