Culture-based+Activities

toc //Post ideas, information, lesson plans, and materials for integrating culture in Spanish classes here.//

=Lesson Plans & Activities=
 * Art-based Activities
 * Bargaining in an Open Air Market Activity user:KMaiolatesi
 * Blank map of Spain
 * Comics
 * Culturally Authentic Materials
 * Culture Days
 * Current Events
 * Entrepreneurship & Social Class
 * Famous People
 * [|Famous People] - Ideas for jazzing up reports on famous people user:chericem1
 * Famous People/ Argot-Weekly Information user:burhopam
 * Food
 * Meals/Eating in Spain vs. U.S. user:whitesa6
 * Geography
 * [|Countries & Capitals Rap Song]
 * Hispanic Identity
 * Holidays
 * El Dia de los Muertos
 * La Navidad
 * El Dia de Amor y Amistad (de los enamorados)
 * Semana Santa en Guatemala
 * Interviews with Peruvian students - Original videos (edited by topic) of interviews with Peruvian teenagers about everyday lifeuser:Katie23
 * Listening- News clips via internet
 * Music (See also: Songs & Other Music-Related Activities)
 * [[image:http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="file:languagelinks2006/Peanut Farmers Simulation.doc"]] [[file:languagelinks2006/Peanut Farmers Simulation.doc|Peanut Farmers Simulation.doc]]
 * Poetry-based Activities
 * Proverbs
 * [|Proverbs & Cervantes] - A list of proverbs found in the works of Cervantes user:chericem1
 * [|Proverb-based Activities]
 * School Uniforms in Mexico
 * Spanish Names
 * [[file:spanish names.doc]] user:AmandaGSpanish
 * [[file:CartiermNombresEspanoles.doc]] Another version of Spanish names, both male and female. user:cartierm
 * [|Sports] - The first team sport invented and played my the Olmecs in modern Mexico (the ball game).
 * [|Taller Hispano] - Jean LeLoup's activity modules about clothing/shopping, eating and drinking, the family, the government, the individual, leisure time, pets and animals, schools, and traveling. Each is based on culturally authentic recordings and materials in Spanish user:chericem1
 * [[file:la tomatina lesson plan.doc]] La tomatina activity, article, questions etc. user:AmandaGSpanish
 * Walkout (movie) user:AnthonyFontana
 * //Reik, Que Vida la mia:// Practice with Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns and Reflexive pronouns. [[file:Reik.pptx]][[file:Reik2.docx]]user:madisonb02

=**Unit Ideas**=


 * Argentina's Dirty War - Basic materials to get you started on a unit user:chericem1


 * [|Art] - Links to a host of resources for developing an art unit from FLTEACH, including loads of ideas for working with specific Spanish-speaking artists user:chericem1


 * Cesar Chavez - Basic materials to get you started on a unit user:chericem1


 * [|Columbus Day] - Teaching ideas and activities user:chericem1


 * [|Current Events] - A list of ideas for incorporating them into foreign language classes user:chericem1


 * [|Migrant Workers] - Teaching ideas and activities user:chericem1


 * Quinceañera - Materials for teaching about this celebration


 * [|Social Justice] - Information on //Colors// magazine and a few other resources that could be used in conjunction with a unit on social justice user:chericem1


 * Thematic Units

=Sources for Cultural Materials=

General Resources

 * [|Resources for Student Learning: Finding, Evaluating, & Using Culturally Authentic Materials - Part 1] - This electronic newsletter from the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center will connect you to a wide variety of culturally authentic materials, will assist you in evaluating them for use in your classes, and will provide you with links to examples for ways they can be used to support learning in a variety of languages user:chericem1
 * [|Resources for Student Learning: Finding, Evaluating, & Using Culturally Authentic Materials - Part 2] - This electronic newsletter from the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center focuses on practical ways to use the culturally authentic materials and resources that you find to better support language learning user:chericem1
 * [|School for Scandal] - This interesting article from the Urban Legends Reference Pages is useful for considering issues related to teaching about culturally authentic practices may be perceived from multiple perspectives.
 * [|Spanish Lessons] - Great website for lessons on culture, food, transportation.... all Spanish activities (at least the ones I looked at) user:winokurk
 * Culturally Authentic Realia [[file:Culturally Authentic Realia.doc]] - Links to several websites that may be useful

Multimedia

 * [|Authentic Spanish] - I found this website as I was looking for authentic resources students can use. This website is amazing. It has live Spanish radio broadcasts, TV shows, podcasts, Spanish newspapers, Spanish online magazines, Spanish word of the day, Spanish magazines about famous Spanish people, and other lesson planning ideas. It a great way to include culture in the classroom and to give students a great way to listen to authentic Spanish. user:AmandaGSpanish
 * [|Broadcast Live] - A collection of links to newspapers, radio, and TV from countries around the world. You can filter them by country, language, topic, or type of media user:chericem1
 * [|Culture-based websites in Spanish (from Glencoe)] - Organized alphabetically by category user:chericem1
 * [|Portada Danza.es] - Links to cultural resources and materials related to dance in Spain user:chericem1

Museums

 * [|Museo del Prado] (Spain)
 * [|Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía] (Spain)
 * [|Museo Nacional de Antropología] (México)
 * [|Museo de Arte Thyssen-Bornemisza] (Spain)
 * [|Museos de México]
 * [|Museos en Latinoamérica]
 * [|Publicaciones Digitales Museos]
 * [|Red Centroamericana de Museos]
 * [|Salvador Dalí Museum] (Spain)
 * [|Templo Mayor Museum] (México)

Realia

 * [|El Corte Inglés] - Online face of the department store from Spain user:chericem1
 * [|Realia Project] - Searchable database with links to faculty-reviewed, culturally authentic images, media, and materials from multiple countries user:chericem1

Statistics
[|CulturaBase] - A database of publicly available statistics re: cultural activities, consumption, expenditures, habits, practices, and tourism in Spain user:chericem1

Video

 * [|DotSub] - A new site (still in beta, but extremely functional) with a collection of videos in hundreds of languages from around the world. Choose the 100% option in order to get a subtitled version of the video. You can also select the "country" tab to find videos from a specific country. user:chericem1

Websites
- Blog by Zachary Jones with links to materials in Spanish that reflect popular culture

- A Ning community that contains links to a blog and podcasts re: Brazilians living in the U.S.

- Extensive library of digital texts (including children's literature and museums) from Colombia

 - A collection of links to newspapers, radio, and TV from countries around the world. You can filter them by country, language, topic, or type of media



[|Culture-based websites in Spanish (from Glencoe)]

- Searchable collection of videos in hundreds of languages from around the world. Choose the 100% option in order to get a subtitled version of the video. You can also select the "country" tab to find videos from a specific country.

- Very nice collection of Spanish & Latin American literature (navigation on the left)

- Searchable database of language maintenance/proficiency development lessons (reading and listening) in a wide variety of languages. Allows you to limit the search to video-based lessons. Click on the individual links to launch the lesson modules

- Children's picture books online - search for your language

- Check out CDs of music, content materials, [|culture kits], flags, and/or maps from the [|Outreach Resource Library] at BYU's Kennedy Center for free. The Center can also help you schedule [|free presentations] for your classroom regarding specific countries. You may also wish to explore their [|CultureGuides]--conuntry-specific teaching units for both elementary and secondary classes

- Latin American Network Information Center - Extensive list of texts in Spanish & Portuguese (organized by country)

- Interactive map with legends and folktales from around the world--many available in different languages

- Over 1,000 TV stations, organized by countries from around the world (available as streaming video)

- List of audio courses and podcasts in a variety of languages, including Spanish & Portuguese

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[|Quino] - Site in Argentina containing Quino comics & Mafalda videos

- Searchable database with links to faculty-reviewed, culturally authentic images, media, and materials from multiple countries

- Excellent grammar practice activities based on culturally authentic multimedia materials

- Extensive list of resources for Spanish literature and linguistics

- Links to sites related to literature in Spanish & Portuguese

..EDU - Search for educational videos in Spanish
 * [|Depende] (4:28 – Spanish – Video based on art that plays with perspective – would be a great foundation for launching a discussion re: the pros/cons of Spanglish)
 * [|Don Quixote de la Mancha] (“translated” into Spanglish)
 * [|The Job] (3:00 – English - Parody)
 * [|Mujeres migrantes] (3:23 – Spanish – Ad re: problems faced by women who are migrants)
 * [|Manu Chao - Clandestino Clip Inmigrantes] (3:01 – Music video)
 * [|Los prejuicios contra los inmigrantes] (:31 – Spanish – Public Service Announcement)
 * [|Spanglish 2] (4:28 – Spanish & English - Movie clip that would be excellent for Translation classes)

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