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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
Happy Holidays from Kids Club 2
This week in Kids Club 2 we celebrated the upcoming holidays! We discussed Christmas vocabulary and practiced recognizing and pronouncing holiday words with an I Spy: Merry Christmas book. We also read the classic Christmas story The Night Before Christmas and talked about what our families usually do on Christmas Eve. We wrote sentences about our
Hello from Kids Club Fall 2016
Welcome to Kids Club! This trimester we have been quite busy learning new songs, games, and traditions from North America. In November, we learned about the Native American people and some of their traditions. We even made dream catchers and wrote about our own dreams in our journals. November was also a month to remember
Actividades de STEAM para niños (9-11 años): All Hands on Tech!
25 febrero – 1 abril (18 marzo no lectivo) Sábados | 10:30-12:00 9 a 12 años Este mini-curso es un taller de actividades de STEAM (ciencias, tecnología, ingeniera, arte y matemáticas) centrado en la electrónica. Los estudiantes aprenderán a diseñar y construir circuitos y aplicarlos a objetos diferentes en un ambiente divertido e interactivo.
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
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
American Expression: Liberty 3.0: American Outlaws
NEW ACS COURSE WINTER 2017 This trimester we will examine America’s fascination with and susceptibility to outlaws both real and imaginary. How does culture simultaneously perpetuate and embody that fascination? What are its historical foundations? These are a few of the questions we will consider throughout the trimester. Instructor: Andrew Bennett, PhD Language Skills developed
American Literature: Short Stories: Paths to the Canon
NEW ACS COURSE WINTER 2017 This trimester we will examine some of America’s best-known short stories and short story writers, and explore the ways in which these works and authors gain the necessary prestige and popularity to be called “canonical.” How many paths to the canon are there? How do they function? Who decides what
Limelight: Teatro e Improvisación para Adultos ¡Nueva sesión y nuevos contenidos!
¡Nueva sesión y nuevos contenidos! Limelight Teatro e Improvisación un mini curso para adultos los lunes, del 6 de febrero al 13 de marzo 18:30 – 20:30 h. A través del estudio de escenas, monólogos y técnicas de improvisación, los estudiantes perfeccionan las herramientas necesarias para interpretar personajes con diferentes roles, entrevistas y hablar en
American Art History: Photos Telling Stories
NEW ACS COURSE WINTER 2017 This course will focus on the stories that well-known and lesser-known photographers have told about America through iconic photos that still resonate today. From the weary eyes of Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, to the panorama of Robert Frank’s Americans, the misfits of Diane Arbus, and all the searing news images that made
