Students will contrast the historical views of public and private culture and its civilizations with world views. Students will learn that the War of the Grand Alliance was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. NOTE: The entire website is written in Spanish.

In this resource, students learn to use the target language with fluency and flexibility by talking about sports and learning new vocabulary about soccer.

Students will learn that the verb "to do" is used in Spanish in many expressions, including the weather. It is a common word used in questions. Also, students will learn that the verb to do can be used to express how long you have been doing something. Finally, students will learn that the verb to do is also used to express the concept of ago.

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 that Manuel Godoy was Prime Minister of Spain during the reign of the Spanish king, Charles IV.

Students will learn how to interpret long complex text by reading these short stories written by the Spanish poet and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. Additionally, students will learn that Garcia Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27 in Spain.

In this resource, students will contrast the historical views and private life in the target culture and its civilizations with world views. Additionally, students will learn that Flamenco originated in Andalusia.

In this resource, 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 about El Greco, who was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.

In this activity, students predict what housing ads in the target culture will include and scan newspaper ads for information and style of the ads. They compare US housing and target culture ads. Using the style and language of the target culture, students write their own ad describing their ideal house. The language structures include present and future tense. This activity is applicable for any written world language course. Included are suggestions for adapting and extending this performance task. Included are sample housing ads in French and Spanish as well as roommate ads for French, German and Spanish.

Students will learn the vocabulary associated with house and furniture as well as the most common Spanish words used for places and items in the house. Note that many of the words can vary with region, and many of the words can have other meanings in other contexts.

This narrated slideshow uses the structure ''Yo veo algo...'' and pictures to teach basic adjectives.

In this resource, students will critique the effect of events in the target culture’s history on perspectives, practices and products of global interest. Additionally, students will learn that Iguazu Falls are located on the Argentina-Brazil border. Also, students will read this passage in Spanish and English and will answer questions about the text.

Students will learn that the imperfect is often called the descriptive past tense because it is used to describe or set scenes. Students will also review the endings for the conjugations in the imperfect as well as examples for this tense.

Students will practice the conjugations of 50 irregular verbs in the imperfect (past) subjunctive mood.

The slide show serves as a tutorial to explain the types of preterite verb conjugations in Spanish.

Students will learn that there are certain Spanish verbs that require a specific preposition to be used after them. These prepositions must follow the verb form to join them to an infinitive, although the preposition is not always translated into English.

In this infographic, students will read and discuss the celebration of Saint Valentine's Day in different Hispanic countries. This will help the students to understand the meaning of messages on social and professional topics used or displayed in the community.

This infographic shows the influence of Twitter and social media in Spanish speaking culture by addressing social networking terms and their Spanish translation. Students will be able to see comparisons of the use of social media in their own culture and those of Spanish speakers. This is an authentic resource designed for native speakers of Spanish.

Students will understand the subtleties and stylistic features of texts on unfamiliar topics. Additionally, students will learn the characteristics of epic poetry that narrated the exploits of the heroes and their virtues that were considered exemplary during the Middle Ages.

In this activity, teachers can learn how to set up inside and outside circles to serve as icebreakers, warm-ups or reviews of specific vocabulary or grammatical structures. This activity should be for short periods of time to get students to interact in the target language. The language structures can vary as can the cultural topic. The modalities include speaking and listening. This activity is applicable for any world language course. Included are suggestions for adapting and extending this performance task.

This interactive atlas allows students to explore different areas of the world and the dialetical differences that exist in the Spanish language throughout these areas. Each region contains recordings of semi-spontaneous speech and a video interview containing a short clip of spontanous speech.