Spain Webquest
La Información General
Direcciones: Use the websites listed at the bottom to help you answer these questions. Each member of the group must complete this assignment and hand it in. Each group is responsible for presenting this information to the class and each group member must participate in the presentation.
1. Where is Spain located?
2. What is the capital city of Spain?
3. Do you need a passport to go to Spain?
4. What is the population of Spain?
5. What currency is used in Spain?
6. What is the rate of exchange between this currency and the dollar in the United States?
7. What kind of government do they have in Spain? Is it similar to the government in the United States? Do they have a president in Spain?
8. How is the country of Spain divided? Do they have states like in the United States? Or regions?
9. Fill-in-the-blank analogy
The dollar is to the United States as the __________________ is to Spain.
Create your own comparison about Spain.
__________________ is to ___________________ as _______________ is to ______________
10. Draw the Flag of Spain.
Websites:
- http://www.red2000.com/spain/index.html
- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2878.htm
- http://gospain.about.com/od/factsaboutspain/qt/politics_facts.htm
- http://www.spanish-town-guides.com/Facts.htm
Spain Webquest
Las Celebraciones
Direcciones: Use the websites listed at the bottom to help you answer these questions. Each member of the group must complete this assignment and hand it in. Each group is responsible for presenting this information to the class and each group member must participate in the presentation.
1. Name the festival that takes place from July 7 – 14 in Pamplona, Spain.
2. What happens during this festival?
3. Name four other festivals or celebrations that take place in Spain and tell when they are and the reason they are celebrated.
a. ____________________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________________________
4. Name at least two activities that people in Spain participate in during the festivals? For example, parades.
5. What are castellers?
6. Fill-in-the-blank analogy
Birthday cakes are to birthday parties as ____________________ is to a festival in Spain.
Create your own comparison about celebrations in Spain to the United States.
__________________ is to _________________ as __________________is to _____________
Websites:
- http://www.spain-info.com/Culture/culture_index.htm
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIIzGnoYUtc
- http://castellersdebarcelona.cat/moncasteller/introduccio/en
- http://www.red2000.com/spain/primer/fest.html
Spain Webquest
La Comida
Direcciones: Use the websites listed at the bottom to help you answer these questions. Each member of the group must complete this assignment and hand it in. Each group is responsible for presenting this information to the class and each group member must participate in the presentation.
Spanish food is not Mexican food. The Spanish rely on resources from their own country to use in their recipes.
1. What are some typical ingredients that are used in Spanish food made in Spain?
2. Name four popular Spanish dishes.
3. What are tapas? Name a type of tapa popular in Spain.
4. What is the schedule of meals like in Spain?
5. Name two popular postres in Spain.
6. Find the recipe for a Spanish food you would like to try. Write the recipe on the back of this paper.
7. Fill-in-the-blank analogy
La hamburguesa is to the United States as ________________ is to Spain.
Create your own comparison related to food in Spain.
_______________ is to _______________ as ____________________ is to Spain.
Websites:
1. http://www.spain4uk.co.uk/Food_and_drink.htm
2. http://www.foodbycountry.com/Spain-to-Zimbabwe-Cumulative-Index/Spain.html
3. http://spanishfood.about.com/od/discoverspanishfood/a/introtospanfood.htm
4. http://www.donquijote.org/culture/recipes/
5. http://www.whatcadiz.com/spain-eating-habit.html
Spain Webquest
Los Pasatiempos Y El Arte
Direcciones: Use the websites listed at the bottom to help you answer these questions. Each member of the group must complete this assignment and hand it in. Each group is responsible for presenting this information to the class and each group member must participate in the presentation.
1. What is the most popular sport in Spain?
2. What is the name of the sports team hosted in Madrid?
3. Name other sports played in Spain.
4. Name a famous sports figure from Spain.
5. What is the name of a traditional dance popular in Spain?
6. In which city is the Prado Museum located?
7. Name four Spanish artists whose work is displayed in the Prado.
8. Fill-in-the-blank analogies.
Baseball is the United States as ______________________ is to Spain.
Create a comparison related to the activities people in Spain participate in.
________________ is to _________________ as __________________ is to _______________
Websites:
- http://www.spain-info.com/Culture/culture_index.htm
- http://www.red2000.com/spain/culture-index.html
- http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/prado.htm
- http://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/
Spain Webquest
La Vida Cotidiana
Direcciones: Use the websites listed at the bottom to help you answer these questions. Each member of the group must complete this assignment and hand it in. Each group is responsible for presenting this information to the class and each group member must participate in the presentation.
1. What is a siesta?
2. Many people in Spain consider themselves to be very religious. What religion do most of the people in Spain follow?
3. What language do teachers in Spain use to teach their students?
4. What are the school hours like in Spain?
5. What kind of la ropa do people wear in Spain?
6. Where is the Plaza Mayor? What is it and what do people do there?
7. What is las ramblas? Where is it?
8. What time is it in Brick, NJ? What time is it in Madrid, Spain? What is the time difference?
9. What is the temperature in Madrid, Spain? What is different about the way they describe the temperature in Spain?
10. Fill-in-the-blank analogies.
Fahrenheit is to the United States as ______________________ is to Spain.
Create a comparison related to the daily life of people in Spain.
________________ is to _________________ as __________________ is to _______________
Websites:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta
2. http://www.mapsofworld.com/spain/facts-about-spain.html
3. http://www.spain-info.com/Living_in_Spain/Spanish-Schools.htm
4. http://www.travels.com/travel-tips/advice/facts-clothing-spain/
5. http://www.aviewoncities.com/madrid/plazamayor.htm
6. http://www.aviewoncities.com/barcelona/rambla.htm
7. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
8. http://www.red2000.com/spain/primer/clima.html
9. http://www.weather.com
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