This presentation was done by the EES Nº 7 from San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina for the Connecting Classrooms project.

2. IDENTITY AND
BELONGING:
DISCOVERING
OUR ROOTS

4. WHERE DO WE
COME
FROM?

5. Argentina is considered a
country of immigrants.
Most Argentines descend from
colonial-era settlers and of 19th
and 20th century immigrants
from Europe.

6. WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ORIGIN
OF OUR FAMILY NAMES.
THESE ARE THE RESULTS:
11
1
4
Origin of our family names
Spanish origin
Portuguese origin
Italian origin

7. THESE ARE THE NATIONALITIES
REPRESENTED IN OUR CLASS:
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1
14
1
2
Number of
students
Nationalities
Argentine
Chilean
Colombian

8. We all speak the same
language: SPANISH.
But there are slight
variations in
vocabulary, intonation and
pronunciation.

9. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW.
We interviewed two of our
classroom partners that
come from Colombia in
order to find out about their
experience of coming to live
to Argentina.

11. PEOPLE FROM MANY FOREIGN
COMUNITIES LIVE IN OUR CITY:
* SPAIN
* ITALY
* CHILE
* BOLIVIA
* COLOMBIA
* PARAGUAY
* CHINA
* VASQUE COUNTRY

12. SOME OF THEM HAVE
A COMMUNITY CLUB
WHERE THEY MEET.

13. It was built at the end of the
XIX century as ‘The Italian
Society Union and Fraternity of
Mutual Help’. It has been
enlarged but it conserves its
original style.
THE ITALIAN
SOCIETY

14. This building was oficially inagurated on 1st
April,1863 as ‘The French Society of Mutual
Help’. It has had many multiple uses lately
without changing its original appearance.
THE FRENCH
SOCIETY

15. THE SPANISH
SOCIETY
It was opened in
1920 as a place to
help both the
Spanish community
in our city and their
descendants. It still
conserves its
original style and
aim.

16. THE VASQUE
CENTRE
It is situated in
the centre of the
city and is used
to celebrate
parties carried
out by the
community of
Vasque people
that live here.

17. SOCIETY OF BOLIVIAN PEOPLE LIVING
IN SAN NICOLÁS
It is the most modern of them. It was built
about twenty years ago. It is used by a
large number of Bolivian people who live in
our city to practice sports and practice
typical dances.

18. WHAT ARE THESE PLACES
USED FOR?
Foreign community members
gather in these places to celebrate
parties or eat typical dishes .
But these are also cultural places
to learn typical dances, sports
and languages. .

19. Some of these communities keep
some old traditions and still
celebrate some festivals.
Follow this link to see a video about the Guadalupean Party in our city:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxE-PT8aYw
For example, the community of Bolivia in
our city celebrate the day of the
Guadalupe Virgen on 8th December and
that of the Copacabana Virgin on 7th
September.

20. EVERY YEAR IN NOVEMBER, THERE IS A
FESTIVAL OF FOREIGN COMMUNITIES
ORGANISED BY OUR TOWN HALL, TO
SHOW ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE
HERE AND PROMOTE CULTURAL
AWARENESS.

21. People from different
countries have the
possibility of showing their
typical
costumes, music, traditional
dishes and traditional
objects.

22. All along the American
continent,
we commemorate
The Day of Cultural
Diversity
on 19th April.

23. … a great step towards
real peace.
Cultural
awareness
is…

24. ESCUELA DE EDUCACIÓN
SECUNDARIA N° 7
6° YEAR - 2013
SAN NICOLÁS
BUENOS AIRES
ARGENTINA