Culture, Countries & Language

Culture & Countries

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage - Supports teachers, youth leaders and community leaders promoting awareness of Hispanic historical and cultural presence. Created by Mimi Lozano.
Cibercentro - Information portal for Latinamerican countries, including name lists, periodicals, businesses, sports, education and arts.
Free Hispanic Heritage Resources - Biographies, culture quiz, timelines, activities, and information for students (Gale-Cengage Learning).
Hispanic American Countries of Origin - Fact Monster
Instituto Cervantes - Promotes language and Hispanic American culture.
National Register of Historic Places - Highlights many properties that exemplify the contributions of Hispanic culture and achievement in the United States.
Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture - Promotes and advances Puerto Rican arts and culture.
Día de los Muertos - Excellent colletion of links to history and educator materials from National Geographic, Discovery Education, Peabody Museum, and more!
Fiesta de Quinceaños AKA Quinceañera - Comprehensive list of sources for understanding and preparing for your a Quiceañera.

Basic Spanish for Librarians - PDF handout from the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, 1999.
¿No Comprende? Spanish Health Information Resources for English Speaking Librarians - Class outline, slides, questions and answers by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Public Libraries Using Spanish - Awesome collection of tools for the non-Spanish speaking librarian by Bruce Jensen.
Spanish For Librarians: An Introduction - PDF prepared by Jon Sundell, Forsyth County Public Library (NC), 2002.
Spanish Speakers - Tons of tools from the WebJunction community.
Survival Spanish: Satff Library Guide to Assist the Spanish-Speaking Patron - Prepared by the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (Pasadena, CA), 1990.

My Spanish Dictionary - Resources for Spanish grammar practice.
Online Resource Guide for Spanish Teachers - Resources for Spanish teachers with exercises and grammar explanations for students. Information on theories of teaching Spanish as a foreign language and tips for effective classroom teaching.
StudySpanish.com - Free Spanish tutorials.
Spanish That Works - The Learning Light offers some great free resources to learn and practice Spanish.
Spanish Language Resources - Links to many great games, flashcards, tests. Ideal for educators.
More Spanish Language Resources - Another great compilation of links for culture, history, music, radio, TV, news, magazines, and more.

ESL Party Land - Webiste divided into resources for students learning English and resources for teachers of English.