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Don Quijote: Spanish Culture
Learn more about Spanish culture including Spanish customs, history, art, literature, society and much more.
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: English Spanish Cultural Exchange
Students will love this Lingolex site more than anything taught in the classroom! What better way for students to get involved than to have their own penpal who is Spanish. The purpose of this site is to engage students in meaningful and...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Spanish Civil War
Pictorial history of the Spanish Civil War which became a struggle between Fascism and Democracy or the Nationalists and the Republicans.
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Lang Media: Spanish in Spain
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Spain. Multimedia presentations (video clips) with Spanish transcripts and English translations.
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Don Quijote: Bullfighting in Spain
Learn about the controversial Spanish popular custom of bullfighting and the history of this great event.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 3: Unit 1: Los Sentimientos
In this learning module, students learn how to talk about their feelings by sharing personal information with others and talking about other people. They will talk about their own activities and express their likes and dislikes. They...
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Lang Media: Spanish in Argentina
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Argentina. Multimedia presentation includes video clips with Spanish transcripts and English translations. A valuable resource for anyone considering a trip to Buenos Aires!
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Lang Media: Spanish in Ecuador
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Ecuador. Multimedia presentation includes video clips with Spanish transcripts and English translations. A valuable resource for anyone considering a trip to Quito!
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Lang Media: Spanish in Mexico
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Mexico. Multimedia presentation includes video clips with Spanish transcripts and English translations. A valuable resource for anyone considering a trip to Mexico City! Requires...
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Lang Media : Spanish in Nicaragua
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Nicaragua. Multimedia presentation includes video clips with Spanish transcripts and English translations. A valuable resource for anyone considering a trip to Managua!
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: #1 "Por" or "Para"
This paragraph provides excellent examples of the varied uses of the prepositions "por" and "para". Pass the cursor over the highlighted preposition to get an explanation of its use.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: First Colony: Our Spanish Origins
This resource is a lesson plan from the University of Florida Natural History Museum. It is a lesson on the impact that the immigrants of Jamestown, VA had on American culture and the melting pot they created in the early colonial days.
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New Mexico Tourism Department: Hispanic History and Culture
A history of Spanish influence in New Mexico is found here. Read about the cultural heritage that the Hispanics instilled in the inhabitants of New Mexico.
University of North Carolina
Learn Nc: The Quinceanera Celebration
This information site from Learn NC shares the importance of the Quinceanera Celebration in Mexican culture.
Digital History
Digital History: Spanish America
Read about Spanish influence in the northern part of its empire in America. See what American cowboys borrowed from the vaqueros, and how Spanish architecture came to spread across the Southwest.
Yale University
The Tainos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen
Nice unit designed to help students of Puerto Rican descent learn about their cultural roots. Students research Taino culture and read Taino myths, legends and poems; create their own myths and poems; and practice Spanish vocabulary....
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Don Quijote: Spanish Festivals and Events
At this site from Don Quijote focuses on Spanish holidays, festivals, and events. Click on the links to the holidays to learn more about each.
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Atahualpa and the Bible
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students explore and examine primary source material to answer a question about Incan Emperor, Atahualpa's meeting with Spanish conquistador, Pizarro. Includes downloadable lesson plan,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: La Familia
In this lesson plan, students will consider "La Familia." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians: History of the Chumash People
Read a history of the Chumash Indians and learn about their way of life before contact with the Spanish. Find out about their large domed houses, plank canoes, and impressive cave paintings.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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Don Quijote: Salvador Dali I Domenech
At this site from don Quijote, you can review Salvador Dali's biography and paintings. The artist Salvador Dali is an icon of the Spanish art in the 20th Century and a world famous Spanish painters.
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Galicia
Known as the land of 1000 rivers, Galicia's rivers cross from the mountainous regions to the coast. Use this site to learn about the climate the first cultures, folklore and the major attractions. Available in English, Spanish or German.
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Basque Country
This site is provided for by All About Spain. Known as one of the most industrialized regions of Spain it is also known to be completely autoctonous in culture which includes a language of its own. This site is also available in Spanish,...