Advanced Spanish Research Units
Topics
1. Animals - Look for information about plants, animals, and climate to create a biome in a shoe box.
2. Natural and Herbal Medicine
3. Art
4. Fashion
2. Natural and Herbal Medicine
3. Art
4. Fashion
Sources
Natural and Herbal Medicine
Wikipedia
A. Suggested search terms Natural Healing AND country name
What the Ancient Maya Can Teach Us About Living Well - magazine article
Herbal and Holistic Medicine in Latin America - Thesis
How Latinos Use Alternative Medicine - magazine article
Alternative Medicine Use Among Hispanics in the United States - magazine article
Guide to Hispanic Healing Herbs - Website
Animals
Student Resources in Context - password: madcohs
A. Find your country topic page and select a reference article that is an encyclopedia.
B. Scroll through until you find the plants and animals section.
C. Write down the plants and animals you want to learn more about.
D. Then type the name of a plant or animal in the search bar for the database.
Wikipedia
A. Suggested search terms Natural Healing AND country name
What the Ancient Maya Can Teach Us About Living Well - magazine article
Herbal and Holistic Medicine in Latin America - Thesis
How Latinos Use Alternative Medicine - magazine article
Alternative Medicine Use Among Hispanics in the United States - magazine article
Guide to Hispanic Healing Herbs - Website
Animals
Student Resources in Context - password: madcohs
A. Find your country topic page and select a reference article that is an encyclopedia.
B. Scroll through until you find the plants and animals section.
C. Write down the plants and animals you want to learn more about.
D. Then type the name of a plant or animal in the search bar for the database.
Citations
Student Resources in Context - download the citation from the database to your google drive
A. Click on citation tools
B. Under "export to" select Google Drive
C. Click export (at this point you will be asked to sign into Google if you have not already done so.)
D. Click OK when prompted
E. Since you will be adding sources every week, you might want to create folders to organize your drive.
Other Sources:
You need the 9 pieces of information listed below. Here is an example with Wikipedia.
This ends up looking like this:
"Education in Costa Rica." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Jan 2017,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Costa_Rica.
A. Click on citation tools
B. Under "export to" select Google Drive
C. Click export (at this point you will be asked to sign into Google if you have not already done so.)
D. Click OK when prompted
E. Since you will be adding sources every week, you might want to create folders to organize your drive.
Other Sources:
You need the 9 pieces of information listed below. Here is an example with Wikipedia.
- Authors. 1. none
- Title of the source. 2. "Education in Costa Rica."
- Title of container, 3. Wikipedia.
- Other contributors, 4. none
- Version, 5. none
- Numbers, 6. none
- Publisher, 7. Wikimedia Foundation
- Publication date, 8, 27 Jan 2017
- Location. 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Costa_Rica
This ends up looking like this:
"Education in Costa Rica." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Jan 2017,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Costa_Rica.