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Cultura / España / Pablo Picasso

If you want to talk about Hispanic Culture in the twentieth century, Mr Picasso is a must.
He is one of the most important artists and change makers of the past century. He reinvented his world and gave it to us as a gift.
He was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who went through crucial historic events and interpreted those for us making a difference in the art scene throughout the world.
Apart from his historic relevance, his life is full of surprising anecdotes and interesting facts that can engage our students in a fascinating trip on our past century.

The activity I propose here is an interactive timeline with important images and relevant information about each period of his life. In each stage you will find:
- related questions
- activities/projects/investigations for your students to research and find out more about this historic figure





More resources:
I am always doing that which I cannot do
in order that I may learn
How to Do it
Pablo Picasso
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It happened in 2016 / Speaking activity: Castellers

This activity has been designed for my Spanish students, therefore most of the responses will be in Spanish and focused in the IB exam format.
Activity:
1.- Look at the image in this post and describe the scene [be as specific as you can, to the detail]
2.- Mention the topic this image is related to and justify it
3.- Give your personal point of view
4.- Develop your ideas and don't forget about supporting details 
5.- End with a personal reflection
Think about these three questions, they can help you develop your ideas:

  • What's going on in this picture? / ¿Qué está pasando en esta foto?
  • What do you see that makes you say that? / ¿En qué te apoyas para decir eso?
  • Do you find any connection to your own culture? / ¿Encuentras alguna conexión con tu propia cultura?













Then, join the conversation by posting comments below and responding to the comments of others. Your teacher can give you personalized feedback replying to your comments below.


Context information for the image:
Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower called "castell" during a biannual competition in Tarragona city, Spain.
Image's source: 
Website: Reuters
Photographer: Albert Gea
Location: Tarragona, Spain.
Date: October 2, 2016.

Relax and learn!

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Cultura: Los Reyes Magos

Inaugurating this new cultural section we are going to talk about a touching Hispanic tradition, los Reyes Magos, also known in English as The three Kings or The three wise men. The countries that speak Spanish and embrace a similar culture have to face at the same time the particularities of each one. It can be positive if you see it as a part of the Hispanic culture diversity and help your students understand there are so many different types of celebrations out there and what sometimes they have been presented to is just one angle of the story. Hispanic Culture is diverse and global concepts are, sometimes and somehow, tricky if we want a general answer for all our questions.
Activity
A good activity to get your students started on Hispanic Culture, Diversity and Multiculturalism can be just a comparison among Hispanic Countries and their celebrations of the Three Kings. You can have your students searching different sites [or use the links provided underneath] to gather the information on three different countries and them use a diagram to write everything down and have a visual to help them see the big picture [see image below] at the same time they learn/review how to express similarities and differences.
Prueba a usar estructuras más complejas para comparar:
  • Mientras que en Puerto Rico se pone pasto bajo la cama en una caja de zapatos
  • Mientras que en Venezuela lo más importante es el pesebre en España lo más importante es la cabalgata.
  • Tanto en Argentina como en Uruguay se pone pasto y agua para los camellos.
  • En España lo mismo que en México se come el roscón de reyes.
  • Los Reyes Magos no se celebran sólo en España sino también en muchos países de habla hispana como Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, México...
  • En España los niños reciben regalos el 6 de enero como/igual que en México.

To help your students understand the big picture and practice similarities and differences you can use this diagram. Just change the name of the countries if you need it.

Anita's presentation: This is one of my student's work on Los Reyes Magos, it is amazing how synthetic and well organized they are by the time they reach their senior year. Enjoy her clear approach on the topic and use it as a general first presentation to introduce your class to this cultural celebration. 

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