Transcript Traditional Games in Germany

Traditional Games in
Germany
A presentation made by Thalia White and
Christina Bähr
Gliederung
• 1. History
• 2. Marble Games
• 2.1 Kicking off marbles
• 2.2 Portal Marbles
• 3. Hop Games
• 3.1 Rope skipping
• 3.2 Hop scotch
• 4. Games of Rhythm
• 4.1 Brüderchen komm tanz mit mir
• 4.2 Clapping Games
• 5. Popular Board Games: Chess
The History of Games: Overview
• When was the beginning?
• Why did people play games?
• Differences between adults and children in playing
games
• Games already were a part of ancient
Greek culture
• Games were played for fun, amusement and
distraction
• Children used dolls, balls, sticks and also engaged in
role-playing games
• Adults prefered strategy games
Marble Games
Kicking off marbles
1. Draw a circle
2. Put marbles in the circle
3. Kick the marbles with your own marble out of the circle
4. The one with the most marbles at the end is the winner
Portal Marbles
1. Create gates in different sizes
2. Kick the marbles through the gates
3. The smallest gate scores the most
Hop Games
Rope skipping
Teddybear, teddybear, turn around,
teddybear, teddybear, touch the ground,
teddybear, teddybear, show your shoe,
teddybear, teddybear, how old are you?
Hopscotch
Material:
chalk, a stone
Games of Rhythm
Brüderchen komm tanz
mit mir
2. Mit dem Köpfchen nick, nick, nick!
Mit den Fingerchen tick, tick, tick!
Einmal hin, einmal her, rundherum,
das ist nicht schwer!
Clapping Games
Miss Mary Mac, Mac, Mac
All dressed in black, black, black.
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back.
She asked her mother, mother, mother
for fifty cents, cents, cents.
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
jump over the fence, fence, fence.
They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
They never came back, back, back
Till the 4th of July, July, July.
Popular Board Games:
Chess
• Chess is believed to have its origin in northwest India
• In the 13th century Chess had already been
established in European Culture
• At the end of the 15th century the technique for
moving farmers, runners and ladies was changed
• The new game became much more popular
The End