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Grade 5 · Unit 2 · Puentes

Geografía Hispana
Hispanic Geography

All 21 Spanish-speaking countries: capitals, landscapes, flags, and one chosen country per student for a year-long expert relationship.

🎯 Novice High (emerging)📚 4 lessons planned🚧 Lessons in production

Unit objectives

  • Locate all 21 Spanish-speaking countries on a map
  • Match capitals, flags, and famous features
  • Adopt one country as their year-long specialty
  • Give a two-minute country introduction

Can-Do targets

  • I can find every Spanish-speaking country on a map.
  • I can name capitals and famous features.
  • I can introduce my chosen country to the class.

Vocabulary scope

el país, la capital, la bandera, la frontera, el continente, la isla, la costa, el idioma, queda en, famoso por

How this unit builds

The mental map every later culture unit pins to; the adopted country returns in Grade 8’s Culturas Globales as a full research project.

Planned lessons

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.

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Lesson 1

El mapa — the 21 countries

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Lesson 2

Capitales y banderas — matching

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Lesson 3

Mi país — adoption day

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Lesson 4

El tour — country introductions

Cultural connection

Twenty-one flavors of Spanish

Spanish isn’t one thing: a Cuban güagüa is a Mexican camión is a Spanish autobús. Students discover accent and word differences as riches, not obstacles.