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Online Cultural Assignment Option:
Find 3 articles that talk about issues that affect Hispanics and/or Latinos. Please avoid the sports (soccer) or entertainment themes. Make it more politics, health, environment, immigration, daily life, traditions, etc.
Use these web sites to find articles (in English) about Spanish life:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino
http://www.bbc.com/news/world/latin_america
Cnn.com/Americas
http://www.hnonline.us/category/hispanic-news-1
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/
After reading the 3 articles, we would like your personal reflections. Specifically we want to know what information was new to you and/or interesting to you in EACH article (at least 2 things per article). Please write a short paragraph for each idea.
For example:
Article 1: (1st observation)
I read about the Spanish posada. I found it interesting that they “reenact” the story of Mary and Joseph in a parade form and that they celebrate Christmas with the day of the kings in addition to a main dinner on December 24th. In my family, we mostly celebrate Christmas on December 25th with the opening of gifts.
Article 1: (2nd observation)
In the same article it also talked about the Rosca de Reyes which apparently is a special bread that Hispanics bake for Kings day(January 6th). In Mexico city, they had a contest to see which bakery could make the longest. They place a plastic figurine inside the bread (representing the baby Jesus) and then whoever gets that piece has to throw a party 6 weeks later. This sounds like a fun activity and something that my family definitely doesn’t do. The winning Bakery last year was “Paredez Bakery” with a Rosca that was 20 ft. long.
Article 2: (1st observation)
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Your document should look like this:
Article 1 Link
Article 1: (1st observation/idea paragraph)
Article 1: (2nd observation/idea paragraph)
Article 2 Link:
Article 2: (1st observation/idea paragraph)
Article 2: (2nd observation/idea paragraph)
Article 3 Link:
Article 3: (1st observation/idea paragraph)
Article 3: (2nd observation/idea paragraph)
I would prefer that you submit this via google docs if possible, but all forms are accepted.
Use the following checklist to make sure your assignment is complete.
____includes 2 observations for each article
____paragraphs are well developed (not just a line or two)
____follows format and has links to articles
Find 3 articles that talk about issues that affect Hispanics and/or Latinos. Please avoid the sports (soccer) or entertainment themes. Make it more politics, health, environment, immigration, daily life, traditions, etc.
Use these web sites to find articles (in English) about Spanish life:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino
http://www.bbc.com/news/world/latin_america
Cnn.com/Americas
http://www.hnonline.us/category/hispanic-news-1
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/
After reading the 3 articles, we would like your personal reflections. Specifically we want to know what information was new to you and/or interesting to you in EACH article (at least 2 things per article). Please write a short paragraph for each idea.
For example:
Article 1: (1st observation)
I read about the Spanish posada. I found it interesting that they “reenact” the story of Mary and Joseph in a parade form and that they celebrate Christmas with the day of the kings in addition to a main dinner on December 24th. In my family, we mostly celebrate Christmas on December 25th with the opening of gifts.
Article 1: (2nd observation)
In the same article it also talked about the Rosca de Reyes which apparently is a special bread that Hispanics bake for Kings day(January 6th). In Mexico city, they had a contest to see which bakery could make the longest. They place a plastic figurine inside the bread (representing the baby Jesus) and then whoever gets that piece has to throw a party 6 weeks later. This sounds like a fun activity and something that my family definitely doesn’t do. The winning Bakery last year was “Paredez Bakery” with a Rosca that was 20 ft. long.
Article 2: (1st observation)
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Your document should look like this:
Article 1 Link
Article 1: (1st observation/idea paragraph)
Article 1: (2nd observation/idea paragraph)
Article 2 Link:
Article 2: (1st observation/idea paragraph)
Article 2: (2nd observation/idea paragraph)
Article 3 Link:
Article 3: (1st observation/idea paragraph)
Article 3: (2nd observation/idea paragraph)
I would prefer that you submit this via google docs if possible, but all forms are accepted.
Use the following checklist to make sure your assignment is complete.
____includes 2 observations for each article
____paragraphs are well developed (not just a line or two)
____follows format and has links to articles
Possible Cultural Article on immigration
Here is a document on Immigration if you are interested in reading it.