1. Nürburgring Nürburgring is a 150,000-capacity motorsports complex around the village of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old "North loop" track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. The north loop is 20.8 km (12.9 mi) long and has more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) of elevation change from its lowest to highest points. It is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose- built racing circuit in the world. Originally, the track featured four configurations: the 28.265 km (17.563 mi)-long Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("North Loop"), and the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("South Loop"). There also was a 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop called Zielschleife ("Finish Loop") or Betonschleife ("Concrete Loop"), around the pit area. Between 1982 and 1983 the start/finish area was demolished to create a new GP-Strecke, and this is used for all major and international racing events. However, the shortened Nordschleife is still in use for racing, testing and public access.

2. Frage des Tages Heb mal die Kiste ____. Kannst du die tragen oder ist sie zu schwer? a) auf b) an c) ab

3. Objective Students will be able to present their research topics and explain the significance of their topic to the German speaking countries.

4. Order of Events 1.Presentations – Tree and house decorations, Silent Night history, Nutcracker, Christmas Tree Story 2.Review als, wenn, wann 3.Intro. vor, in, im, am

5. Time Expressions with the Dative You can create time expressions that answer the question wann with these prepositions: an dem = am in dem = im in = in vor = ago am = on the im = in the

6. Time Expressions with the Dative In 2 months I will move to Germany. Three months ago I broke my leg. On the 4 th of February is my birthday. In the month of July I will have a big party.

7. Time Expressions with the Dative 1.Use in with seasons and months (im Herbst, im Mai) as well as with time expressions including numbers and days ( in fünf Tage), weeks (in zwei Wochen), or months (in drei Monaten).

8. Time Expressions with the Dative 2. When you use vor, you need a number plus Tag(e), Woche(n), Monat(e), or Jahr(e): vor zwei Tagen; vor sieben Jahren.

9. Time Expressions with the Dative 3. Use an in combination with days of the week and times of day. Am Sonntag (on Sunday), am Montag (on Monday). You can always combine days and their parts: am Sonntagmorgen, am Montagnachmittag. You can indicate dates using am: am 14. April, am 31. Dezember.