Path to this page: Go to http://terc.geneseo.edu See ‘Help Guides,' click on Specific courses and workshops,' ‘SPAN 320.’
Resources for Teaching Spanish
Materials for Curriculum Planning
(NYS Curricula, K-12 textbooks, activity guides, audiovisuals, software, manipulatives and websites about teaching)
Children’s and Young Adults’ Books
Periodicals for Teachers
Periodicals for Children and Young Adults
Pictures,Videos, News and Broadcasting Sources
MATERIALS FOR CURRICULUM PLANNING (materials designed for curriculum planning and materials about Spanish language and culture that might be useful for curriculum planning)
1. Browse on Curriculum Resources shelves
New York State Education Department Publications (available on shelves and online)
K-12 textbooks Browse on shelves in Teacher Education Resource Center under: curr CT 372.646 and CT 373.646
Teaching guides/activity books Browse on shelves in Teacher Education Resource Center under: curr CC 372.646 and CC 373.646
Audiovisuals, software, videos, etc. Browse on shelves in Teacher Education Resource Center under: curr CX 372.646 and CX 373.646
2. Search in our library catalog
3. See online videos about and for teaching
4. See recommended websites
CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
1. Browse on Juvenile/Young Adult shelves in SUNY Geneseo Teacher Education Resource Center in Milne Library. Most foreign language materials (including bilingual materials) are in the 400s. Spanish is 460 and French is 440. (A few young adult books might be in the 860s or 840s, but the 440s and 460s are the best places to browse.)
2. Search in library catalogs:
See sample searches for Juvenile and Young Adult books in our library catalog.
Libra Catalog of the Monroe County Library System (adult and children's materials) or Kid’s Catalog of the Monroe County Library System. If you find items of interest, check if we own them. If not, you may request books through our Information Delivery Services department.
Rochester Area Regional Catalog (ROARing CAT) Especially useful for locating materials in area school libraries. (Sample search: spanish language and juvenile) Includes public, college and special libraries also but is not as up to date as searching those library catalogs directly.
Kids’ Catalog on OWWL Access (Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, and Livingston county public libraries)
3. Scan lists of recommended books
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (You may search for books in Spanish by grade level and subject as well as “books in English about Latinos.”)
Links to other booklists and lesson plan resources
Bibliographies and thematic lists of children’s and young adult books that may include books in English related to Spanish-speaking cultures.
PERIODICALS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
See Spanish language periodicals for children and young adults in EduHound.
Search under ‘spanish language’ (for periodical articles written in Spanish) or under a topic related to Spanish culture (for articles primarily in English) in Primary Search and InfoTrac Junior
Also see Pictures, Videos, News and Broadcasting Sources below.
PERIODICALS FOR TEACHERS
Search in periodical indexes under terms such as those below:
teaching and spanish language
second language and spanish
software and spanish language
videos and spanish language
videos and second language and Spanish
computer and spanish language
PICTURES, VIDEOS, NEWS AND BROADCASTING SOURCES
Pictures Search under ‘spanish language’ or under ‘languages’ or under the names of countries, regions, ethnic groups, events, monuments, famous people or other terms you think may be useful.
Videos Search under terms as listed for pictures above.
Spanish language and Hispanic Cultures
Links to all types of resources in Spanish including magazines and newspapers, radio and tv information. Especially see link to The Daily Press
Live International Television Stations (free previews of subscription service)
See many recommended websites.