Teacher Notes

Task, Product & Assessment | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6

Spain: Fun in the sun...

Your dream is about to come true. Thanks to radio station K-SPAN 2000, you will be traveling to Spain during the summer of 2000. The station has selected your prize winning essay about Spain, and K-SPAN is rewarding you with an all-expense paid trip to Spain with your school's Spanish Club.
The Task Retiro Park, Madrid   Do you want to go to the beach?	The trip begins with your arrival to Barajas Airport in Madrid. After Madrid, you will be touring several cities. The other cities to be visited are going to be determined by you. Why? The radio station was so impressed with your knowledge of Spain that your project for the radio station will be to produce a brochure of the trip for your fellow participants. The radio station is being generous enought to pay for your trip so they are asking that you complete this project in return for your trip. Select the tour : Northern Tour Southern Tour Madrid Madrid León Córdoba Pamplona Granada Salamanca  Salamanca Segóvia Segóvia Toledo Sevilla Valencia Toledo Valledolid Málaga Barcelona
The Product	Your project will need to be in the form of a written brochure or video travel journal . Be sure to include: Map of Spain on the cover with the cities visited labeled Brief historical comment for each city Two places of interest for each city. Be sure to inlcude a comment about why someone would visit the site. Bibliography. (Bibliographic form sheets are on top of the card catalog in the Library) Optional items for your project: Maps or directions to places Pictures of places on your visit Calculate how much money you will need for admission charges for the places you will visit
Assessments	Daily (Formative)  Group Work  Research Process- Summative (Teacher)  Items Used in the Research Process (notes, outline, drafts, works cited, etc.)  Product  Reflection (Summative)
Step 1: Questioning and Planning  Task/Product| Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6
Questioning   Barcelona La Alhambra, Granada	As you look at the task above, list as many questions as you can that will help you to understand and investigage this topic. Consider the following factors: Several things to consider: A map of Spain with the cities to be visited should be on the front of your brochure since not everyone knows where the cities are located. Consider the location of each city to determine how to plan the trip. You need to leave Spain from either Barcelona or Málaga so plan either a northern tour or southern tour of Spain. You need to decide which route is best for the trip. You should write a brief statement about the history of each city visited. Also consider how the history has influenced the culture and landmarks of the city. Plan to visit Madrid and at least two other cities with your final destination being Barcelona or Málaga. You will be visiting at least four cities. Transportation will be provided but you must determine which cities best fit your plans. After locating each city, find at least two sites/places of interest for your group to visit. Don't forget to find out the entrance price and be sure to include a comment about why the group should visit. Be sure include why is it important to visit each selection.   What do you already know about the Spain? What do you need to know to begin your research? Examples of questions: How has the history of Spain influenced the landmarks? Which momuments are you going to visit and why? Which peoples influenced La Alhambra? Why would you go to Barcelona? How much money will you need?
Planning	You should use a graphic organizer to record your information and to keep track of your bibliographic sources.

Step 2: Gathering, Sorting, and Sifting

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In this step you will be using a variety of library resources to find answers to your questions.

Tip:If you did not formulate questions in Step 1, go back and do it now. A topic is not a question.

Gather answers from a variety of sources. Your school library media center may have some of the following:

Print Resources  Pamphlets  Culturgrams  U.S. State Department Background Notes Subject Encyclopedias Lands and Peoples (Grolier) Encyclopedia of the First World (Facts on File) Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (Gale) Encyclopedia of the Second World (Facts on File) Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture and Daily Life (Gale) Encyclopedia of the Third World (Facts on File) Peoples of the World (Gale) People and Places (World Book) Cultures of the World (Marshall Cavendish) Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life (Gale) General Encylcopedias Academic American Britannica Collier's Encyclopedia Compton's Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Americana World Book Encyclopedia Handbooks Statesman's Yearbook The Europa World Year Book Almanacs (Note: The index to an almanac is in the front of the book.)   Nonfiction Books   Check the library catalog for books about specific countries.

CD-ROM Resources 

World Factbook Discovering Nations, States, and Cultures (Gale) Junior Worldmark: All About Nations, States & Provinces (Gale) World Atlas (Mindscape, Microsoft)

Let's Visit Mexico (Queue) Let's Visit South America (Queue) Let's Visit Spain (Queue) General electronic encyclopedias

Internet Resources 

All About Spain Excite Travel: Spain CultureGrams: Spain Lonely Planet: Destination Spain Spanish Tourist Office Time-Out's Guide to Madrid/Barcelona Todo sobre España Travel Spain U.S. State Department: Background Notes	Altapedia Online CIA World Factbook Flags of the World Health Information for Western Europe Languages for Travelers Library of Congress - Country Studies Map Collection Universal Currency Converter The Weather Channel Web of Online Dictionaries
Doing Research in Spanish

Remember to cite your references. Check the MLA guidelines and examples for citing resources; however, your school may use a different format.

Sort your research findings by using note cards or a graphic organizer.

Sift through the resources, eliminating those that do not answer your questions.

Step 3: Synthesis and Evaluation

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Check point! It is time to assess your progress. Now that you have gathered information, stop to evaluate your findings. Have you found sufficient details to answer all your questions? Can you throw away material which is not useful or does not answer your questions? Do you need to rearrange the information in different categories? Can you condense or combine the information? Do you need to develop new questions to adequately cover your topic?

Figure out how much you have learned. Is the puzzle beginning to take shape? Are you able to make out any patterns? Try moving your information pieces around until some kind of picture emerges. You are looking for insight. What have you learned so far? What more do you need? You are trying to "tease" meaning out of fragments. Synthesis requires rearranging pieces of information until a new version emerges.

Step 4: Gathering/Sorting/Sifting 2

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Now that you have synthesized your information and evaluated your progress, you are ready to locate additional information to answer your questions and further develop your topic. Return to any of the resources mentioned earlier in Step Two.

Step 5: Final Synthesis and Evaluation

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Synthesis is the act of pulling your research and ideas together to form a new whole.

Before you begin, recall the items you were asked to consider in your research. They were:

• geography
• the arts
• notable figures and events
• other cultural aspects

PLANNING MY BROCHURE

RESEARCH FINDING	HOW THIS WILL BE REPRESENTED ON THE BROCHURE
EXAMPLE: 1. City history	EXAMPLE: 1. Describe or display the importance of the city's history.
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Step 6: Presentation

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Are you ready to prepare your presentation?

	Recall your task and product. Review all of your materials to prepare for your final product. Your product should reflect your efforts during the past steps in the research process.
		Questioning and Planning Gathering, Sorting, and Sifting Synthesis and Evaluation
	Consider: Do you have enough to say? Are you able to explain your findings as well as your suggestions clearly? Are you able to cite the references from which you obtained your facts?

 ¡Yo quiero ir a España!