100 years ago, Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar. The fact that this anniversary will be celebrated in 2019 not only in Germany but in many places around the world shows the great worldwide influence that this art school has had on architecture, design and the way we think about it to this day. You can find detailed information about the Bauhaus and about the worldwide activities in the anniversary year on our culture pages in the dossier 100 Years Bauhaus. If you would like to teach about the Bauhaus in your German class, the following material might help you.
You can also find this text with word explanations, provided by Schünemann-Verlag, in the May issue of Presse und Sprache.