Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Informal Commands (Part 3)
Practice answering questions with negative tu commands, reflexive pronouns, and direct and indirect object pronouns. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular command forms are included in this exercise.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Formal Commands (Part 1)
Practice changing 25 infinitives to affirmative and negative usted and ustedes commands. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular formal commands are included in this Colby College exercise.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Formal Commands (Part 2)
Practice changing 16 reflexive verb infinitives to affirmative and negative usted and ustedes commands. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular formal commands are included in this exercise.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Subjunctive or Indicative (Part 10)
At this site from the Colby College you can practice using the present subjunctive or present indicative with verbs of certainty or doubt, influence and emotion. Students choose the correct verb conjugation,the present subjunctive or...
Other
Uruguay Total: Titulares De La Prensa Uruguaya
UruguayTotal.com provides the top news stories occuring in Uruguay today. Content includes a focus on politics, culture, science & technology, sports, and more. Written in Spanish.
Other
Flamenco World: Mundo Flamenco
A pioneer bilingual flamenco site that offers services and daily information on flamenco, music, and culture. Some of the features are: introduction to flamenco, festivals, guitar, dance, as well as online store, artist's encyclopedia,...
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La Republica Dominicana: Todo Un Pais De Sensaciones
This is a site for exploring many aspects of life in the Dominican Republic. Available in French, Italian, Spanish, or English. Links lead to information on the country and its regions, its cultural roots, ecological resources, news and...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Bandelier National Monument: Archeology
Read this brief introduction to the Pueblo Culture, the Anasazi, as they lived prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 1500s. Find examples of their pottery and their cliff dwellings.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Native American Heritage Collection
Take a look at Indigenous art, history, and culture as told through the historians, artists, students, and scientists in this featured resource collection. This Collection includes: Video (29), Lesson Plan (2), Media Gallery (5),...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bernardino De Sahagun and Collaborators, Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex contains an unparalleled wealth of information regarding the people and culture of central Mexico immediately preceding the Conquest and its discussion of the Conquest itself. View pictures and descriptions of the...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Present Perfect Subjunctive
Online exercises that test your knowledge in the present perfect subjunctive tense versus the indicative. Click on the question mark if you're having difficulty filling in the blank. Click on the underlined words to get a photo...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Formas (Part 1)
These exercises provide a very extensive review of irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the preterite tense. Conjugate verbs to match the subject. Answers may be checked and corrected.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: El Preterito Y El Imperfecto
This exercise for practicing the preterite and imperfect tenses has you watch a video of a hotel receptionist who describes a frightening experience on the job. Then you complete the story by filling in blanks with preterite and...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Present Subjunctive Forms (Part 3)
Completion of these twenty-four clauses provides an extensive review of regular and irregular verbs, stem-changers, and spelling changes in the present subjunctive tense. Verb infinitives are provided that need to be conjugated in the...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Mission Possible: Spy a Book! (Bilingual Resources)
Explore history, culture, adventures, spies, secret codes, and mysteries through this collection literary activities and resources. Includes poems, clip art, and ideas for crafts.
PBS
Pbs: Conquistadors: Cabeza De Vaca
Click on "The Marvelous Adventure" to follow Cabeza de Vaca's several year journey through the Southeast and Texas. Part of a larger site on the Spanish conquest of the Western world, these pages focus on Cabeza de Vaca. Includes de...
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Smithsonian Institution: Musica Del Pueblo
Musica del Pueblo is a full-featured resource that explores the traditions of Latino music. Using a colorful mural titled "Song of Unity" as a navigation tool, visitors can watch videos of performances, listen to different varieties of...
The Newberry Library
The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico: Europeans Invade the Aztec Empire
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes invaded the Aztec empire in the 16th century. This conquest led to the colonization of Mexico. The Newberry Library provides an in depth look into this period of Mexican history through photos,...
Yale University
The Tainos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen
Nice unit designed to help students of Puerto Rican descent learn about their cultural roots. Students research Taino culture and read Taino myths, legends and poems; create their own myths and poems; and practice Spanish vocabulary....
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Spanish Language Exercises: Se Pasivo
There are five short writing exercises that are in context with what a native Spaniard might experience using the passive voice. Nice graphics accompany each sentence nicely integrating a cultural lesson. Students have an oppotunity at...
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Spanish411.net: Hispanic Names
Hispanic naming methods are explained on this resource. Spanish surnames, first names, married last names, Children's last names, Spanish middle names, Spanish nicknames, and Spanish suffixes are included on this site.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cultura Fiestas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses Spain and its culture.
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El Boricua Favorite Links
Collection of recommended links to sites related to Puerto Rico and its history, people, and culture. A good starting point for research on Puerto Rico!
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Paella
Brief cultural explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about paella,considered by many to be the national dish of Spain. Additional links are provided for more information on this culinary delight. Great...