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Spanish-English picture dictionary
Developed by J. D. Alexander, this picture dictionary provides a quick reference and communication tool for teachers greeting immigrant children who speak little English. Each page includes a clear photograph or illustration captioned in both English and Spanish....
Format: document/book
Spanish moss
Spanish moss
Photograph of a tree with Spanish moss hanging from the branches. Spanish moss is actually not a moss at all — it's a member of the flowering plant family Bromeliaceae.
Format: image/photograph
A map depicting the invasion route taken by Hernán Cortés.
A map depicting the invasion route taken by Hernán Cortés.
This map represents the route Hernán(do) Cortés and his men followed during the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. Cortes and his men battled their way through Mexico from 1519 to 1521. The Spanish Conquest of Mexico refers to the conquest of the Mexica/Aztec empire...
Format: image/photograph
Partes del cuerpo (Parts of the body)
Students learn Spanish vocabulary for parts of the body.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
By Teresa Payne.
Spanish and Hispanic English in North Carolina
In this lesson, students will listen to audio recordings and view a video clip in order to gain an understanding of the Hispanic English dialect.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
By Hannah Askin.
Opening an Hispanic restaurant
This lesson focuses on vocabulary and currency associated with food, restaurants, and menus. Students conduct research to create an authentic menu with a companion recipe books. The lesson culminates in short presentations and food samples.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
By Susan Canipe.
Formation of black soldiers after the Spanish-American War
Formation of black soldiers after the Spanish-American War
Photograph was titled "Some of our brave colored boys who helped to free Cuba."
Format: image/photograph
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588
This 1796 painting by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg depicts the English victory over the Spanish Armada in the battle of Gravelines, fought August 8, 1588.
Format: image/painting
Spanish had many reasons for Pardo expedition
In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.5
What spurred the Spanish to set up a territorial capital on the South Carolina coast in the 1560s and launch Juan Pardo’s expedition into the Southeastern interior? The reasons range from the self-serving (protecting an enormously profitable silver mine) to the spiritual (converting the Indians to Christianity) to the anxious (reducing the capital’s population to lower the demand for food).
Format: article
Prepositional phrases showing location
Students will learn the Spanish words for several prepositional phrases that show location. This lesson also reviews previous vocabulary.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages)
By Stephanie Watson.
Mural of a Spanish conquistador
Mural of a Spanish conquistador
A mural painted on tile depicts one of the Spanish conquistadors. A plaque commemorating the conquest is next to the mural. When the conquistador Francisco Pizarro arrived in Ecuador in 1531 he found a country just recovering from a civil war. The Inca rulers...
Format: image/photograph
Teaching the body parts in Spanish
The students will be able to recognize and recall the body parts in Spanish.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages)
By Ana Beltran.
Ensign Worth Bagley
In North Carolina in the New South, page 6.5
Worth Bagley of Raleigh, North Carolina, was the only U.S. naval officer killed in the Spanish-American War.
Format: article
By David Walbert.
Names of farm animals and sounds they make
The teacher will introduce nine animal names and the sounds they make in Spanish. Students will become familiar with the animal names and will begin some language production.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages)
By Tolitha Prybylinski.
The search for El Dorado
The legend of El Dorado predates the arrival of Spaniards in South America. The Chibcha people of present-day Colombia apparently performed an annual ritual where the leader was coated in fine gold dust, which he then washed off in a lake during a solemn ceremony....
By William M. Wisser.
Map of Greater America, 1899
Map of Greater America, 1899
Map shows the extent of U.S. territories and possessions after the Spanish-American War.
Format: image/map
The Rough Riders
Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" drill at Tampa, Florida, during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Advertisements for this 1903 motion picture said "A charge full of cowboy enthusiasm by Troop 'I,' the famous regiment, at Tampa, before its departure for the...
Format: video/video
Ensign Worth Bagley
Ensign Worth Bagley
A portrait of Ensign Worth Bagley of Raleigh (1874–1898), the only U.S. Naval officer to be killed during the Spanish-American War.
Format: image/photograph
Adjectives: Hero versus Villain
Students will compare and contrast a hero and a villain through a variety of oral and written activities.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
By Rebecca Watkins.
A historic cemetery in New Bern, NC
A historic cemetery in New Bern, NC
This is a historic cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina. The trees here are draped and lacy with Spanish moss, and the paths are lined with oyster shells.
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