Social Studies

: Spain

Approach: Station

Resources: Set of 10 pictures

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Questions / instructions:
These 10 pictures were taken in Spain. Some of the pictures show Spanish people doing things that are very special to the country of Spain. Some of the pictures show Spanish people doing things similar to what people do in other countries, like New Zealand.

% responses

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7
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10

1. Sort the pictures into two sets.

Set 1 will show pictures of things that are special to Spain.
Set 2 will show pictures of things that are similar to what people do in other countries — not just Spain.
Write down the numbers from the backs of the pictures you put into set 1 and set 2.

Special to Spain:

1
2

3
4
5
6

7
8
9

18
33
84
14
32
29
76
18
17
71

Number correctly classified:

8
6–7
3–5
0–2

35
42
7
16

2. Why do people in Spain do some things in a different way?

Try to think of 3 reasons.

Number of good reasons:

3
2
1
0

23
32
28
17

Commentary:
This task required students to distinguish between pictures showing events that are special to Spain and those that are common to many countries. This involved making decisions based on visual information and their own knowledge and understandings. The three special pictures were identified by a substantial number of students. The five pictures which were clearly not special to Spain were identified by 71 to 86 percent. Pictures 2 and 5 proved to be borderline, and therefore were not included in the number correctly classified.

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