There are three different types of these in Germany.
What are high schools/secondary schools?
100
The subjects - Spanisch, Englisch, Französisch, Latein, Italienisch and Russisch - are all types of these that may be offered to students in German schools.
What are world/foreign languages?
100
This is how you say "grade" (as value put on student's achievement in each class) in German.
What is "die Note"?
100
This is the adverb you use when you're describing activities you 'LIKE' to do in German.
What is "gern"? (Ich spiele GERN Basketball. / Ich schwimme GERN. / Ich tanze GERN.)
100
True or False: German schools are very similar to American schools in that world/foreign languages are elective courses and students don't need them to graduate.
What is FALSE. German students are REQUIRED to pass English classes and it is the norm for students to take 2 or even 3 or 4 world/foreign languages while they're in high school!
200
This is the school from which you get an "Abitur" upon graduation.
What is a "Gymnasium"?
200
This is what students look at to see which classes they have each hour and each day. (Say the German word!)
What is der Stundenplan?
200
The grading scale in the US uses letter grades A, B, C, D, and F. These are the values that the German grading scale uses.
What are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?
200
Before Redbox, Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Videos, etc. existed, this is where you had to go to get a video. (ein Video holen)
What is "die Videothek"?
200
True or False: A Klassenausflug sponsored by a German school may involve travel to another city within Germany or even another country and it could include overnight stays.
What is TRUE. Klassenausflüge (field trips) are a different type of experience in German schools!
300
This is the last grade level a German student completes in "Grundschule".
What is 4th grade?
300
This subject is required in German schools, but it's not even offered in American high schools.
What is Religion?
300
This is the German verb you use to ask someone, "What grade are you GETting in ....class?" to get, to receive = ...
What is BEKOMMEN? "Was für eine Note BEKOMMST du in Deutsch?"
300
This is how you say "to watch TV/watching TV" in German.
What is "fernsehen"?
300
These are two ways that German students typically get to school in the morning.
What are city bus / walk / ride bike / public transportation ?
NOT: parents drive students / students drive themselves / yellow school bus
400
An internship or some sort of on-the-job-training or a combination of those plus extra schooling is what students do after completing either of these types of high schools.
What is the Realschule or the Hauptschule?
400
If a student chooses not to take RELIGION (Catholic or Protestant), he/she is still required to take this course.
What is ethics?
400
These two grades indicate failure on a German report card.
What are "5" and "6"?
400
This is the English title for the famous book called "Die Blechtrommel" by Günter Grass that won a Nobel Prize in Literature?
What is "The Tin Drum"?
400
This happens mid-morning in a German school day and lasts about 15-20 minutes. Students don't have to check in for attendance during this time; they are allowed to meet with friends outside, eat a snack, take a short nap, etc. Give the German word.
What is "Große Pause"?
500
These are the final grade levels for each type of high school - Hauptschule, Realschule, and Gymnasium.
What are 9th, 10th, and 12th (formerly 13th) grades?
500
Students in Germany typically start learning this subject no later than 3rd grade.
What is Englisch?
500
This is how you say "report card" in German.
What is das Zeugnis?
500
This is how you ask "What do you (like to) do in your freetime?" in German.
What is "Was machst du (gern) in deiner Freizeit?"
500
A typical German school day ends around 12:30 p.m. or 1:00 p.m.; traditionally, school days were set up like this so that students could go home for this...give the German word.