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The Edge of Enchantment: Sovereignty and Ceremony in Huatulco, Mexico [Flash]
This online exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, created from the research of Alicia Maria Gonzalez and the photography of Roberto Ysais, interrogates the importance of different places among the people of the Huatulco and Huamelula region in Mexico. This is an exhibit that does a fine job of evoking the power of place among the people of this region. The exhibit is also available in Spanish.
 

Spanish Art   

Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain   See the most exciting trends in modern art, not the least of which is the museum building.

Museum of Spanish Colonial History   This New Mexico Museum has objects dating from the sixteenth century to the present, and the collections show religious and utilitarian artifacts from the Spanish colonial history of New Mexico and the world.

Prado Museum in Madrid  Take one of the tours of the museum and see portions of this enormous collection.

Spanish Artists A listing of links by Spanish artist developed by Prospect High School  Library.

Spanish Culture and History

Cloud Forest  This site is dedicated to lessons and information about the Cloud Forests
of Central America.

Educator's Reference Desk Spanish Lesson Plans  Sixteen lesson plans mostly for middle and secondary school.

Institute of Texas Culture  A site dedicated to the diversity of Texas culture, including Mexican and Tejano.

Interactive Lesson on Civil Rights in Latin America   The game presents 500 years of Latin American history, blended and condensed into a non-linear format. It begins after the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. 

Library of Iberian Resources Online  The Library of Iberian Resources Online (LIBRO) has collected the best scholarship about the peoples and nations of the Iberian peninsula from the fifth to the seventeenth centuries. The book list is principally drawn from recent, but out-of-print university press monographs and includes a number of basic texts and sources in translation. These are presented in full-text format and reproduce all the matter included in the original print version. 

Mexico, Splendor of Thirty Centuries This site includes exhibits of artifacts, learning exhibits, learning games, and teacher’s guide.

Spanish Food  

Favorite Spanish Food Recipes You’ll find recipes for paella, flan and other popular Spanish dishes, plus links to other sites.

Food for the Ancestors This site contains 5^th and 6^th grade lesson plans for learning about goods from South America.  

Tortilla Espanola  A recipe for the famous Spanish Omelet along with other great recipes from around the world.

Spanish Geography and Travel  

Costa Rica Tourist Office  Costa Rica is a center for language study and for wildlife study.

Cyber Spain  Take a journey and learn about the cultures, traditions and landscapes of Spain.

Ecuador Tourist Office  The slide show of gorgeous photos on the home page is just the beginning of this source of information about travel in Ecuador.

Galicia 360 (Un viaje virtual por Galicia)  Take an amazing virtual tour through Galicia, España.

Instructional Materials for Teaching Mexico   This teacher-prepared site includes general geography, and several other links on Mexico.  

Orlando en Espanol This award-winning site, created by the City of Orlando, Florida, is a model for government bilingual Web sites.

Puerto Rico Tourist Office  Find out what you need to know to visit the island of Puerto Rico.

Spain Virtual Journey  This site includes an English or Spanish version, a guidebook and a quiz.  Lots of good information and photos.

Tourist Offices Worldwide Directory This regularly updated list will help you find any of 1148 entries. There are no commercial listings. Use the Tourist Office sites for students to do research for oral presentations, and to plan an imaginary trip.

Spanish Holidays and Festivals  

Cinco de Mayo (Grades 2 - 3) by Cheryl J. Cox, NM. In this WebQuest students gather information and present their understanding about the history of Cinco de Mayo. 

Cinco de Mayo WebQuest (Grade 3) by Juliet Mendez, Pioneer School, AR., this lesson integrates technology and research as students create a book on the history of Cinco de Mayo.

Dias de los Muertes  This site includes information on the Day of the Dead and Hispanic heroes.

Food for the Ancestors PBS site includes lesson plans for foods and for the Day of the Dead.

Holidays  You can learn more about Christmas holidays, fiestas, La Semana Santa or Holy Week, and other holidays in the Spanish speaking world.

In The Spanish Classroom

Elementary WebQuests

Cesar Chavez: Quest for Social Justice (Grades 3 and up) by Alfredo Rodriguez. This website depicts the struggle of Chavez in winning rights and fair wages for the farm workers, and the role that the ‘teatro’ played in the struggle.

Take a Trip to Latin America (Grade 6 and up) by Sharon Hart, Deborah Burch, Melanie Cox and Cheryl Taylor at Bugg Elementary School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

¡Ojo al tiempo!  WebQuest (Grades 3 - 6) by Yvonne McArthur, MA. which is 100% en español focusing on science and the weather. 

Secondary WebQuests

Evita Perón:  Mistress to Madonna  WebQuest by Dawn A. Santiago-Murillo at Victor High School in Victor, NY. Students must prepare a report which persuades the "International Association of Women" to induct Evita Peron into their new Hall of Fame.

Day of the Dead WebQuest This step-by-step WebQuest created by Melanie Stella at Welborn Middle School in High Point, North Carolina includes a thoughtful Quest Sheet for processing different cultural outlooks on death. Add your own rubric.

Hispanic Cuisines  WebQuest by Richard Ladd of Ipswich High School this WebQuest links to restaurant, fast food and food sites, multiple links for five countries and simple instructions. You can add your own rubric.

Mexican Webquest  Working groups of students use the resource links to gather, evaluate, and synthesize information related to Mexico. They are to make a classroom presentation using this information.

Speak Spanish in Valencia by Beatriz Lado.  A trip through Valencia, designed for college Spanish students.

Un Día en Madrid  WebQuest by Phyllis Salsedo. What if one day you went to Madrid? This WebQuest project answers that question! You'll plan an itinerary for one full day in Madrid using the Web and other sources. 

Spanish Language Learning Activities

BBC Spanish  The venerable BBC can help you learn and hear Spanish, learn slang, chat real time in Spanish, and more.   

Daily Vocabulary Builder  You can see and hear three words for each day, plus past lessons. 

Espanol 1: Review Pages  University of Maryland's Senorita Brennan's Spanish 1 class provides some excellent links for beginning Spanish.

REI America Spanish for children K-6 sequential program. Six levels starting in Kindergarten.

Spanish Chat  After free signup, you can chat with kids in English or Spanish.

Spanish Language and Hispanic Culture   You’ll find many structured activities, as well as listservs.

Spanish Pronto  Learn the essentials of the Spanish language or brush up your rusty language skills.

Spanish Steps  Kevin Duala is your guide to Spanish Steps. It's a short course to kick-start your Spanish - for work, holidays or just for fun. 

Spanish Teachers and Learners Site   Although some sites may be older, there is a rich collection of authentic links on art, music, maps, humor, etc.

TeachSpanish.com  This site has very good proficiency developing activities.  Assessments, daily audio vocabulary builder and a monthly newsletters are just some of the good resources that are on this site which has both a free and subscription service.

Unit Plans for the Hispanoamerican World  These lesson plans from Michigan State University College of Education and Ameritech include brief description and objectives, material and resources, activity description and Internet resources.

Yamada Language Center Link  This University of Oregon Language Center includes language learning materials and written and oral practice tests at the Spanish home link.

Spanish Literature and Storytelling

Anthology of Spanish Poetry  Poems by Spanish authors circa 1195-1885 (many with English translations) with synopsis of author.

Cervantes Virtual Center   A Spanish-speaking site also promoting the Spanish language and its literature. Under Actors Culturales, you’ll find links to 12 sites including virtual museums, and sources of the patrimony, or cultural roots.

Spanish Music and Songs   

Musical Spanish  Check the free materials including Teacher's Guide for using songs in the classroom, includes songs with simple animation.

Music of Puerto Rico This commercial site offers pages explaining musical genres, music clips, and is working to translate the pages into Spanish.

Peruvian Music   This site includes audio clips of 17 types of Peruvian music, including rock.

Spanish News and Media

Here are a few of the most popular stops for news in Spanish.
ABC (Spain)
El País (Spain)
El mundo (Spain)
Clarín (Argentina)

La Nación (Argentina)
Mexican Newspapers Online (Mexico)

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