Teachers are always trying to stimulate and inspire their students. Over the years Hans has found that utilizing visuals can help motivate students. By using art and placing that art in historical context, we can more easily ignite students’ historical imaginations

Fortunately, many of Simon and Manuela’s love letters are preserved, which make for great reading activities for language and history students! Having taught history and occasionally ESL for over twenty years, I have learned that one of the essential starting points for effective teaching and learning is first to engage the student.

This is one of the questions we, Spanish teachers naturally ask ourselves, especially when starting the process of teaching Spanish to our students. We may instinctively tend to prioritize the teaching of grammar in order to construct sentences correctly; however, these two major aspects share the same raw material, which is vocabulary.

Looking for new ways to have your students explore the Spanish-speaking world? Send them on a trip! Projects are a great way to provide students with a real-life application of the vocabulary, phrases, and skills they are learning in your class.