Lesson Two
Spain Field Trip
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- Grade level: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School
- Subject Area: Foreign Language - Spanish
Whole group discuss the orignial Spanish-speaking country. From library or WWW resources in team work, students will get general/profound knowledge about this country.
Objectives
- Students will learn how to use library or Internet resources to chosen topics.
- Students will comprehend the collected information.
- Students will structure the information with texts and graphics for presentation.
- Students will share their research with whole group.
Materials and Resources Needed
- Hardware requirement: several PCs or Macintoshs with color monitors printer(s), CD-ROM.
- Software requirement: Operating system (MacOs, Window, Dos, Windows/95, etc.), application software (ClarisWorks, MS word, etc.), and WWW browsers (Netscape, etc.)
- Network/Internet requirement: telephone lines, high-speed modems (14,400 or above), Web browser: Netscape or others.
Activity Description
- Ask students to pick up listed topics according to their interests.
- Divide class into small groups with different topics. Notice group size.
- Give students the bookmarks or book lists to do research on their topics.
- Allow students to read these information individually or with small group.
- Ask students to discuss the structure of collected information for the preparation of presentation.
- Reconvene as a whole group and have each group share what they researched with whole group.
- Assign student to write homework on impression of Spain.
Internet Resources
- Spain Internet Resources
[http://www.uji.es/spain_www.html]
The web site offer a considerable rich resources about Spain. You can find various kinds of information all over the whol country.
- La Ciudad De Cordoba
[http://www.uco.es/cordoba/prologo.html]
The web sites introduce Cordoba city, the famous ancient city in Spain, which includes her history, monements, museums, local festivals, etc.
- Fotos de Toros
[http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/~gayan/toros/indice.html]
The web sites offers a clear images about the Toros in Spain.
- Medieval Iberia Reources at Northwestern
[ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/NUacademics/hispanic.studies/index.html]
Northwestern University's Hispanic Studies Department offer ftp access to articles, bibliographies, eletronic texts, and other materials relating to Medieval Iberia.
- Barcelona
[http://www.bcn.es/]
Information about the city of Barcelona.
- Si, Spain
[http://www.DocuWeb.ca/SiSpain/]
The Embassy of Spain in Ottawa (Canada) provides Spanish information, such as current affairs, its historical and cultural development.
- Universities in Spain
[http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Spain/Education/Universities/]
A list of Spanish universities on-line.
- Pamplona's Running of the Bulls Online
[http://yago.eunet.es/InterStand/cyberagentes/cyber_14/s_fermin.htm]
Pamplona's running of the bulls is a special lical festival in Pamplona, Spain. This web sites offers interesting information including SanFermines' song (WAV, AU file), videos and images.
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