Lección 1
Panorama - Estados Unidos

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Información sobre Estados Unidos

United States Geography   http://www.photius.com/
 
LANIC-Hispanic/Latino Links   http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
 

Cultura hispana en Estados Unidos

El Museo del Barrio   http://www.elmuseo.org/
 
Latino Culture: USA   http://latinoculture.about.com/
 
USA Latino   http://www.usalatino.net/
 
Rock en español   http://www.re-usa.com/
 

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Use the links on this page or a search engine to complete the activities.
Useful key words are:
Hispanos EEUU / Latino USA / Hispanic USA

  1. Where is El Museo del Barrio located? What is its mission? Explore one of the online exhibitions. Describe something you learned.
  2. Go the the portal Latino Culture: USA. What are some of the channels for exploration offered by this website? Click on "Languages" and then on "Spanish Language Resources" in the screen that comes up. What are some of the resources catalogued at this portal?
  3. Chose another channel that interests you from the home page of Latin Culture: USA. Explore some of the links you find. What were they? Describe something you learned.
  4. Who are some of the important artists and groups performing Rock en espaņol? Name the titles of some of their CDs.
  5. Name four universities in the United States that have Centers for Latin American Studies.

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