Submitted by Jean Schuster

Language: Spanish Unit Cultural Theme or Academic Content Area: History Target Audience: Traditional High School Year of Instruction: 5 Proficiency Level: Intermediate Mid

Standards: Communication:    1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Cultures:    2.2 Connections:    3.1, 3.2 Comparisons:    4.2 Communities:

Unit Timeframe:

1 week to 1 1/2 weeks

Unit Overview:

The purpose of this unit is to acquaint students with a brief history of the Iberian Peninsula in order to give them an historical context for their study of a Spanish city. During this process, they will decide on a period of history and work in cooperative groups in order to familiarize themselves and the other students in the class with the complete time frame from early Iberian history to the present day Constitutional Monarchy.

General Unit References and Resources:

http://www.sispain.com

http://trackstar.scrtec.org

Links or files for unit content:     A new window will open for each lesson.

Lesson 01: History Introduction: La Casa Blanca
Lesson 02 Title: Introduction of Historical Groups for History Overview Research
Lesson 03: TrackStar Activity for Iberian History Overview
Lesson 04: Brainstorming Session for Historical Groups
Unit Assessment
Unit Assessment: Presentations of Historical Periods