2. Unit 1
1. History of El Salvador
Read the following article about the Salvadoran culture then answer the
questions
http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/El-Salvador.html#b
Exercise
1. What is the location of El Salvador?
2. In what year El Salvador get independence from Spain?
3. What is the Salvadoran typical food?
4. What is the symbolism of the Salvadoran flag?
Watch the video about the Salvadoran culture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2_l5bkdWJo
3. 2. Military dictatorship
Read the biography about Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/maximiliano-hernandez-martinez/
Read the following article about How Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez
governed when he was the Salvadoran president and then write an essay about the
characteristics of his dictatorship
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Maximiliano_Hernandez_Martinez.aspx
4. Grammar
Adverbs of time
Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how often
Examples
When: today, yesterday, later, now, last year
For how long: all day, not long, for a while, since last year
How often: sometimes, frequently, never, often, yearly
Examples
She stayed in the Bears' house all day
My mother lived in France for a year
Arrange the words to make sentences. Place time expressions at the end of the
sentence
1. haven't / recently / seen / I / him-----------------------------------------------------
2. I'll / you / see / soon ---------------------------------------------------------------------
3. afterwards / met / at the pub / him / we -------------------------------------------
4. help / immediately / I / need ----------------------------------------------------------
5. was / arrogant / he / then / very -----------------------------------------------------
6. ? / now / are / where / you - ----------------------------------------------------------
7. ? / to go / where / you / do / want / today ----------------------------------------
8. ? / do / yesterday / did / you / what ------------------------------------------------
9. as soon as possible / you / him / the truth / tell / should - --------------------
10. hasn't won / lately / my team ---------------------------------------------------------
5. 3. Salvadoran civil war
Watch the following documentary and then write the and essay about
the feelings that Salvadoran had at that period o time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHO-WiiZba0
6. 4. Post war period
Read the following article about the Salvadoran peace accords
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapultepec_Peace_Accords
Read the article about the post war period and then write an essay
about the war consequences in El Salvador
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCPR/214578-1111989018330/20480378/172precisELS.pdf
7. Vocabulary
Write 10 sentences using the following words
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