Tomás Rivera and the Importance of Bilingual Education Texas State University is located here in San Marcos, Texas. Because educator and writer [Read more...]
“La Bamba” – TPRS Summary
October 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This is a simple summary based on the film "La Bamba." I used this … [Read more...]
“A Better Life” Questions
October 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This is a list of questions that students can answer using the present tense after watching the movie [Read more...]
A short list of movies about immigration
September 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This is a brief list of some movies that can be used in our classrooms to speak about immigration. There are no accompanying lesson plans, but feel free to share with … [Read more...]
Fashion Unit
September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This is an excellent resource for a unit on Fashion (website called Mr. Minot's Spanish Class). It includes adjectives and vocabulary to describe clothing, regular preterite, … [Read more...]
Immigration role play
August 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This is a very brief immigration role play that I put together. I simply cut out and assigned each student a different role and put them in groups with the different roles to … [Read more...]
The Story of Stuff/ La Historia de las Cosas
August 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Annie Leonard has put together a fantastic 20 minute (free) video summary of where our 'stuff' comes from and where it ends up. She has since put out a variety of these short … [Read more...]
Latinoamerica song
November 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This is a cloze activity based on the song "Latinoamerica" by the Puerto Rican hip-hop group [Read more...]
Spanish for Social Justice Dictionary
November 25, 2013 By 1 Comment
Here is a dictionary of social justice terminology that I have been working on over the last few years. It is still a work in progress and I welcome comments for further … [Read more...]