Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Literatura De Mudejares Y Moriscos
This portal promotes the literature of the Moorish and Mudejar minority of the XIV-XVII centuries. This site includes a series of historical and sociological studies, a general bibliography and a series of texts by contemporary authors...
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Valle Inclan Para Estudiantes
Outstanding biography of Ramon del Valle-Inclan with a detailed chronology of his life and a corresponding chronology of historical and cultural events.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Reading Really Is Fundamental!
Knowing how to read the language is just as important as knowing how to speak it. This activity is geared towards reading comprehension, correct pronunciation of words, and translation of the words that are read. This activity will also...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Conquest, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
A series of illustrations and accounts of Spanish conquest of Indians that reflect the fascination with and the brutality directed against native cultures.
A&E Television
History.com: Po'pay: The Little Known Pueblo Hero Who Led the First American Revolution
Nearly 100 years before the American Revolution, another war of independence took place on American soil -- against Spanish colonizers. Coordinated by Tewa leader Po'Pay, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 saved Indigenous cultures from...
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: The Past Participle
View pictures and answer the questions relating to the picture in either the present perfect tense or using the past participle as an adjective. Click the "?" if you are uncertain about an answer.
Colby College
Spanish Language & Culture: Saber and Conocer (Part 2)
Nice interactive pop-up activity which evaluates a student's knowledge of saber and conocer. If you guess wrong, the pop-up answer tells you why.
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Miranda: Un Venezolano Universal
Online biography of Francisco de Miranda, often remembered as "The forerunner of independence," in South America. This site also includes links to other aspects of Venezuelan history and culture.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: Madrid
This site has a cultural explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about Madrid. Additional links are provided for more information on this city. Great reading selection for beginning and intermediate Spanish...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: El Perezoso
Brief cultural explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about the sloth, a well-known animal in Central and South America. An additional link provides more information on this interesting mammal. Great...
Study Languages
Study Spanish: El Perro De Monte
This culture explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about bush dogs, a rare animal living in Central and South America. Additional links are provided for more information on this topic. Great reading...
Migration Policy Institute
Migration Policy Institute: Country Profiles
A catalogue of the migration experience that looks at the diverse flows of immigrants around the world. Visitors can click on the profiles of individual countries to access brief summaries of vital data, immigration policies, history,...
PBS
Pbs: Hernan Cortes and the Fall of the Aztec Empire
Learn about the fall of the Aztec Empire. You can use the navigation tool at the left to click into more information on the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest of Cortes. Uses popups.
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Texas Indians: The Texas Apaches
This article details the history and way of life of the Apaches in Texas. It describes their interactions with the Spanish explorers, how they were treated like slaves at the Spanish missions, and how their resentment drove them to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Convento of San Nicolas De Tolentino, Actopan, Hidalgo
After the Conquest, Spanish colonizers' first task was to convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity and eliminate their religious beliefs. Painted murals within their missions demonstrate the great fear and urgency of the...
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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians: History of the Chumash People
Read a history of the Chumash Indians and learn about their way of life before contact with the Spanish. Find out about their large domed houses, plank canoes, and impressive cave paintings.
PBS
Pbs: The Conquistadors: Aztec Life and Times
Read about what life was like for the Aztecs before the Spanish Conquest. This is part of a larger PBS site about the conquistadors.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Atrial Cross at Acolman
The Atrial Cross at Acolman offers a fascinating look into the interactions between Spanish friars and Nahua converts in the years directly following the conquest of Mexico. View pictures and descriptions of the cross and the Augustinian...
University of South Florida
Florida Center for Instructional Technology: The Calusa: "The Shell Indians"
The Calusa native tribe inhabited southwestern Florida. They were the first people that the Spanish explorers wrote about in 1513. Learn about their daily life, customs, economic base, and what caused them to disappear by the late 1700's.
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Museo De Arte Costarricense
This Spanish language web-page is the on-line home of the Costa Rican museum of art. Find information about the history of Costa Rican art in addition to exhibition information and a virutal tour of the museum.
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Mission San Luis: Apalachee Province
A history of the Apalachee Indians at the time of the Spanish incursions in the early sixteenth century.
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Encyclopedia.com: Spain's Economy
This excerpt is from encyclopedia entry and contains fact's about Spain's economy.
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Pocantico Hills School: Mexico for Kids
A resource on Mexico for students and teachers. Contains plenty of information, activities, Spanish vocabulary, stories, and much more. Some links to external sites may not work as this is an older website.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.