German Immigrants are here !
Hope of the Germans.
Their coming!
German immigrants came for religious freedom and a better life. 1840-1900 was when most German immigrants came to America and 3,000 of them settled in New York! They were among the first Europeans to set foot in America! An estimate for German immigrants living in Pennsylvania all alone in this time period,1840-1900, are 45,000. That is alot of Germans!
German dance
Notice how their legs are forming a triangle, going front to back.
Oktoberfest
a traditional German celebration.
German flag
The flag colors are black, red and yellow.
traditions
food and sports
clothes and holidays
maid outfit, a skirt, blouse, apron and any accessory. The lederhousen is leather pants that boys wear. the special holidays that the German brought is the Easter bunny, where you hide eggs and find them. They also brought Santa , or Christmas where you get presents and celebrate with your family.
fun facts
- Steve Jobs, creator of Apple, was a German.
- Google was created by a German person.
- One of the desserts of Germany is the German spice cookie.
Spiced sugar:
1 cup powder sugar1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
-12 tsp nutmeg
-14 tsp allspice
3/4 cup honey
Cookies:
3 c flour
1 tsp cinnamon
-12 tsp baking soda
-12 tsp baking powder
-12 tsp ginger
-12 tsp nutmeg
-12 tsp salt. "14 tsp pepper
-14 tsp allspice
-12 c sliced almonds
1 stick of butter -soft
2 tsp lemon zest
2 tsp orange zest
1 c brown sugar
1 lg egg
resorces
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maypole_dance
- portfolio.edu
- google.com/german population
- En.wikipedia.com