World Languages

On-Line Translator / Speaker http://free-translator.imtranslator.net/

Mrs. Kiner's Textbook Sites
 http://www.gohrw.com
MCDOUGAL LITTEL: http://www.mcdougallittell.com

Mrs. Kiner's Web Page http://teacherweb.com/CT/EllingtonMiddleSchool/MrsKiner/

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

Mrs. Overton's Students: Click here for El Yunque

Canadian Biographies http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/Canadians/athletes.html

Mexico
Photographs
National Geographic Mexico Adventure: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mexico/index.html
Mexican Tourist Attraction Photo Index: http://www.planetware.com/photos/PHMEX.HTM
Images of Mexico: http://www.dallas.net/~lalo/places.html
1000 Images of Mexico: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/photo.html
Images of the Yucatan: http://www.geo-images.com/yucatan/yucat.html
More Pics: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rmeyer/index.htm

Holidays
http://www.mexonline.com/holiday.htm
Yahoo Mexican Holidays: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Around_the_World/Countries/Mexico/Cultures_and_Traditions/Holidays/

Day of the Dead Web Sites
Day of the Dead: http://www.dayofthedead.com/
Day of the Dead: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/
Mex Connect Day of the Dead: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
Day of the Dead Folk Art: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/mjmendoza/mjmdiadelasmuertos.html
Inside Mexico Day of the Dead: http://www.inside-mexico.com/featuredead.htm
Make your own Day of the Dead altar: http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/about/html/holidays/ddead_kids.htm

Why do Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead? http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html
Dia de los Muertos - Palomer College Remember - you MUST include the URL when you print out any picture from the Internet!!! http://www.palomar.edu/multicultural/DiadelosMuertos/Index.html
Day of the Dead Explanation http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm

Day of the Dead - Regional Variations http://www.lawndaleartcenter.org/dod/mtpg.htm

Montreal Sites
Francais Langue Etrangere et Langue Seconde http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/clicnet/fle.html
Francais Pour Voyaguers http://www.travlang.com/languages/

Weather Around the World
http://weather.yahoo.com/
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/
http://www.worldweather.com/
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/wglobe.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/worldweather/index.shtml

Hispanic Biographies
See Biography Links Under Reference
Famous Hispanics: http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.html
Chicana and Latina Profiles: http://clnet.sscnet.ucla.edu/women/profiles.html
Hispanic Biographies: http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/bio/index.htm
Hispanic Americans In Congress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/

Spanish-Speaking Countries
Extremely comprehensive guide to Spain, from the Directorate General for Cultural Affairs at the Spanish Foreign Ministry: http://www.SiSpain.org/

Bullfighting
Bullfighting in Spain: http://www.andalucia.com/bullfight/home.htm
What is a bullfight?: http://www.sanfermin.com/guide/corrida_inf.html
Mundo Taurino: http://mundo-taurino.org/

French-Speaking Countries
Franceway: http://www.franceway.com/welcome.htm

Aztecs, Incas, Maya
The Aztec Calendar: http://www.azteccalendar.com/
Lords of the Earth-Maya, Aztec, and Inca: http://www.mayalords.org/
Canadian Museum of Civilization - Mystery of the Maya: http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/civiliz/maya/mmc01eng.html
Mayan Hyrogliphics: http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/mayan.html
Simon Frasier Univeristy Museuem Inca Page: http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/laarch/inca/iindexe.html
Maya Math: http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html
Mesoamerican Sites and Cultures: http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/latinamerica/meso/mesotable.html

Puerto Rico
1. Go to the EMS Library home page http://www.ellingtonschools.org/emslibrary and use:
Discovering Collection -lots of great resources:
Use Infotrac Junior  to find current magazine and newspaper articles about Puerto Rico. 
Also use Britannica's Online Encyclopedia
2. CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
    At above site find Present state of affairs including government, people, and statistics.
3. Puerto Rico for kids: http://www.elboricua.com/BoricuaKids.html
4. Puerto Rican Folktales http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/2/93.02.12.x.html
5. Puerto Rico from Britannica Encyclopedia http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9276577?query=puerto%20rico&ct=null
6. Puerto Rican Holidays http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/holi.shtml
Christmas http://www.elboricua.com/pr_christmas.html
7. Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Puerto Rico: http://www.mrdowling.com/710-puertorico.html
8. Another site on Statehood: http://www.puerto-rico-online.org/
9. Welcome to Puerto Rico: http://welcome.topuertorico.org/
11. Puerto Rico.com: http://www.puertorico.com/
12. Puerto Rico Wow!: http://www.puertoricowow.com/
13. Lonely Planet Puerto Rico Guide http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/puerto_rico/
14. Music of Puerto Rico http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/
15. El Boricua http://www.elboricua.com/
16. Puerto Rican Pop Culture http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Puerto-Rican-Pop-Culture
17. Puerto Rican Folklorian Dance http://www.prfdance.org/
18. Frommer's Puerto Rico http://www.frommers.com/destinations/puertorico/
19. Photo Gallery: http://www.ccsu.edu/caribstudy/pr-photos.html
20. Latin Dances http://www.dancedancedance.com/history_of_salsa.html

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