Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description Internet Resources

• Grade level: Upper Elementary, Middle and High School

• Subject Area: Foreign Language

Brief Description

    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

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 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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