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Links to Middle School Spanish Web Sites |
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This site is truly Mexico para Ninos. In addition to Spanish, the site includes English, French and Italian translations. Students can explore the states of Mexico as well as its government and history. The diversity discussion covers plants, and and the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Cultural information on Mexican myths, foods, games and music can be found throughout the site |
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MexConnect is an electronic magazine devoted to providing quality information about Mexico, and promoting Mexico to the world. The magazine is supported by a searchable and cross-indexed database of over 4,000 articles and 350 photo galleries of over 3500 photographs. |
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Presents over 3000 words to learn in Spanish--through listening. |
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This is a picture dictionary in Spanish. |
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Click on Spanish and then click on the subject of the vocabulary you wish to know. |
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Listen to various sounds in Spanish while learning vocabulary. Great practice. |
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Listen to Music, learn how to say words in Spanish, and learn vocabulary. Beginning students should start at the Pre-Jardin level. |
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This site provides a short history of the Spanish painter Goya. |
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Short history of this Spanish painter with examples of his paintings. |
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Take a virtual tour of Diego Rivera's Pan American Unity mural at City College of San Francisco. Learn about the artist and about public art. |
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| Mexican artist of the twentieth Century. This museum has a nice display of his paintings and a biography. | |
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See a gallery of his paintings and read a brief bio about this Spanish surrealist painter and writer. |
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See samples of this Spanish painter's surrealist works and read a brief biography |
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Discover the life and art of this famous Mexican artist. Outstanding site for information about her most famous paintings. |
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Traditions in Mexico |
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How do they celebrate Christmas in Mexico? This site is written in both Spanish and English. |
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Learn about the history of Mexico's independence and see photos of this traditional September 16th celebration. |
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Learn about this Christmas tradition in Mexico, celebrated from December 16-24. |
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Celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico through photographs and text. |
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This site provides photographs and text about the Day of the Dead. Great site. |
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This site explores the rich history and tradition surrounding this ancient ritual. |
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This is an excellent explanation and overview of the tradition of The Day of the Dead. |
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An overview of the Day of the Dead as it is celebrated in Janitzio, Mexico. It also includes links to other Day of the Dead sites. |
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Tells the history of Mexico’s independence from Spain and describes the September celebrations that take place every year. |
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This historical background of Mexico’s struggle for independence from Spain is easy to read. This is a good source of information. |
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Mexican Independence Day celebrates the events and people that eventually resulted in independence from Spain |
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This is a clear, well written article about Mexico’s Independence from Spain. After you read the text, try taking the trivia test at the end. |
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This article spotlights Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the person credited with starting the successful battle for Mexican Independence from Spain. |
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Richard Sandoval, author of Modern Mexican Flavors cooks with Al Roker on the Today Show. The video clip lasts for three minutes. Recipes are also included. |
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Updated Sept. 4, 2009