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DONDE SE HABLA ESPAÑOL
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A web-based project for Middle School Spanish students
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DONDE SE HABLA ESPAÑOL |
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¿QUIÉNES SON? y
¿DÓNDE ESTÁN? |
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[Where Spanish is
spoken; who and where are they?]
INTRODUCTION 
BE
SURE TO READ THE OVERVIEW, TASKS LIST
AND ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU START SEARCHING. YOU WILL THEN BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF YOU AND SEE WHAT RESOURCES ARE ALREADY
AVAILABLE TO YOU.
OVERVIEW/INSTRUCTIONS 
You and your partner[s] will select one
of the more than twenty countries or regions you wish to investigate where
Spanish is either the official language of that nation or where a large segment
of the population speaks Spanish.
You will complete all of the tasks assigned
you.
You will keep a journal/log of sites you
explored with some brief notes about each to clarify and remind you where and
what you found at each one.
You will keep a strict record of
any site from which you extracted information for your bibliography /
webography.
You will complete a summary sheet given
you by your teacher which will be graded as part of this project.
You will submit a poster [or facsimile]
which you consider visually appealing, suitable for
display in the classroom, and that contains elements of interest about and/or from your selected
country / region. This too will be graded as part of this project.
You will report your findings to the
class in a two-five-minute oral presentation. Your teacher and your classmates
will evaluate your oral presentation.
You will complete a self-evaluation
[checklist] of your work on this project.
You will complete an evaluation
[checklist] of your partner[s] work on this project.
You will rate this project [checklist] on
its educational value, enjoyment, and ease or difficulty.
TASKS 
SELECT A COUNTRY [You must get approval from the teacher.
First come, first served].
TRY TO FIND YOUR COUNTRY’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Be sure to record the URL [website
address].
If you do not find a functioning official
site, report what you found /learned and select an alternative site
Find out if the site has an English
version
Make notes on the sorts of things that
interest you [or not] from the official site [or an alternative one]
Once you have found the official site [or
a good substitute]
FIND THE FOLLOWING:
Where your country is located [region of
the world in layman’s terms, not longitude and latitude]
·
Neighboring countries,
natural and/or political borders, etc
The capitol of your country
An image of your country’s flag
Circumstances of
its founding
System of
government
National
religion [or absence thereof]
Currency
Any and all official languages
Its size in relation to the other Spanish
speaking nations and the other nations of the world
Main industries, major
economies, products, exports and imports, or other significant
economic data
What the population consists of
[indigenous peoples, Europeans, Americans, mixed ethnicities, etc.]
GO TO THE CIA [Central Intelligence
Agency] Factbook to find any
information you did not obtain from the official website.
You will also find additional resources
there that you may want to visit to augment your poster and/or summary.
¡CUIDADO! Remember to keep track of your websites for your bibliography!
GO TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU
SITE ON WORLD POPULATIONS
Enter your country and go to Country Summary
FIND the following information for your
selected country or region
Be sure and go to the Glossary on this site if you encounter terms you do not
understand
Population
Growth rate
Life expectancy at birth
Infant mortality rate
Under 5 mortality rate
Migration
Net migration rate
Net number of migrants
NEXT…
GO to the Country Summary for the United States
FIND the
statisctics for the same criteria/categories for the United States
COMPARE and
analyze the statisctics of your selected country and those of the U.S.A.
What
hypothesis or conclusions might you draw from even this small amount of data?
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE ABOVE TASKS 
BEGIN compiling material for your poster
Use information and resources you have
already discovered, as well as the links below and other links you may have
encountered, to assemble your poster material
Your poster must include all, but not
only, the following
No less than
six photographs or images relevant to your country
An image of
the national flag
An image, example and/or description of art or artisanship
from your country
Photos
representative of the population
Three famous landmarks
An indigenous
animal and its Spanish name
A Spanish
vocabulary list of no less than ten words relevant to your country
¡CUIDADO! Remember to keep track of your websites for your bibliography!
YOUR ORAL REPORT 
Your oral report will be easier to organize after you have completed all of the above
tasks. You will have gathered materials for your poster and summary sheet and
visited numerous websites.
You should keep this in mind as you are performing the
listed tasks. Save, copy, or make notes in your journal/log as you go along to
assist you later.
REMEMBER: You have only five [5] minutes to present.
You need to be organized and concise.
You will be expected to answer any questions the class
or the teacher might have for you.
Every member of your project partnership must speak
during your oral presentation.
¡CUIDADO! Remember to keep track of your websites for your bibliography!
RESOURCES
SELECT A COUNTRY
PROFILES OF SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES
EspanOle LINKS TO
COUNTRIES AND MORE
BRASER MORE…BUT
DIFFERENT
GOOGLE LINK TO OFFICIAL WEBSITES
SAMPLE: ARTISTS OF SPAIN
SAMPLE: LANDMARK SITE
CONCLUSIONS and EVALUATIONS 
Conclusion
Students
will learn that each Spanish speaking country, although having many common
cultural and historical similarities, also has unique qualities which establish
its independent identity among other Latino/Hispanic nations and that of its
people.
Students will learn
specific information about their selected countries [as listed among the
different student tasks] and be exposed to like information about the other
countries chosen by their classmates.
Evaluations
Consult your
SUMMARY SHEET and follow all instructions.
BE SURE to
look over the entire SUMMARY SHEET packet [six pages] before you begin checking
items and writing answers.
CREDITS
& REFERENCES 
Sources