Group 3

Nathan McMahon
Parker Niccistri
Jessica Lung
Ali Mosa
Saklain Karim
Andrew Pedretti

• Christian Democratic Party
• Social Democratic Party

• Lower Saxony
• SPD/Green
• Protestant 51%
• Catholic 18%
• Bremen
• SPD/Green
• Protestant 43%
• Catholic 12%

• Saarland
• CDU/SPD
• Protestant 20%
• Catholic 65%
• The Greens
• Origins include Lower Saxony
• Nuclear waste disposal
• 1980
• 8.4% of national popular vote in 2013
• Pillars
1. Social Justice
2. Ecological Wisdom
3. Grassroots Democracy
4. Nonviolence

Expectations

This semester I expect to gain more of an understanding of German culture by looking at how the distant and more recent past has shaped Germany into what it is today. I hope that analyzing the past will enable meaningful comparison of the lifestyles of those in Germany to others around the world. I think that such comparison will allow me to gain a new perspective for viewing the culture of the United States, and broaden my world view. I realize that the course is based on a very broad topic, so I hope the sample of topics will provide a concise overview of the subject. As for specific topics, I expect to learn about how Germans view of the events surrounding the first and second world wars.