The Spanish Civil War - Web Activity

Next week the students of Spanish 2 are going to watch Carol’s Journey, a Spanish movie about the Civil War.



Before watching the movie, they will have to familiarize themselves with the background information and historical facts about the Spanish Civil War.



Go to the Imperial War Museum of London web page and click on A short background history of events leading up to the Spanish civil war.

If you can’t see the document, click here.

Answer the following questions:

1. When did the Spanish Civil War start?

2. What was the name of the General who led the rebels?

3. What countries and governments supported him?

4. Did the Western democracies help the Republican government?

5. When did the war end?

6. Who won and what were the political consequences?

7. What was the name of the rebels side?

8. Who supported them?

9. Why did the republicans take up arms?

10. What did volunteers (International Brigades) fight against in Spain?

11. How many volunteers took part in the war?

Go to the ALBA web page.
ALBA History














Answer the following questions:

12. How many American volunteers traveled to Spain to join the International Brigades?

13. How were they called?

14. When the Spanish civil war was over, where did they fight?

Take a look at these realistic pictures from Robert Capa, David Seymour and Gerda Taro, photographers who witnessed the war.

The Spanish Civil War

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Tengo un sueño ... / I have a dream

Hoy es el día de Martin Luther King Jr.

This national holiday honors the life and work of America’s greatest civil rights leader.


Spanish MLK JR Vocabulary:

• liberty- la libertad
• equality- la igualdad
• peace- la paz
• justice- la justicia
• respect- el respeto
• divertisy- la diversidad
• tolerant- tolerante
• equal- justo
• I have a dream- tengo un sueño
• discrimination- la discriminación
• segregation- la segregación

Vamos a escuchar los "Sueños" de Juanes



Fill-in-the-blank activity

Sueños song

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Ahora, tell us about your dreams for the world and for yourself.

You may need to use a dictionary.

Actividad yo tambien tengo un sueño

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MLK Jr. speech in Spanish

MLK crossword

MLK quiz

MLK activities

Letter to the Three Wise Men - Carta a los Reyes Magos

All the countries where Spanish is spoken have received the visit of the Three Wise Men, Los Reyes Magos. They have brought presents to everybody.

Did you write your letter to ask them for your presents?

Carta reyes

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Barcelona

We watched the documentary Europe to the Max: Barcelona in class and we learned a lot about the city, tourist attractions, art and customes.

Europe to the Max: Barcelona

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The Orphanage and The Corpse Bride

Los alumnos de Español 2 watched the Spanish movie "El Orfanato" during the Halloween week.

It is a very scare movie with some jumpy scenes...



Extra credit

Te gusta la película (movie)? ¿Por qué?
Say what you like most from the movie, characters (los personajes), plot (el argumento), script (el guión)...

Take a Trivia Quiz



Also, los alumnos de Español 1 watched “La novia cadáver” in class.

In the movie, The Land of the Living is grey and drab whereas the Land of the Dead is colourful and crazy.

Extra Credit

¿Cómo es La Novia Cadáver? ¿Cómo son el Señor y la Señora Everglot?

Describe them in complete sentences, using some adjectives you know.

How to find words in a dictionary

When searching words for one of our assignments, you shouldn´t use automatic translators.

Software translators are far from natural language. A machine won’t distinguish between the various senses of the same word; if you use online translators, your text will be scrambled and it may not have much sense.

We are going to learn how to choose the right word when we are searching in a dictionary.

Dictionary lesson

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Now, check what happens when you use automatic translators...

Introduction to Spanish

To begin with, we will check your knowledge about the Spanish language and culture.

Do you know any Spanish actor or actress? Do you know where Spanish is spoken?

Introduction to Spanish

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