Fact Sheet: 
Important Information:
Internet Project:
Espanol 4: La red en espanol / sitios de interes en la red
Nombre __________________________________________
Clase ____ Fechas _________________________________
The following is a list of various web sites for you to visit
during our classes at the Internet Lab. You can go in any order you
like; in fact it is better to skip around so that everyone is not on
the
same sites at the same time. We will go to the lab four or five times
this term, so you should have plenty of time to go to all the sites,
plus explore some on your own.
For each site you visit, including “fun ones,” you need to
document the information on your “Record de visitas” sheet. This
includes the title and URL address of the site, a general statement
or notes of what is at the site including any important links, and
a
list of five specific facts you found somewhere on the site. All this
information will be kept together in your Internet folder.
I will give you more information on two ongoing, long term
projects that you will research on the Internet a little later. One
is a
Spanish Online self-paced review of all different skills in Spanish,
and the other is a country project due at the end of May. You will
each have a different Spanish-speaking country to investigate, and
you will need seven web sites as references, plus three other
sources. We will also go to the general media center for a couple of
days to do research. I will give you more details as we go along.
Buena Suerte y que se diviertan!
1. A college you’re interested in. Include in the five facts
admission requirements and tuition information.
2. Another college: same information.
3. A scholarship that interests you. Include in the five facts the
requirements, types of references needed and the amount available.
4. Another scholarship: same information.
Dia de San Valentin - fill in record sheet for each site
5. www.bluemountain.com - to send an electronic greeting card
to someone en espanol(What’s “Blue Mountain” en espanol?)
6. Alta Vista Search Engine: search: Dia de San Valentin; site
#2 also has electronic cards to send; sites #7 and 8 have
other information
7. www.sanvalentin.com - a site of CTV has messages to read
and also cards to write, if you can figure out the password(?)
8. yahoo.com - search Valentine’s Day - read Shakespeare’s
famous love sonnet
9. Search: yahoo.com - in espanol (link at bottom) - search for
your favorite actor or actriz and write five facts about him or her,
as well as the other info for your record sheet.
10. Search for a topic you are interested in at: yahoo.com (five
facts) and AltaVista (five facts), as well as the other info for your
record sheet.
Research a topic that could be used for a research paper in any
class that you currently take or anticipate taking (music, science,
history, English, art, P.E., etc.) Look at each reference web site
and
write five facts and all other info for each one on your record sheet:
11. http://infoweb.newsbank.com
12. http://infoseek.com
13. http://infoplease.com
14. http://refdesk.com
Yahoo.com - espanol: Look at each of the following links and write
five facts and the other info on your record sheet:
15. Internet
16. Deportes
17. Sociedad (Dias Festivos - pick a holiday to find facts about)
18. Arte
19. Temas del momento (headlines)
20. Espectaculos
Alta Vista > Reference and Education > Arts and Humanities>
Languages> Spanish and Italian> “Spanish Resources on the Web”
Site: find a link of interest to you in each of the areas and write
the
info on your record sheet for each :
21. Sitios para el vocabulario
22. Sitios para la gramatica
Otros sitios :
23. Arte 25. Literature
24. Cultura 26. Otro ( your choice)
27. www.mtv.com
28. www.people.com
29. www.espn.com
30. Browse at one or all 3 bookstores; jot down books or music
that interests you:
www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
www.borders.com
COUNTRY PROJECT (test grade -200 points)
Written paper: 3 typed or 6 handwritten pages & bibliography
(2/4 in Spanish and
1/2 in English)
Oral presentation of material including music or sound
Poster with illustrations to be used with oral presentation
Resources: 5 websites and 3 other sources (magazines,
newspapers, books, etc.)
Extra credit: taped or transcribed interview with a native Hispanic
(doesn’t have to be from your assigned country)
Due Dates:
Internet Lab:________________________________________
Media Center:_______________________________________
Resource List and Notes:_______________________________
(5 pages or 20 notecards of notes, plus info run off from websites)
First Rough Draft:____________________________________
Second Rough Draft:__________________________________
Final Paper Due:_____________________________________
(including bibliography, all notes, rough drafts, and interview)
Oral Presentations and Poster:___________________________
(including music and all visuals)
Assigned Country: ___________________________________
Spanish Speaking Countries:
United States Ecuador Republica Dominican
Mexico Espana El Salvador
Argentina Guatemala Uruguay
Bolivia Honduras Venezuela
Chile Nicaragua Paraguay
Colombia Panama Basque/Canary Islands (Spain)
Costa Rica Peru Brasil (portugues)
Cuba Puerto Rico Portugal (portugues)
(3rd hour: 2 people for U.S., Mexico, Spain, Brasil)
Report should include at least the following information:
Basic geography and history, currency, economy, flag, government
Holidays, foods, social customs, education
Family, dating, and marriage; gender roles
Famous people from that country
Lives of teenagers there: music, fashion, sports, books, movies, etc.
Anything else you find interesting
(U.S. focus on areas where there are lots of Spanish-speaking
people; immigration/employment issues; Hispanic influence in
U.S.; their assimilation to our culture; education; etc.)
Other helpful web sites:
Latino page I gave you
Recursos en espanol:
(http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~mspears/periodicos.html)
www.teachspanish.com
FL Teach homepage
“country”.com
