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=**//The Hispanic World - Places, faces and culture//**= Spanish Standards 1.1 In the target language, engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 2.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.

Technology Standards Standard 1.0 Students will understand basic operations and concepts of technology Standard 2.0 Students will understand the importance of social, ethical, and human issues associated with technology. Standard 3.0 Students will use technology productivity tools. Standard 5.0 Students will select and use appropriate technology research tools.

SPI Content Area 3003.2.5 Understand strategies for expressing ideas clearly and effectively in a variety of oral contexts. 3003.2.6 Deliver effective oral presentations. 3003.2.7 Participate in work teams and group discussions. 3003.4.1 Select the research topic with the highest degree of focus. 3003.4.16 Use graphics and illustrative material effectively to support and enhance research ideas. 3003.4.6 Select correctly-formatted bibliographic citations. 3003.7.3 Determine the impact of production elements (e.g., font, color, layout, graphics, light, camera angle) on a message. 3003.7.5 Choose the intended audience for a visual medium.

ISTE 1. Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues. d. identify trends and forecast possibilities. 2. Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. 3. Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: a. plan strategies to guide inquiry. b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. d. process data and report results. 5. Digital Citizenship Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity. c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning. d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship. 6. Technology Operations and Concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students: a. understand and use technology systems. b. select and use applications effectively and productively. c. troubleshoot systems and applications. d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

Students will be assigned groups and countries they will cover in different aspects the entire year. Groups will only be changed in the event of extreme

Objectives: Students will learn to work in a collaborative environment. Students will learn to research using library resources and online resources. Students will examine cultural, political, economical and touristic aspects of Spanish-speaking countries. Each group will create one presentation a nine weeks about their assigned country.

1st 9-weeks - Country overview to include history, geography and exports, government and current events. 2nd 9-weeks - Cultural celebrations - Pre-Columbian to modern day 3rd 9- weeks - Arts and Humanities - Theatre, artists, writers, musicians, dancers. 4th 9-weeks - Travelogue - Itinerary, budget (including air and land travel and hotel), packing list (including where you would have to pack them i.e. carry on or check-in), required documentation, money exchange and access, Air and land travel guidlines and restrictions.

Utilized Technology Databases - KHS Library Homepage and Alexandria Library Online Tennessee Electronic Library including Gale Discovering Collection and Student Edition Infotrac Grolier Online Electronic Library Search Engines - Google Web Resources - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook.html, http://www.loc.gov/index.html http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Country overview - 1st 9-weeks. The student group will: - Describe the terrain, common housing and major exports - Give a brief overview of the history of the assigned country. Including Pre-colombian society, Discovery by the Europeans, Fight for independence (include names of famous patriots) and biggest event of the last 50 years. - Briefly examine the current system of government and economic state. - create a powerpoint including photos, a timeline showing the change from Pre-colombian to today and important factual information to share with their classmates. With Works Cited slide - give a presentation to the class lasting between 5 and 7 minutes - create a quiz for their classmates to complete at the finish of their presentation. May be on paper or powerpoint. (paper copies may be turned into teacher in advance for copies to be made for the class.)

Cultural celebrations- 2nd 9-weeks The student group will: - research pre-colombian and modern day celebrations specific to their country. - compare the celebrations of today to those prior to European influence. - create a voicethread to share with other Spanish I students across the county describing the celebrations they research. - produce a item used for the celebration, Piñatas, paper flowers etc.

Arts and Humanities - 3rd 9-weeks The student group will: - research Arts and Humanities in their countries (theatre, art, writing, music and dance) - create a glog giving information about the most famous works and their creator from the assigned country in these five areas. - create a performance piece from the area they found the most interesting, either a small portion of a play, a dramatic reading, emulate a famous artist's work, sing a song or perform a dance routine.

Travelogue - 4th 9-weeks The student group will: - draw a budget and plan the travel based on the amount of their budget and the number of people in the group. - create an excel document with a day by day itinerary and trip budget (include photos of places they will be visiting). - create a pre-trip plan using visuals and words: packing list (including where you would have to pack items i.e. carry on or check-in), required documentation (cost and timeline for passports, etc.), money exchange and access, Air and land travel guidlines and restrictions.