Select a Subject


Spanish I Std. 5.2 Students show evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using the Spanish language for personal enjoyment and amusement.

Lesson Plans: Folk Dances from Spanish Speaking Countries This site allows you to direct your students' research of three Spanish speaking countries and learn about their folk dances. El tiempo en la América del Sur In this lesson students read a schedule/calendar for the national women's soccer league. They extrapolate information based on direct questions. El Almacen In this lesson the students will decorate the classroom like a department store, including prices in pesos. Afterwards, the students will prepare skits of varying lengths using the department store they have just created. ¡Tarjetas Postales! In this lesson students will learn about the life and works of a Hispanic artist. They will practice addressing letters and using short, descriptive phrases to share their impressions of the Hispanic country they chose to write about. The project will take 2-3 days to complete. Cocina Mexicana This lesson plan designed to increase students' Spanish vocabulary through a study of Mexican cuisine. Students will use the Internet to research recipes, discuss the foodstuffs and utensils in a mystery box. Learning about Mexico: Making and Using Salt Dough Human Puppets in the Classroom This lesson, begins by showing students how to make hand-held salt-dough "human" puppets. The students then research the history, family life, economics, politics, literature, music and art of Mexico. Finally, using their research material, students write skits in which the puppets speak Spanish and English. The Latin American Mercado: Who Made This? This lesson is designed to teach students about the mercado or marketplace, a basic economic institution in Latin America. Also included are the concepts of barter, bargaining, exchange and work, as well as a study of the effects of economic development on society and all this will be done in order to speak Spanish "in a real setting for a real reason to real people." Nuestra Escuela / Our School In "Nuestra Escuela," students explore how they as individuals fit into the school community, and the ways in which the school has changed or remained the same within the context of the broader community Mexican Food This lesson introduces Mexican food and the history behind it. The main objective of this lesson is to introduce new food vocabulary to the students. In addition, the students will also participate in classroom activities, make a menu of their own, take quizzes, and use the internet to practice the vocabulary. The students will apply what they learn in a Mexican restaurant, by ordering their meal in Spanish Spanish Bingo This is a great lesson for review. It is the same as playing Bingo, but you may call it whatever you wish and have the student call that name out when s/he wins. Electronic Journals about Latin American Folktales This lesson combines technology and research using authentic student-to-student dialog about folktales from their countries. Folklore genre provides the context through which students will learn more about Latin American countries. Teachers will need to subscribe to an Internet discussion list intended for teachers seeking classroom partners for an intercultural email project. Musical Spanish Lesson Plans A great lesson plan employing the idea that music can help students remember things faster and easier.

Resources: Federico Garcia Lorca This site has information about Federico Garcia Lorca, one of the most popular Spanish poets and dramatist of the twentieth century Center for the Liberal Arts: Spanish From this page, users can access a wide range of links to internet sites relating to Spanish language and culture. In addition, this page has an "Ask A Professor" feature which allows teachers to e-mail a question to the Center for the Liberal Arts and so receive an answer from a University of Virginia faculty member. Si, Spain The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs developed this site in an effort to provide information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development. LADB-Latin America Data Base This is the home page of the Latin America Data Base. LADB is an on-line news service in English about Latin American affairs. Also included on this page are links to SourceMex, NotiCen, NotiSur, a searchable archive and RetaNet, a site filled with lesson plans about Latin America designed for secondary school teachers. Hispanic Magazine This magazine has a list of links to articles for and about Hispanics. Site includes Hispanic culture, business, sports and more. Museo del Prado This website is for one of Spain's most famous museums. It offers online tours of its collection and other museum information. Spanish Arts. CO Many famous Spanish paintings are found here. Click on the image for a larger view and commentary on the work. CNN En Español CNN world news in Spanish. A great resource for Sports, weather, international concerns, health, fashion and everything else you are used to from CNN. Online Resources-Spanish This site is dedicated to materials for language learning. It includes courses, grammar, links to practice materials in all four modalities, and much more. Traveling in Spain This is a great database of photos and descriptions of a persons tour of southern Spain including some less traveled areas. Also links to cities throughout the country. Webspañol: Spanish Language Resources on-line This site boasts of their commitment to Spanish Language study with Internet resources. Noticias y Revistas In case none of the others interest you, here is a nice listing of many of the Hispanic Newspapers available on the web. Bienvenidos a mi página WEB This is a Super Website with links to over 630 sites and growing daily.
© 2005 Mobile County Public Schools MCPSS is not responsible for the content of links beyond the initial levels in this site and does not officially endorse any software or other products mentioned on the linked sites.