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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day from YL2
The YL 2 group started off the trimester with activities on Dr. Martin Luther King using the past tense. The students learned about his importance in the history of the racial equality movement in the United States. We discussed the nonviolent protests he led to gain equality for all peoples. The students finger-painted colorful peace
Technovation Challenge en American Space Madrid
¡Ha llegado el Technovation Challenge en American Space Madrid! En colaboración con la ONG Iridescent y su programa Technovation Challenge, que promueve el desarrollo de tecnología entre las niñas, en American Space Madrid hemos formando 8 equipos de niñas para participar en el concurso mundial. Estos equipos identificarán un problema social real, crearán una app
Novedades de American Space Madrid en Febrero 2017
¡Feliz año nuevo! Empezando en febrero, en American Space Madrid ponemos en funcionamiento tres programas nuevos para nuestra comunidad: Made in the USA: nuestro Family Maker Club para padres y sus niños The Garden Project at American Space Madrid: para niños de 9-12 con el fin de diseñar y crear un jardín comunitario para nuestra comunidad en
Happy 2017 from YL5!
It’s 2017 and we have started the winter trimester at the International Institute. The students in Young Learners 5 know each well after spending the fall trimester learning and laughing together. This winter we have a new student and he is already one of the group! We started the trimester off by, what else?!,
Young Learners 1 – “Over and Under”
The YL1 class did a creative weaving craft that also served to help practice and remember the prepositions “over” and “under.” We also learned about different professions and then played a guessing game where to help practice forming questions: “Are you a doctor?” “Are you an astronaut?”
Notes & News Diciembre 2016
Para acceder al último número de Notes & News : Notes & News Diciembre 2016 From the President I wish the best for the holidays and for the New Year to all members of the International Institute in Spain community. In 2017, the International Institute will mark its 125th year of dedication to the mission of
Mujeres de una cierta época, edad y experiencia:una década de Smith in Spain
El Instituto Internacional recibió en 1930 al grupo de Smith College (Smith College Junior Year Abroad) compuesto por apenas una docena de alumnas de Smith y Wellesley College. Se trataba de un experimento pionero en el campo de la educación internacional y una manifestación de la estrecha relación existente entre Smith College y el Instituto Internacional. Esta
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON POETRY – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS CAN BE CALLED AGING” BY CARL ADAMSHICK
This month we continue our contemplation of the world and our place in it with Carl Adamshick’s “Everything That Happens Can Be Called Aging” (2014). Adamshick’s poem opens with a bold pronouncement, an assertion from the speaker that he has “more love than ever.” And yet, the speaker goes on to talk about what he
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH” BY CHARLES W. CHESNUTT
This month’s story is Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Wife of His Youth,” first published in The Atlantic in 1898. Chesnutt’s most celebrated stories deal heavily with the nature of racial and social identity in the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to around 1900. As a light-skinned African-American (he was seven-eighths white), Chesnutt’s self-identifying as
CINE FORO SOBRE CINE AMERICANO – ASPECTOS A CONSIDERAR DURANTE LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA PELÍCULA PARA EL POSTERIOR DEBATE: EL FRANCOTIRADOR
El francotirador (American Sniper – Clint Eastwood, 2014) es una película dirigida por Clint Eastwood basada en la autobiografía de Chris Kyle, un Navy SEAL que sirvió en la guerra en Irak, titulada American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. Estrenada en 2014, la película llegó a ser la más