Excursiones En Mexico
In this activity we are going to visit a web page where we are going to find information about places to visit in Mexico and useful information for planning the trip.

Honduras
This site has a cultural lesson on Honduras.

Cognate Detectives
In this lesson students will learn that there are words in English and Spanish that share the same root. These words are visibly and audibly very similar and have the same meaning. Students will become detectives exploring the many cognates in Spanish and English.

Tasty Tidbits from Spain
Students will gain and use vocabulary which deals with some Spanish foods.  They will also compare typical American meals with typical Spanish meals.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This lesson introduces students to healthy eating and incorporates basic Spanish vocabulary.

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.

Deportes En España
This lesson may be done at the beginning of the year in English as an introductory cultural lesson, or in Spanish in the second semester of study.  Students will use the internet to explore sports, identify cognates, use cognates to help guess meanings, identify false cognates, and find and illustrate a news article on their favorite sport.

Spanish Head, Shoulders, Kneeds, and Toes
Students will learn the Spanish terms for parts of the body using the traditional "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" recording.

A Discourse on the History of Language
In this lesson, students analyze the information used by linguists to construct the evolution of languages. They then research different dating techniques to understand how scientists infer age with evidence.

Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting
This lesson will answer the following questions: How do the plot and setting of Cinderella change as it is translated into a different culture? What literary elements of the Cinderella story are universal?
 

The Casa de Joanna Language Learning Resources is a collection of web links that supplement French and Spanish language lessons.

Babel Fish Translator By using this page, students and teachers will be able to access instant translations of words, phrases or whole websites in the language of their choice.

Web de Mexico Take a look inside some of the most interesting resources in Mexico; a must see for info on historia, geografia, arte, deporte, folklore, and more.

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.

Bienvenidos a mi página WEB This is a Super Website with links to over 630 sites and growing daily.
 

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