Family

//This page contains ideas, information, and materials for teaching and learning about family in Spanish.//

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- Interactive, 40-piece jigsaw puzzle of Botero's //La familia// that students can assemble online



- 5,000 interviews in which participants answered 40 essential questions about the challenges of daily life, differences, dreams, environment, family legacies, fears, God, hopes, joy, love, and war were filmed in 75 different countries and presented here in English, Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese (Click on thematic movies to access them)

=Film=

[|Bibliography in Spanish of films/movies that depict various family problems, family structures, etc.] (scroll down to Page 2 to see the categorized list. Also, note that not all films are culturally authentic or in Spanish, and that many may not be appropriate for classroom use. This list is provided here as a potential springboard of ideas for teachers regarding both topics and films that might be used in a unit on families due to the variety of categories it includes.)

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=Videos=

[|Canción para mi papá]- Animated song about a father media type="youtube" key="IKhFn4J0RDQ?rel=0" height="349" width="425"

[|La mejor familia del mundo] - A culturally authentic children's story read in slow, simple Spanish by a male native speaker. Lots of use of the conditional tense. media type="youtube" key="RjL_z6UcM0E" width="420" height="315"

[|Vivir juntos. Familia (Ecuador)] - Children's responses about the importance of family, getting in trouble, siblings, and what they like about their families

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[|Vivir juntos. Familia (Uruguay)] - Children's responses to questions in which they define family media type="youtube" key="wCIlQijczjo" width="560" height="315"

=Pedagogical Resources=

[|La familia de España]

See also: Aging, Childhood, Friendship & Love, Holiday Celebrations, House, Personal Identity, Personality