Introduction
The stories in this unit are
tales
of conflict and cooperation. In "Conocimos Sevilla", four boys travel back
in time to explore the time of Convivencia - a period when peoples
of all religions, cultures and languages lived together in peace in
southern
Spain. In "El código del karateka", a young boy is bullied
at school and learns valuable lesson about self-defense in his karate
class.
In "El enamorado", the main character brings smiles to the townspeople's
faces until one day he is rebuffed by a stranger. The main themes that
might be explored in a curriculum unit linked to these tales are: conflict
and fighting, compromise and cooperation, self-discipline, cultural
diversity
and Spain (history, geography, etc.).
Conocimos
Sevilla
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Click on the vocabulary words and print out
each slide:
El código del
karateka
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Click on the vocabulary words and print out
each slide:
El
enamorado
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Click on the vocabulary words and print out
each slide:
Culminating activity
suggestions:
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Have students create their own stories about
conflict or cooperation.
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Ask students to find stories that address
the topic of conflict or cooperation from their own culture or on the
internet.
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Encourage students to share their stories
with the class, other classes or members of the community. They might
create
a picturebook, record the story on audio or videotape, write and perform
a play or paint a mural.
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