Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, 2011

Argentina: A Cultural Crossroads

The following curriculum units were developed by elementary educators who participated in a month-long seminar in Argentina. Target subjects and grade levels vary; please contact LLILAS Public Engagement if you have questions regarding how to best use these resources in your classroom.

Unless otherwise noted, all files are in Adobe PDF format.

Becca Allen

Translating Identity (Social Studies; Grades 4-6)

Translating Identity (1.4MB)

Kyra Brogden

Creating Culture through Food: A Study of Traditional Argentine Foods (Social Studies, Writing and Language; Grades 1-3)

Creating Culture through Food (398KB)

Sandra Freeman

Yours, Mine and Ours: A Comparative Study of the Cultures of the United States and Argentina (Gifted Education, Social Studies; Grades 4-6)

Yours, Mine and Ours (411KB)
Project Photos (2.7MB) (also available as a pptx file - 5.6MB)
School Photos (3.0MB) (also available as a pptx file - 59.5MB)

Erika Irlbeck

Convivencia/Living Together: Exploring the Impact of Immigration on Traditional and Modern-Day Argentina (World History, World Geography; Grades 6-8)

Convivencia (524KB)
Human Migration (555KB) (also available as a pptx file - 1.0MB)
Immigration to Argentina (2.7MB) (also available as a pptx file - 3.2MB)
Source Cards and Note Cards (143KB) (also available as a pptx file - 105KB)
Socratic Seminar (673KB) (also available as a pptx file - 682KB)

Jeffra Kill

A Student's Life in Argentina (Spanish; Grades 3-5)

A Student's Life in Argentina (806KB)
What is it Like to go to School in Argentina (3.6MB) (also available as a pptx file - 7.9MB)

Erin Lien

Exploring Cultural Identity: Argentina's and My Own (Language Arts; Grade 6)

Exploring Cultural Identity (372KB)

Brenda Lindgren

The Culture of Argentina (Social Studies; Grade 1)

The Culture of Argentina (2.7MB)

Mary McCartney

Alla Argentina: "In the Style of Argentina" (Music Education; Grades K-5)

Alla Argentina (1.5MB)
Indigenous Instruments of Argentina (708KB) (also available as a pptx file - 1.4MB)
Rhythm patterns to play on the Argentine Siku (152KB) (also available as a pptx file - 4.1MB)
Coplas: improvised verses of satire, love, or spirituality (237KB) (also available as a pptx file - 220KB)

Deborah Nicholson

Argentina's Amazing Animals and Their Habitats (Language Arts, Science, Social Studies; Grade 2)

Argentina's Amazing Animals and Their Habitats (4.9MB)
Argentina: Diverse Regional Animals and their Habitats (1.4MB) (also available as a pptx file - 4.8MB)

Stacy Nordquist

Querido Amigo: An Exchange of Culture and Friendship between Argentina and the United States (Spanish; Grades 6-8)

Querido Amigo (554KB)

Heather Randolph

Argentina and California, USA: A Comparative Learning Adventure (Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, Physical Education; Grades 3-5)

Argentina and California, USA: A Comparative Learning Adventure (3.8MB)

Corinne Rucker

Una Tierra: Caring for the Earth in Argentina and the U.S. (World Cultures; Grade 4)

Una Tierra (699KB)
What Can You Recycle? (2.1MB) (also available as a pptx file - 7.2MB)
Cartoneros in Buenos Aires (5.7MB) (also available as a pptx file - 13.5MB)

Eileen Scotto

Stepping and Twirling Your Way into Argentine Culture: An In-Depth Exploration of the Folk Dance Traditions of Northern Argentina (Language Arts, Social Studies, Art, Music, Dance; Grade 3)

Stepping and Twirling Your Way into Argentine Culture (1.5MB)
Lesson 1 (2.3MB) (also available as a pptx file - 6.6MB)
Lesson 2 (456KB) (also available as a pptx file - 647KB)
Lesson 3 (144KB) (also available as a pptx file - 400KB)
Lesson 4 (106KB) (also available as a pptx file - 312KB)
Lesson 5 (98KB) (also available as a pptx file - 249KB)
Lesson 6 (301KB) (also available as a pptx file - 842KB)
Lesson 7 (531KB) (also available as a pptx file - 669KB)

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