General Guidelines for Cultural Projects

your project must include:                                            

    1.  Presentation to the class                                             

·     No longer than 5 minutes                                      

·     Include one small poster(11x14) with pictures,

illustrations, maps, and other pertinent information.                

2.Written report                                                    

·     Separate one page typed written report                 

·     All facts required for your project            

·     List  of references (sources)

·      Handout of research questions completed

                             

                                             Scoring Rubric - (Total points possible 40)

 

Criteria  

 

Excellent

10 – 9 points

Above average

8 – 7 points

Below Average

6 – 5 points

Unacceptable

4 – 0 points

Organization

 

 

Information is presented in a logical manner, neat and clear

Information is presented in a logical manner

Information is difficult to follow, not logical

Audience can not understand presentation

Content

 

Full knowledge demonstrated, all steps included

Comfortable  with knowledge, but not all steps included

Uncomfortable with information, not all steps included

No pertinent information given, few steps included

Presentation

 

No words mispronounced, no spelling errors, easy to follow

Some words mispronounced, no spelling errors, not easy to follow

Most words mispronounced, spelling errors on poster, hard to follow

Many words mispronounced, and spelling errors, hard to follow

Written report

 

 

All required facts for project, sources listed. In student’s own words

All required facts, not all resources listed, not in student’s words

Most required facts, not all sources listed, not student’s words

Few required facts, no sources listed, copied from source

 

 

Cultural project

Hispanic Countries

 

1.  Choose a Hispanic country you want to investigate:

2. Answer the following questions for your chosen country.

3.  Write a one page typed report about your chosen country.

4.  Prepare a small poster for class presentation to include illustrations of map, flag, people, and any other pertinent information about your country.

 

Country________________________

1.Where is this country located (map)?  What is the capital?  Major cities? Places of interest?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.What does the flag look like? What type of government?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.Who makes up the population (people)?  Do they speak other languages in addition to Spanish? What is the education system like?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.What are the customs/lifestyles of this country? Marriage? Dating?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5.What differences did you find between this country and the US? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________sources_________________________________________________

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Cultural project

Hispanic Foods

 

1.  Choose the Hispanic dish you want to prepare:

Ajiaco, arepas. arroz con pollo, buñuelos, burritos, ceviche, congri, chimichangas, chivitos, churros, dulce de leche, empanadas, enchiladas, flan, frijoles negros, gazpacho, guacamole, hallacas, lechón, maduros, mofongo, mole, paella, parrillada, picadillo, quesadillas, ropa vieja, salcocho, salsa, sopapilla, tamales, tortilla de patatas, tostones, tres leches, yuca

2. Answer the following questions for your chosen dish.

3. Prepare a small poster for class presentation and include pictures of you preparing the dish.

4. Write a one page typed report about your chosen food.

5.  Bring a sample of the food you prepared for the class to taste

 

Dish________________________

1.      What Hispanic country (-ies) is this food popular?  __________________________________________________

 

2.     When do the people eat this dish?  Special holiday? Every day meal? Breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Snack? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3.    What are the ingredients needed?

 

 

 

4.    What is the procedure to make this dish? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

5.     Did you like it?  What did you think of the dish?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

6.    Compare this dish to a similar dish in the US

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7.    Sources

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Cultural project

Hispanic Holidays

 

1.  Choose the month- and related holidays you want to investigate:

January:  Epiphany - Los Reyes Magos,

February:  Mardi Gras - Carnaval, 

March:  St. Patrick’s dayFallas de Valencia,

April:  Holy Week –Semana Santa,

May = Memorial day – Cinco de Mayo,

July = regional festivals – Fiestas de San Fermin, 

August = Summer festivals - Tomatina,

October = Halloween – Dia de los Muertos,

December = Christmas- Navidad

2. Answer the following questions for your chosen Holidays

3.  Prepare a poster for class presentation identifying the Hispanic holiday with pictures, comparisons to US holiday

4.  Write a one page typed written report

 

Holidays   ___________________              _____________________

                  (US)                                                 (Hispanic)

 

1.      When do Americans celebrate this holiday?  What is the significance?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________               

2.  When do Hispanics celebrate this holiday? What is the significance?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. What activities take place during the Hispanic holiday?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.    What are the differences you found between the American holiday and the corresponding Hispanic holiday?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________