Thema: Political Affairs

Their shared connections to Venezuela of BCS-Student Daniel and Leopoldo Lopez (Mayor of Caracas) led to discussions about democracy, identity, and political responsibility.

From May 23 to 26, the European Parliament will be elected for the ninth time in Europe. In Germany, citizens will be invited to the polling stations this Sunday, May 26. Last week, young people under the age of 18 were able to take part in the U18 European elections. ...

Our ninth-graders visited the Stasi prison "Memorial Hohenschönhausen" together with their ethics teacher, Mr. Wehrmeyer. The students were given a guided tour and asked many questions. Their main question was: Why were Stasi officers and prison guards not called to account after reunification?

On Thursday, March 28, the Federal Chairman of the FDP, Christian Lindner, visited the Berlin Cosmopolitan School (BCS). There he discussed environmental protection and the "Fridays for Future" movement with students from secondary and primary school. An RTL TV team filmed the discussion and then interviewed several participants.

As part of their social studies unit on Germany under the NS (Nazi) regime, the 9th grade spent the day visiting the former concentration camp at Sachsenhausen in Oranienburg on February 27. “There, guides showed us around the memorial site, described the conditions of the camp and told stories from ...

Although the 9th of November was somewhat overshadowed this year by the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War (Nov 11), we still took the opportunity to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Students could receive some extra credit by visiting a spot where ...