Visual and Performing Arts

Historical Events

Literature

Topic: Visual and Performing Arts

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Express and elicit opinions pertaining to theater, music, dance, the visual arts, and films.
    
  • Express and elicit opinions concerning Spanish-speaking artists and their work.
    
  • Analyze information pertaining to the arts.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Comprehend the basic themes and historical and cultural contexts of Hispanic works of art.
    
  • Explore and understand the history and evolution of various forms of Hispanic artistic expression.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Produce and explain opinions and reactions to visual and performing arts from various time periods.
    
  • Produce well-organized spoken and written presentations on people in the arts.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Discuss how a particular work of art reflects the culture of a specific Spanish-speaking country.
    
  • Explore how music, art, theater, dance, and films are influenced by historical and political events.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Recognize a connection to various subjects to include music, art, and the humanities.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and discuss different approaches to artistic productions observed in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    
  • Compare the Spanish use of the passive voice and the past tenses with English when discussing the arts and past events.
    
  • Communication Across Communities
    
  • Compare popular films, stories, and actors in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S.
    
  • Study and compare the value placed on the arts in Spanish-speaking countries versus the U.S.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to the visual and performing arts
  

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Topic: Historical Events

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Maintain a discussion pertaining to major historical events in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the cause and effect that wars have had on Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss and analyze the various leaders in the history of Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss the success and failures of a variety of past regimes in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify and analyze pertinent information when reading materials pertaining to world history.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Produce well-organized spoken and written presentations on historical events in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Perform an oral or written activity related to political leaders of Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Examine racial and class differences within Latin American societies.
    
  • Investigate ideological differences of Spain past and present.
    
  • Explore current attitudes among the youth in Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Recognize a connection to various school subjects including history, government, and political science.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast social structures, economies, and political regimes of various Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Identify political or economic patterns in Latin America since colonization.
    
  • Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries towards historical events.
    
  • Explore the effects of colonization on Spanish vocabulary.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Locate and use authentic resources in Spanish to broaden understanding of the various political systems and historical events of Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to historical events and politics
  
• Expressions of conviction, opinions, and agreement or disagreement
  

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Topic: Literature

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  
  • Maintain a discussion pertaining to literature in Spanish-speaking countries.
    
  • Discuss and critique major authors of Spanish-speaking countries and their works.
    
  • Discuss and analyze the various literary genres in literature from Spanish-speaking countries.
    
• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  
  • Identify and analyze pertinent information when reading literature.
    
• Oral and Written Presentation
  
  • Produce well-organized spoken and written presentations on writers from various time periods.
    
  • Recite poetry from Spanish-speaking writers.
    
  • Perform a play written by a Spanish-speaking author.
    

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  
  • Explore how literature is influenced by historical and political events.
    
  • Analyze how literature reflects cultural attitudes of Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  
  • Recognize a connection to various school subjects including the humanities and social sciences.
    
• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  
  • Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in Spanish-speaking countries towards literature.
    
  • Compare the Spanish use of the perfect tense and the contrasting uses of the preterite and imperfect tenses with English past tenses when discussing past events.
    
• Communication Across Communities
  
  • Locate and use authentic resources to deepen understanding of Hispanic literature from Spanish-speaking countries.
    

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Literary terminology
  
• Vocabulary related to historical events
  

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