Culture

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 * [|Culture Ideas from the NCLRC] (A space to share multicultural and multilanguage resources to teach about culture)
 * [|Cross Cultural Encounters] (A blog for sharing cross cultural encounters and blunders)
 * [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGbJQ1xoLbGhJsNQBdziM8IQBrwuqBYwW8jLFzdatwZbAcPpWC9A width="156" height="156" align="right" link="languagelinks2006/Teaching Culture"]]Cultural Resources
 * [|Teaching Language in Cultural Context]
 * [|Dining Out in the World] (International dining etiquette quiz)
 * [|CAL Culture Article] (Culture in Second Language Teaching)
 * [|World Digital Library] (Free access to libraries and museums around the world - search by language, time, place, topic,
 * [|It's International] (Information on food, dance, children's games, traditional clothing, wedding customs, folktales, toys, names)
 * [|Pictolang] (CAPL project - features language and cultural learning through authentic imagery; games
 * [|Culture Connect]


 * __Bullfighting__**
 * **__[|Bull in Mexico]__**


 * __Clothing__**
 * __[|Traditional Costumes]__ (Traditional costume links from around the world)
 * [|El Corte Inglés] (Spanish department store)
 * [|Stylecaster - spring 2012 Spanish influence]
 * [|Stylecaster - spring 2012 Spanish influence]


 * [|Bailemosjuntos] (Paulino Brener website - Directions for Line Dances in Spanish)
 * [|Kinesics - Paulino Brener]


 * **Spain - Flamenco**
 * __[|Flamenco]__ (Flamenco performed by Celina Zambon - You Tube - 8:31)
 * [|Classical guitar with castanets] (You Tube - 1:57 minutes)
 * [|Las castañuelas] (Demonstration on how to play the castanets - You Tube - 4:10 minutes - In Spanish)
 * [|Classic dancing with castañuelas] (Short introduction to flamenco - You Tube - 37 seconds)


 * **Mexico - Mariachi**
 * [|Mariachi - Jalisco] (You Tube - 3:06 minutes )


 * **Puerto Rico**
 * [|Five Puerto Rican dances] (Five dances with an explanation of each - You Tube - 4:42 minutes - In English)

__Flags__

 * [|Flag puzzles] (Flags of countries - different languages represented)

__Houses__

 * [|Houses Around the World] (Photographs of houses from around the world)

__**Jokes**__

 * __[|Spanish Jokes]__

__**National Hymns**__

 * __[|National Hymns]__

__**Object**__
Object Lesson Questions 1. What are its physical qualities? (shape, size, texture, etc.) 2. How was it made, by hand or machine? 3. Was it designed for a particular use? 4. What facts can we determine about the culture by looking at the object?

__**Spanish**__
 * [|Eleaston] (Many links to cultural sites)
 * [|Ver-taal] (Documentaries and promotional videos of Spanish-speaking areas)

__**Sports**__

 * [|Latino Sports Legends] (Stats, multimedia gallery, sports news and trivia questions)