This is an animated short film about a little girl who visits the land of the dead, where she learns the true meaning of the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. The film was created by students at the Ringling College of Art and Design and won a 2013 Student Academy Award.
Students will contrast the historical views of public and private life in the target culture and its civilizations with world views. Additionally, students will learn that the Dominican Republic’s Carnival is celebrated every year during the entire month of February, culminating with the largest celebration on Independence Day, February 27. Also, students will learn that the Dominican’s cultural identity and creativity is on display throughout this vibrant month.
This slide show, in Spanish, explains the events of the years 1976 - 1983 under the dictatorship in Argentina and other Latin American countries. Included are political and military leaders, important dates, political factions and numbers assassinated. There are five comprehension questions at the end to respond to orally or in writing.
Students will understand how to interpret long, complex texts. Additionally, students will learn that this is a 19th-century realistic Spanish novel written by Benito Perez Galdos from what is called the first of Galdós's three epochs in his novels of social analysis.
Students will listen to or read about food stands in modern day Mexico. There are short and long passages with audio, scripts in Spanish and scripts in English. Short passages have about 125 words while long passages about 375 words. Included are comprehension questions and related links.
Students will understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics by reading this poem written by Garcilaso de la Vega, a Spanish poet. Additionally, students will do the included Metric exercise and see the answers to the exercises.
Students will understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics by reading the poem written by Antonio Machado, a Spanish poet. Additionally, students will analyze the poem and complete the metric exercises. The answers to the exercises are available.
Students will learn to understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics. Additionally, students will learn that the poem was written by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Mexican poet, representative of the Baroque literary period.
This presentation thoroughly covers seasons, days, months, and saying the date in Spanish. It also covers conventions such as not capitalizing months/ days, the Hispanic calendar beginning with Monday, and the date being written DD/MM/YYYY. The last slide of the presentation prompts the reader with several questions related to days and dates such as ''What was yesterday's date?'' and ''What is your favorite month?"
Students will critique the effect of events in the target culture’s history on perspectives, practices and product of global interest. Additionally, students learn that one of the greatest political achievements of Moorish Spain was the creation of the Caliphate of Cordoba by Abd ar-Rahman I in 756.
Students will contrast the historical views of public and private life in the target culture and its civilizations with world views. Additionally, students will learn about the Cantar de Mio Cid, where the triumph of the true nobility, founded on effort, merit and optimism is narrated. Additionally, students will find questions and several exercises to understand this Spanish epic poem.
In this resource, students will understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics. Also, students will learn that The Poem of the Cid is based on a true story about the Castilian hero El Cid. Additionally, students will answer questions about the poem.
Students will understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics by reading and analyzing the fragment of a poem about the Cid’s exile. Additionally, students will learn that this is the oldest preserved Spanish epic poem. This poem is based on a medieval warrior who fought during the reign of Alfonso VI (King of Castile from 1072-1109).
In this resource, students will contrast the historical views of public and private life in the target culture and its civilizations with world views. Additionally, students will learn about Spanish Medieval castles and the relevant vocabulary.
This interactive activity assesses how well students know basic weather expressions in Spanish. Multiple choice pictures are shown with a written weather phrase. Feedback is given after each question. The end slide of the activity connects students with www.weather.com and prompts them to write about the weather in three different European cities.
This text is a story told in Spanish with pictures through PowerPoint. The story about a friendly fox and rabbit teaches the phrases ''good morning'', ''good afternoon'', and ''goodnight'' authentically and in context.
Students will use readily available technology tools and digital literacy skills to present academic and professional information in the target culture. Additionally, students will learn that the Discovery of America most commonly refers to Christopher Columbus's 1492 transatlantic maritime expedition, in which he became the first Christian European to make landfall in the Americas.
In this resource, students will understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics. Additionally, students will listen to and read an original fragment of a poem about El Cid's exile, written in archaic Spanish. Also, students will learn that this is the oldest preserved Spanish epic poem which is based on a medieval warrior who fought during the reign of Alfonso VI.
In this resource, students will be able to analyze extended, complex speeches for multiple viewpoints by watching a video about the life of Miguel Hernandez, a Spanish poet who published his first book of poetry at 23 and gained considerable fame before his death.
This activity allows students to celebrate a Colombian holiday by writing simple messages of friendship on paper hearts in a provided printable.