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Programación especial en el Instituto con motivo de las elecciones estadounidenses
[En español debajo] This year’s election has been characterized as unprecedented from the beginning. In order to understand the nuances of this election and recognize its oddities, a general understanding of the US election system is required. The US has not seen an electoral race this close since the 1960s and it is impossible to
La historia del Juneteenth: día festivo en Estados Unidos
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States that marks the day, June 19, 1865, that enslaved people were freed in Galveston, Texas. The name Juneteenth comes from the combination of the words June and Nineteenth. It is also sometimes called Black Independence Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Jubilee Day. Juneteenth only recently
Institute’s first comics club publishes students’ books
This spring students CRASHED into the world of superheroes and villains, inaugurating the International Institute’s first Comics Club. We read and analyzed a variety of comics, focusing on the origin stories and journeys of heroes (and, in some cases, villains!). We giggled our way through games and some pretty silly stories. And above all, we
Ganas de Biblioteca IIE – Recomendaciones bibliotecarias de recursos digitales sobre arte
A través de la iniciativa #AtHomeWithIIE del Instituto Internacional, nuestra biblioteca pretende mantener su labor cultural y educativa en esta etapa de confinamiento. Con este objetivo en mente, compartimos una primera selección de recursos culturales que pueden consultarse gratuitamente a través de internet. Los recursos elegidos son para pequeños y mayores, tanto españoles como estadounidenses,
Ganas de Biblioteca IIE – Recomendaciones bibliotecarias para celebrar el Día Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil
Cada año, el dos de abril se celebra el Día Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil coincidiendo con el nacimiento del escritor Hans Christian Andersen para promover la importancia de los libros entre los más jóvenes. Los beneficios de la lectura en la infancia son visibles en cuanto se pone en práctica y han sido
Reading Zines: Graphic Novel Family Book Club for Tweens – Book of the month: April 2020
We hope you have enjoyed the great story for this month “Jackie Rose Vol. 1: The Treasure of Captain Read” by Josh Ulrich: SUMMARY Set in an alternate 1940s, Jackie Rose is a rip-roaring adventure story about a sixteen-year-old girl fighting to hold on to the last remnant she has of her departed mother, her
Reading Zines: Graphic Novel Family Book Club for Tweens – Book of the month: March 2020
We hope you have enjoyed the great story for this month “Roller Girl” by Victoria Jamieson. SUMMARY Twelve-year-old Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid signs up for roller derby camp, she assumes Nicole will too. But Nicole signs up for dance camp with a new friend instead, and
Reading Zines: Graphic Novel Family Book Club for Tweens – Book of the month: February 2020
We hope you have enjoyed the great story for this month “Real Friends” de Shannon Hale y Leuyen Pham. We share some of the questions that we want to discuss about it during the first part of the activity: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS When you read the book how did you feel? Have you ever felt like
Reading Zines: Graphic Novel Family Book Club for Tweens – Book of the month: January 2020
We hope you have enjoyed the great story for this month “The Last Kids on Earth” by Max Brallier y Douglas Holgate. We share some of the questions that we want to discuss about it during the first part of the activity: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS This is a post-apocalyptic novel. What does it means? Why does
Reading Zines: Graphic Novel Family Book Club for Tweens – Book of the month: December 2019
We hope you have enjoyed the great story for this month “Brave” de Svetlana Chmakova. We share the questions that we want to discuss about it during the first part of the activity: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What types of activities are you involved in at school? Do you find that your closest friends are also in