Readings & Events * Q & A about the Book * For Teachers
Assignment Ideas

Opa Nobody may be appropriate to use for high school or college history classes in which the instructor is trying to help students draw connections between daily life and larger political events. Creative writing students may enjoy working on projects that allow them to play personal experience and family stories in historical and political context.

Courses with these topics may benefit from this book:
Weimar and World War I and II Germany
The Holocaust & German citizens' role in the Holocaust
German Reconstruction
German Socialism
Political Activism in the United States
Women's Studies.

Assignment Ideas for Drafting and Research in Writing Classes, with sample documents from Opa Nobody.