Culturas Globales
Global Cultures
The deep dive: each student researches their Grade 5 adopted country to genuine expertise — history, culture, current life — and teaches it to the class.
Unit objectives
- Research one country across five dimensions
- Use authentic sources: news, videos, official sites
- Synthesize findings into a taught lesson
- Field questions in Spanish as the class expert
Can-Do targets
- I can research a country using real Spanish sources.
- I can teach my classmates what I learned.
- I can answer questions about my specialty country.
Vocabulary scope
la historia, la población, la economía, la actualidad, la fuente confiable, investigar, según, destacar, en resumen
How this unit builds
The Grade 5 adopted country, revisited with four more years of Spanish and real research skills — the Connections and Cultures standards at full depth.
What this unit will contain
Lessons are produced in the same fully interactive format as Kindergarten — flashcards with audio, games, listening tasks, and take-home activities — and will unlock here as they are finished.
La investigación — sources and method
Cinco dimensiones — structured research
La síntesis — building the lesson
Yo enseño — teaching day
IPA: Mi país
Beyond the postcard
The unit’s standard: no country reduced to beaches and festivals. Real places have politics, problems, jokes, and Tuesdays. Students present countries as whole places.