Welcome FLANC participants! Here are links and resources to help you include social justice issues in the classroom.
Special thanks to Carol Gaab at Fluency Matters and Wayside Publishing for donating the door prizes!
Resources:
General Resources:
Words and Actions (ACTFL publication)
Social Justice Through Film:
Cuerdas: video, activities
El Regalo (The Present): video
Bear Story: video, my post on related resources
También La Lluvia (available on Amazon & Netflix [as Even the Rain])
Social Justice Through Reading:
Reading–strategies & what to do with text here (especially pages 15-17) and here
Esperanza: buy book/teachers’ guide, resources on other blogs here, here, and here
La Travesia de Enrique–Sonia Nazario Interview with Maria Hinojosa here
Felipe Alou: buy book/TG, resources on other blogs, my post on related resources
Robo en la Noche: buy book/TG, resources on other blogs
La Guerra Sucia: buy book/TG, resources on other blogs; video below here
Carta Abierta a mi Nieto por Juan Gelman
Listening comprehension task from Martina Bex
Universal Declaration of Human Rights–which is the most important to you?
Social Justice Through Action:
Tejidos textbook LOVE the section on Global Citizenship to lay a foundation on the topic of social justice
Micro lending project: Kiva, kiva-webquest, Living on One (on Netflix), resources on other blogs here and here
School supply drive—Laura Sexton
El precioso gesto contra el racismo
This American Life: What Happened at Dos Erres? and related Spielberg documentary
(not social justice–but interesting to NC Spanish teachers: Cris in the USA video blog)
Aventuras Nuevas 