Release Date: 07 March 2007 Format: Other digital Category: Linguistics Publisher: Cengage Learning ISBN: 9781428205109 ISBN-10: 1428205101
All new The new DVD to accompany the INTERMEDIATE SPANISH series presents-unit by unit-a specially selected cultural topic relating directly to material covered in CIVILIZACIAN Y CULTURA. The video features a variety of culturally significant footage covering everything from post-Franco era Spain and the Zapatista movement in Chiapas to a look at the first Latino Mayor of Los Angeles and much more. Corresponding activities found in CIVILIZACIAN Y CULTURA prepare students for viewing, review useful vocabulary, summarize the video, test comprehension and solicit individual reactions to the film. The video features the following segments: Guerra Civil espaAola; La fiesta del sol de los incas: Inti Raymi; La religiA3n en EspaAa; Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo; La primera presidenta chilena: Michelle Bachelet; El arte callejera en East Harlem; La vida de la poblaciA3n indA-gena de la Ciudad de MA(c)xico; La rebeliA3n campesina en Chiapas; El arte sincrA(c)tica en la Plaza de las Tres Culturas; El primer alcalde latino en Los Angeles: Antonio Villaraigosa; El Canal ahora es de PanamA; and, El DA-a de Independencia mexicana en MA(c)xico y Nueva York.