Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description Internet Resources

• Grade level: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School

• Subject Area: Foreign Language - Spanish

Brief Description

    Whole group discuss the Spanish-speaking country in the Central America and the Caribbean. From library or WWW resources in team work, students will get general/profound knowledge about the Hispanich countries in the area.
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

1. Hardware requirement: several PCs or Macintoshs with color monitors printer(s), CD-ROM.

2. Software requirement: Operating system (MacOs, Window, Dos, Windows/95, etc.), application software (ClarisWorks, MS word, etc.), and WWW browsers (Netscape, etc.)

3. 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 countries 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 down their impression on these countries as homework.

Internet Resources

• Central America
  [http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/Central_America/]
  The web site from Yahoo server offers a rich inforamtion about most countries in Central America. Students are easy to find special topics from this URL.

• The Caribbean
  [http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/Caribbean/]
  Some Spanish-speaking countries are located in this region. For those who choose Cuba, Republica Dominicana, and Puerto Rico.

• Avanti Destinations: Latin America Planner
  [http://www.teleport.com/~avanti/latinpla.htm]

• Latin World Serve
  [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/]
  The Latin World Server offers rich information about Hispanic countries in Central and Sourth America as well as the Caribbean. The countries and regions include:
  1. Costa Rica
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/costarica/]

  2. Cuba
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/cuba/]

  3. El Salvador
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/elsalvador/]

  4. Guatemala
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/guatemala/]

  5. Honduras
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/honduras/]

  6. Nicaragua
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/nicaragua/]

  7. Panama
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/panama/]

  8. Puerto Rico
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/puertorico/]

  9. Republica Dominicana
     [http://www.latinworld.com/countries/republicadominicana/

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