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1. Colombia in crisis
Education Partners CNNfyi.com > Lesson Plans Harcourt · From 'acoustics' to 'zoology,' explore our online Dictionary Search of Science and Click to Search! Technology · Learn about the U.S. with our online atlas · Understand the phases of the moon · Online Stanford writing assessment Lesson plan: Colombia in crisis February 8, 2001 Web posted at: 6:31 PM EST (2331 GMT) Lesson Plans by month Lesson Plans by subject Editor's note: If you are planning to use the news story that this lesson plan is based on for a homework assignment, please write the URL on the board and have your students copy it. CNNfy...

2. Intro to Macondo
The Land of Macondo Topic: The land of Macondo, the Carribean coast of Colombia Unit Objectives: The goal is to appreciate the Caribbean coast of Colombia and focus on the following factors: culture geography music myths and legends Students will learn through on line research how these factors shaped the writing style of Gabriel García Márquez. Final objective: Students will w...

3. Global Citizen 2000 - Civil Wars
_ _ _ _ Printer Friendly Version The Impact of Civil War and Conflict on Identity Topic: Civil War in Colombia Themes & Core Questions: 1. How do people define citizenship or nationality in the times of government crisis? To what degree does political instability affect the common person? 2. What are the economic impacts (both positive and negative) of domestic conflict or civil war on the average citizen? W...

4. Elementary Spanish Curriculum Project
...ts, vocabulary Art reproductions La oruga muy hambrienta Globe Calendar Activities: Teacher chatter Q/A Story Script: M: ¡Hola, clase! Hoy es el de .¿Como están? E: Bien, gracias. M: Vamos a mirar obras de diferentes pintores del mundo de habla española, y describirlas. Este cuadro es de Botero, de Colombia. (Mostrar Colombia en el globo.) ¿Qué colores hay en el cuadro? E: Hay... M: ¿Las figuras son grandes o pequeñas? E: Grandes. M: Sí, son grandes. Repitan, son grandes. E: Son grandes. M: Las personas son morenas o rubias? E: Rubias. (Repetir con otros pintores. I have included Lomas Garza, a chicana...

5. Horsing Around with Cumbia
...guitars, percussion instruments scrapers (guiros. sand blocks, etc.) and maracas (any kind of rattles in pairs) are a must Musical Score Musical Score in .pdf format; requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click the icon to obtain the free Reader. Vocabulary: 1. Cumbia - Music of the coastal region of Colombia. 2. Gaitero - A style of Cumbia. 3. Colombia - A country in South America. Procedure: Give some background to acquaint students with Colombia and Cumbia. Play and sing the song for students. Ask students to identify keys B, E, and A on keyboards by looking at the black notes. Have students count to...

6. Amidst the Rubble of Ruined Cities
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7. EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | Where Did You Come From?
...here are bananas grown? To double check your answer click on the Fruits and Vegetables section. Now go to the 'Select Here.....' box and click on 'Bananas.' http: //www.dole5aday.com/ReferenceCenter/Encyclopedia/Bananas/index.jsp See where bananas are grown. [Latin America in the song. Specifically Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, and Honduras from the Reference Center site.] Is Latin America the same place as those countries listed? Yes, Latin America is normally thought of as countries in North America, South America, or Central America where Spanish, Portuguese, o...

8. Manifestations of the Manifesto
learning/teacher/bg_teacher.gif) Back to Main Daily Lesson Related Article Plan Colombia's Rebels Lesson Plan Keep the Marxist Archive Faith News Snapshot By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Issues in Depth On This Day in (Go to Article.) History Crossword Puzzle Campus Weblines Get Our Lessons By E-mailPrinter-friendly Version Education News Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher Resources Wednesday, Jul...

9. CCII: Lección de lectura
...ommunication 1.2- Interpretive communication 2.1- Practices and perspectives of culture 2.2- Products and perspectives of culture 3.2- Acquiring information 4.2- Culture comparisons 5.1- School and community 5.2- Lifelong learning I. OBJECTIVES: (2.1, 2.2, 4.2) Students discuss soccer tournament in Colombia. Compare and contrast. (1.1, 1.2, 3.2) Students read and comprehend the schedule for the tournament's first round. (5.1, 5.2) Students find more information about the tournaments using the WWW, and follow soccer outside of the classroom. II. MATERIALS: -Schedule from Copa Am?rica games -Copa chart -...

10. Social Studies: Why study war?
...it involve, and how does it happen? a- Connections ? War web and mural Option 1: Handout 1: ?Causes of War (Typology)? Discuss causes of war? What about exotic resources? Why, if not needed for survival, are they causes of war? (Think about diamonds in Sierra Leone, opium in Afghanistan, cocaine in Colombia? Why???) ?great discussion! AND/OR Option 2: Revisit the war web created earlier and the new student observations from the mural. Is there anything new to add? Add new information to war web.a- Discussion of questionnaire answers End with: We now understand elements of war. Transition into the case...