Museums, Museums, Museums!

Students practice using Spanish adjectives by evaluating and describing their opinion about a work of visual art. They complete a adjective list in a small group, write a description of a painting, discuss their opinion in Spanish and...

Cuanto is used to ask many different questions in Spanish. Develop your class's understanding of the word (and its variations) by studying this activity. For each of 26 sentences provided, your learner must translate the Spanish sentence...

Have your Spanish speakers give museum tours with this interactive plan. To simplify this entertaining idea, bring in art pieces and create a gallery in your very own classroom. Provide the names of different works of art and have your...

Young scholars take a virtual tip to the Mural Museum and examine the Museo Mural Diego Rivera. Students Identify fifteen people in the mural and research them to find out more about their lives. They discover the history of the painting...

Students visit the Prado Museum website. They explore the website, answer questions in Spanish, interview a classmate, and compare/contrast various artists' works and the Prado museum with a U.S. museum.

Everyone dreams of going to Paris! Challenge your advanced French speakers to really get to know the city of lights. They use the plethora of worksheets provided to really explore the monuments, museums, and shops of Paris. They use a...

Students complete a virtual tour of the Louvre Museum in Paris. Using the internet, they identify the items they expect to see and the ones they actually see. They discuss the different types of artwork that can be found there as well.

Students discuss the many Spanish paintings and painters in Spanish. They are to examine the characteristics of different painters and identify them at a later date. They answer questions in written form about the museum and its paintings.

Young scholars use a CD-ROM to identify parts of the painting "Las Meninas". They complete a worksheet based on questions in the different segments of the CD-ROM. They research the royal family and compare them to other families and...

Students work in groups to research a Spanish-speaking artist. They access print and online resources and interact within their group in Spanish. Students prepare a slideshow for the class and present the show in the target language.