This document provides instructions and questions for a Spanish education webquest. Students are asked to read articles about the influence of education on post-war countries and issues facing children's education in Latin America. They then choose an article about educational reform in one Latin American country to answer questions about conditions before and changes during the reform, and reflect on an interesting photo from the article.

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Education Webquest: Spanish I
Part A. The Influence of Education
Please read the following article and then answer the following questions.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=3869
How does the article say that education affects countries after war? Give three
examples.
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Part B. Problems Plaguing Latin America’s Schools: Individual Country Study
Click on the following link and choose a country to read about. Countries from
which you can choose include the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Write down four issues facing children of this country that are related to education.
Be sure to use statistics to further describe the issues.
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/latinamerica.html
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2. Part C. Educational Reform – Before and After
Choose one of the following articles to answer questions about.
School in Mexico
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=1581
School in Chile:
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=341
School in Peru:
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=2225
School in Haiti:
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=3317
School in Bolivia:
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=1445
Article One:
1) Describe the state of the education system in this country before the reform (at
least 3 sentences). Give specific examples.
2) Describe the changes that schools are undergoing during this reform. Write at
least 3 sentences with specific examples.

3. Copy one of the pictures from the webpage that you find interesting and paste it
below.
Below the picture, explain why you found the photo interesting. What did you think
when you saw the photo? What does it tell us, and what can you learn from it? (Your
response should be a minimum of 5 sentences.)