{"id":1414,"date":"2015-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app"},"modified":"2015-12-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T00:00:00","slug":"spain-picasso-flamenco-paella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/?p=1414","title":{"rendered":"Spain Picasso, Flamenco, & Paella"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to know more about Spain? Are you a lover of travel, geography teacher, homeschooling or involved parent, student, or life-long learner? In an effort to make world geography more meaningful and memorable, I’ve compiled all you will need to locate Spain on a map, cook a Spanish meal, watch YouTube clips on Spain, color the flag, create a Spanish craft, read a great book about Spain, and more! This is part of a series of lessons I did with my family while as we studied various countries from around the globe!<\/p>\n

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Where Is Spain?<\/h2>\n

Locate Spain on this map of Europe.<\/a> Use this map of Spain<\/a> to label the capitol, Madrid. Mark other relevant features (rivers, mountains, famous locations, etc.) if desired. If you’d like to spend a bit more time researching the country, you can add the language, currency, type of government, religion, and\/or famous landmarks. Write them on the back of the map. You can easily find all this information at wikipedia.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ImageImage credit: http:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Spain<\/p>\n

Fun Facts About Spain<\/h2>\n

In Spain, the Spanish language is officially called Castilian (el castellano). There are other Spanish languages spoken there too such as Catalan (el catalin), Galician (el gallego), Basque (el vasco or el euskera), and Valencian (el valenciano).<\/p>\n

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Every year, on the last Wednesday of August, the people of Buaol, Spain (near Valencia) celebrate a festival called La Tomatina which is a huge tomato fight!<\/p>\n

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To celebrate New Year’s Day, the people of Spain eat 12 grapes at midnight, one grape for each stroke of the clock and for each month of the year.<\/p>\n

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Spain’s Flag<\/h2>\n

Print and color the flag of Spain<\/a> and learn the history and meaning of it from Flag_of_Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish Meal We Prepared and Enjoyed<\/h2>\n

Prepare and serve paella, sangria, and polvoran (shortbread cookies). Be sure to play some flamenco and\/or classical guitar music with your meal. Before eating, it is polite to say, “Que aproveche!” which means, “Enjoy your meal!”<\/p>\n

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Sangria<\/h2>\n

Feel free to serve the alcoholic version of Sangria (by adding wine) if desired.<\/p>\n

Prep time:<\/strong> 10 min Ready in:<\/strong> 10 min Yields:<\/strong> 8<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h2>\n