¡Somos los Conquistadores!
Posted by Ms. DeAngelisThe fifth grade Spanish class has been studying the conquistadors for a few weeks, and learned all about the famous Spanish conquerors. We went on a scavenger hunt around the classroom, set sail on the Srta. DeAngelis express in our sailing simulation, and now we have become the conquistadors we studied! There was drama, intrigue, romance, and betrayal as some students reenacted the significant moments of the lives of the Cabeza de Vaca, Nuñez de Balboa, and fan favorite Ponce de Leon. Other students decided to do an interview news segment to discover the motivations of Juan Ponce de Leon, while a different group decided to compare and contrast the maps available in the 1500s to those available now to analyze how the maps influenced their routes. (Class consensus: they really could have used GPS!) It was a fantastic end to the unit!
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