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Spanish · Grade 9

Investigate Cultural Contexts with Sources

Learners investigate a cultural question with several sources instead of one: how and when people eat their main meals in Spain and Mexico, and what the sobremesa (lingering at the table to talk) means. They move beyond stereotypes to diversity and change over time, judge sources for perspective and bias (an encyclopedia-style article, a grandmother in Oaxaca, a tourist's exaggerated blog, a clearly labeled fictional survey), synthesize them with citations, and write a short investigation report.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Cultural investigation check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Analyze a cultural practice through products, practices and perspectives, recognizing diversity within a country and change over time instead of stereotypes.
  • Evaluate sources for perspective (insider or outsider), purpose, date and bias, and corroborate claims across sources.
  • Synthesize information from several sources (text, interview, data) into a coherent explanation with citations (según la fuente 1, ambas fuentes coinciden en…).
  • Write a short cultural investigation report that answers a question with evidence from sources and includes a reflective comparison.

Lessons

  1. Beyond stereotypes 6 steps4 practiceabout 31 min
  2. Weighing sources 6 steps4 practiceabout 31 min
  3. Synthesize with citations 6 steps4 practiceabout 31 min
  4. Write the investigation report 4 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Cultural investigation check 10 questions at the end

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