Spanish 3 - Buen Viaje

Resources: Databases

Resources: Free Internet

Fodor's Travel Guides - Plan trips to some of Spain's most popular travel destinations, such as Barcelona and Madrid. Select from a list of Top Destinations or search for Travel Guides by Region. Includes maps, culture, hotel and restaurants, travel arrangements and more.

Cheap Tickets - Online travel services company focusing on the leisure market, offering airline tickets, hotel and Vacation rentals.

Expedia - Book airline tickets, hotel reservations, vacation packages and tickets to various attractions and services.

Renfe - Make travel arrangements and find tickets for passenger trains to many of Spain's most popular destinations.

Vueling - Barcelona-based commercial airline company with travel options and bases throughout Spain. One-way or round-trip airfares to and from Europe and the western Mediterranean.

Movelia - Bus timetable and ticketing information to travel throughout Spain. City bus tour packages are also available for Madrid and some of the country's premier tourist destinations.

Frommer's - This popular travel guidebook series is made available online. Book travel arrangements, get detailed maps and information about some of Spain's most-visited cities and attractions. Search a destination for information, read travel reviews, listen to expert traveler podcasts or book your entire trip online.

XE Universal Currency Converter - Keep track of your spending by using the currency converter widget to convert the value of American dollars (USD) to Euros (EUR) and from Euros to American dollars.

Assignment

Project Packet
Google Drive

Un Planeta Para Todos

Escojan el problema en parejas. Usen la tabla para organizar sus ideas. Crean una infografía usando easel.ly para educarnos o persuadirnos sobre su tema medioambiental. Uds. deben incluir unos gráficos y/o tablas. También deben incluir varias formas gramaticales: el subjuntivo, mandatos, expresiones de certeza, futuro, condicional, cláusulas con si.

Assignment

Recommended Databases

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Choose a Category - Energy & Environmentalism)
(ID="school password")

Science in Context (Choose a Category - Earth & Environmental Science)
(ID="school password")

Referencia Latina
(Use public library card or select "Try This!" as CT resident)

Did you forget the school database password? - Click here

Recommended Websites

Easel.ly
NoodleTools

Riel

Spanish and Mexican Artists

Subject: Spanish
Grade:
Beginning: December, January

Resources: Databases

CultureGrams Search by country and look at the menu on the left-Lifestyle
Using CultureGrams--Saving photos, videos, Slideshows. Citing CultureGrams.
Informe Contemporary magazines and newspapers in Spanish

Resources: Books

Go to Athena. Click on Visual Search. Click on the appropriate icon.

Resources: Software

Noodle Tools to take notes and cite sources http://www.noodletools.com/
If you need to set up a new account or refresh your account, the School Library Username is shs library.
Using Photo Story 3 for Windows. You can download this program for free for your home computer.
PowerPoint Tips--Communicate better by improving your Powerpoint presentations.
Typing Accents in French and Spanish using Microsoft Word

(Many of the above resources can be found on the SHS LMC How to Page)

Resources: Free Internet

Painters http://mistral.culture.fr/lumiere/documents/files/peintres.html
Picasso (no link available on Texas A & M website)
The Prado Museum (no link available)
Web Gallery of Art - Artist Index http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/artist.html
Women artists (resource no longer available)
World Wide Arts Resources http://wwar.com/

Assignment

1. Writing Exercise (75) Pamphlet that announces exposition of painter.

introduction to At Least three paintings that visitors to exhibit can expect to see
explanation of at least three influences on the painter/paintings to be seen in this exposition (personal, historical, cultural)
explanation of the artistic movement (s) represented by the works of this painter
give three reasons why this painter is unique!

This pamphlet must be: well organized, complete, neatly written and beautifully illustrated. The purpose of the pamphlet is to attract attention to the talents of this painter and to encourage the public (all of whom might not be art lovers) to attend this fabulous exhibition!)

2. Oral Exercise (75) We will turn our classroom into a museum! Each group will set up an exhibition of painter studied. Our "Spanish/Mexican painting experts" will have the opportunity to speak about their painter as groups of "art enthusiasts" (fellow students) pass through each exhibit. Two-three groups will present each day. This exhibition must include:

a display of six to ten paintings that represent technique / artistic movement for which this painter is famous
An introduction to these six to ten paintings:
1. title
2. theme
3. color
How have the events of history, the events of this painter's life, and the culture in which he /she lived influenced these works of art?
Explanation of the artistic movement(s) represented by the works of this painter
Give three reasons why this painter is unique!

3. Oral Exercise: Art activity with the class! (50) Each group must involve the other members of the class in the life / works of the painter studied. Each group will engage classmates in speaking and / or artistic activity. BE CREATIVE!!! Ask classmates to:

dramatize painting
create dialogue between the people in the painting and the class
imagine that this is the frame of a movie-dramatize what happened before and after this scene
interview the painter and his/her subjects
"lunch" with the painter and the subjects in his/her painting
copy painting, cut it in pieces, form a new painting, students discuss /compare / contrast new paintings in small groups / entire class
think of a new title: discuss / compare / contrast
guess title of a painting that students have not seen as yet, then draw / paint the painting as each student imagines it, following the style of painter presented

PINTORES ESPANOLES ESTUDIANTE

El Greco , Velazquez, Goya, Picasso*, Gris, Miro, Dali

*grupo de tres

PINTORES MEXICANOS

David Alfaro Siqieros, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, Frida Kahlo

Culture of Hispanic Countries

The Culture of Spanish-speaking Countries

Grade:
Subject:

Typing Accents in French and Spanish

Resources: Databases

iCONN:. http://www.iconn.org/

Discovering Collection

General Reference Center Gold

Student Research Center-Country Reports

Informe (link no longer supportefd)

Go to databases by department and click on World Language

Culturegrams

Resources: Books

Go to Library Resources--Athena and click on Visual Search. Click on the Spanish Culture button.

Click Connect for books at SPS library

Resources: Free Internet

Countries

Travel Magazine: Geographia http://www.geographia.com/index.html
CIA World Factbook
Library of Congress Area Handbooks http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Altapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/japan.htm

Art

Artcyclopedia is a database of information on over 7,500 artists. Search by name, title of art work, or museum and the results will be good quality museum sites and articles. http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Prado Museum (link no longer available)
Biography of Dali (link no longer available)

Artist Links

The Metropolitan Museum of Art database provides biographies to over 8,000 registered artists

Choose by period, media, or by artist's last name.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Artists Index
http://wwar.world-arts-resources.com/artists1.html

Look up artist information or look at art by category
Painters
http://mistral.culture.fr/lumiere/documents/files/peintres.html

Alphabetical, chronological or geographical indexes of painters whose art was chosen from
eighteen national museums in France.

Women Artists Archive
https://web.sonoma.edu/art/vrcollection/waa.htm (Resource no longer available)

Women Artists in History (Resource no longer available)

Assignment

Prepare an oral report in Spanish on the following artists:

Juan Gris , Diego Velazquez, Juan Miro, Bartolome Esteban Murillo

El Greco, J. Ribera, Zurbaran, Goya , Dali , Picasso, Frita Kahlo

Spanish music, Spanish food, Mexican food, Spanish movies, Spanish holidays, Seville, Spanish television

Holidays

September

13 : Gloria Estefan

16: Jon Secada

20: Mariachi

22: Indigenous music

October

4: Dance (Salsa, Tango, Merengue, Copacabana, La Capitana (Cuzco), Sijilla (Auki Auki People) etc.

12: Dia de la Raza

13: Political topics of Puerto Rico

18: Cuba and U.S. Relations

20: Panama canal

November

2: Dia de Los Muertos

December

12: virgen de guadelupe21: Navidad

23: Posaedas

January

3: La Noche vieja

5: Aztecs (2 reports: classes of society; daily life; science and religion)

6: Reyes Magos

10: Incas (2 reports: classes of society; daily life; science and religion)

12: Mayans (2 reports: classes of society; daily life; science and religion)

13: Cultural Midterm

February

7: Carnaval

March

2: Conquistadores: Cortez

7: Pizarro

15: Quinceanera

27: Aztec (Art and Architecture)

28: Inca (Art and Architecture)

29: Mayan (Art and Architecture)

April

1: La plata and Taxco

2: Ceramica

4: La Corrida

11: Artesania

245: Ponce de Leon

May

1: Dia de Trabajo

3: Isabel Allende (book report-read in English, report in Spanish)

5: cinco de Mayo

10: Mexico and U.S.

16: Father Junipero serra-Conquisitador

17: Simon Bolivar-Liberator

25: Jose Martin

30: Colombia

31: Garcia Marquez (book report-read in English, report in Spanish)

Other choice includes:

Indigenous fiestas: i.e. Inti raymi, Ocapac Raymi, Intip Raymi, Citoc raymi (sum worship)

Dia de Independencia

NAFTA

Traditional festival of the Andes, Famous Latin-Americans, Book report on Octavio Paz

Taweh

Tinnirella

Trout

Wellington