Die viersprachige Schweiz

1. Find out more about Rätoromanisch (Bündnerromanisch) in Switzerland, at Gereon Janzing's web site (http://home.arcor.de/gereon.janzing/raetorom.htm). A list shows the differences between the various dialects of Rätoromanisch and German, French, and Italian. In German.

2. Find out more about Glarus, the area covered in the chapter reading. Visit the Glarus site (http://www.glarusnet.ch/), with pictures and text about business, tourism, and cities in the area. In German.

3. Do a report on a Swiss city. Begin at the site Swiss Cities in the Internet, Schweizer Städte im Internet (http://www.staedte.ch/). In German.

Die Schweiz: Ein Lied im Dialekt

1. Visit Mani Mater's unofficial home page (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/6166/mm/mm.html). Read his biography: see if you can translate some of his songs. In German.

2. Revisit the home page for the Swiss band Generell (http://www.generell.ch/) where you can listen to their songs sung in the German of Switzerland. Just click on "Lieder." In German.

Schweizer Geschichte

1. Visit the official web site of the Swiss Embassy in Washington, D.C. (http://www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home.html). You can find out the history of the Swiss flag and its connection to the International Red Cross. For more on the history of Switzerland and pictures, click on the kids' page (http://www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home/swikid.html). In English.

2. At the site of the Swiss Embassy in the United Kingdom (http://www.swissembassy.org.uk/) there is an archive of materials about Switzerland's role in World War II. In English.

Die politischen Institutionen der Schweiz

1. From the jump page for the Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation, die Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft / (http://www.admin.ch/), you can link to most of the federal agencies of Switzerland. Most sites have English information. In the major languages of Switzerland.