Antes de navegar

Answer the following questions.

1			¿Cuántos hermanos tiene Ud.?
2			¿Es grande o pequeña su familia?
3			¿Cómo se llaman son sus parientes favoritos?
4			Describa a un pariente con adjetivos presentados en Capítulo 2.

Al navegar 1

In the mural titled “La familia,” Antonio Pazos includes images of his family with the Plumed Serpent, a Mexican pyramid, and the Águila Negra (Black Eagle) of the Farmworkers Movement. The mural, which was painted on the El Río Neighborhood Center (Tucson, Arizona) in 1975, suggests a connection or continuum from pre-Hispanic period to the present.

Click on the link below and look for the image of “La familia.” Then answer the following questions.

Southern Arizona Folk Arts: www.library.arizona.edu/images/folkarts/pazos.html

5			¿Cuántas personas aparecen (appear) en el mural?
6			¿Cuáles son las relaciones entre (between) estas personas?

Al navegar 2

Click on the link to study what a typical Mexican family does together. Then read the following phrases taken from the website. Look up unfamiliar words. For each phrase, write sí if it describes something you do with your family. Write no if it's not something you do with your family.

¿Qué hace la familia mexicana?: www.uark.edu/depts/flaninfo/kali/kaliquehace.html

7			ir de compras
8			ir al cine
9			ir a la iglesia
10			ir a pasear
11			ir al parque
12			ir al mercado
13			comer en un restaurante
14			ir a la playa
15			viajar juntos

Al navegar 3

Surf the following two sites, then list three differences and three similarities between a Mexican family and a North American family.

la familia norteamericana: http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0101/ijss/ijss0101.htm

la familia mexicana: http://www.fame.org.mx/home.asp

16			diferencias
17			semejanzas

Después de navegar

18			Do you know a famous family? Briefly describe in Spanish the number of people in that family, how they are related, where they live, what they do, and why they are famous.