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Standard Deviants: Learning Spanish - The Basics (2001)

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DVD format- broken into chapters that include alphabet, pronunciation, vocabulary, accents, counting, greetings, and more.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:30
Standard Deviants: Learning Spanish - The Basics

Standard Deviants: Learn To Speak Spanish - Beyond The Basics (1997, 2002)

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Includes chapters on vocabulary, numbers, multiples. expressing time and date, verbs, adjective, seasons, months, and more.

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Middle
High
Length: 
01:36
Standard Deviants: Learn To Speak Spanish - Beyond The Basics

El Norte

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Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It's a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava's groundbreaking El Norte, the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
02:20
El Norte

Discovering Spain (2001)

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Includes the art of Valazquez, El Greco, and Goya; El Estorial, the palace monastery; Avila; Segovia; Toledo; the caves of Cordoba; Moorish Spain in Granada; Seville; Costa del Sol; the Salvador Dali Museum; Pablo Picasso's work in Barcelona; the Iberian Peninsula.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:00
Discovering Spain

La Vida Secreta de las Abejas: Novela [The Secret Life of Bees] (Texto Completo)

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Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartiran y pasaran a sus hijas por generaciones.

Author: 
Sue Monk Kidd
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
10:47
La Vida Secreta de las Abejas: Novela [The Secret Life of Bees] (Texto Completo)

Romero

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"If they kill me, I shall rise in the Salvadoran people." ROMERO is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his country.

This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.

Director: 
John Duigan
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:45
Romero

Bullfight: La Fiesta Brava (English) (2004)

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To understand Spain, one must understand the spectacle of the bullfight -- la fiesta brava. Explore the history of bullfighting, as actual bullfighting footage is used to explain each step of the ritual.
1) Students will learn about the history of bullfighting.
2) Students will understand the relevance of bullfighting as a cultural phenomenon.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:51
Bullfight: La Fiesta Brava (English)