TGC Fellow Unit Template *

Prepared by:
HS/Gainesville, Fl

Mara Eugenia Zelaya

Subject: Spanish IV IB
Time Needed: One month

Grade: 11

School/Location: Eastside
Unit Title: Los Sistemas Educativos

Unit Summary:
Students will learn how the education system of those countries rated as top in the PISA assessment work
and will be able to compare and contrast with their own education system. They will understand what are
the key features of a successful education system and be able to decide what needs to be done in their
own education system to improve it. Students will read articles on the education systems of Spain, Finland
and different countries in Latin America. They will be able to compare and summarize the best practices
for each of those countries.
Students will also learn about a unique music program called El Sistema created in Venezuela in 1975.
They will watch a documentary called Tocar y Luchar. They will also research how this music program
created in Venezuela has been able to expand and is now being implemented in the United States and
other countries around the world.

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED GOALS:

1. Students will be able to use the target

language in different settings to understand
how education systems work in different

countries.

2. Students will learn how socio-economic

disparities can be solve with a strong music

program (musical education).
3. Students will learn how to create an
interactive image in ThingLink to present
their ideas about the changes they propose

Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to(real world
purpose)
Recognize and understand cultural perspective
Investigate the world beyond their local community
Apply comparative analysis and critical thinking
Communicate ideas, opinions and information in a foreign language
Investigate opportunities to improve global problems.

Meaning

in their own education system.

4. Students will write a persuasive essay to
present their ideas about whether or not
they agree with a program like El Sistema.

GLOBAL COMPETENCY:
Communicate Ideas in a Foreign
Language
Cultural Awareness
Cultural Perspective

UNDERSTANDINGS

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.
Students will understand the
differences between the education
system of the United States and 2.
countries in Latin America and
Europe.
3.
Students will evaluate different

What a good education system

should be?
How a music education system can
help with the social and economic
problems of a community/country?
What are the differences and
similarities of the United States
Education System with those
education systems ranked at the
top?

educational system and create a

list of possible changes to the
education system of the United
States.
Students will understand how a
musical education system can help
solve socio economic disparities.

RESOURCES:
Acquisition

Documentary Tocar y luchar

Documentary La tierra de las mil
orquestas

Students will know (Content)

Students will be able to (Skills)

1. Education is the key to solve the 1.

socio economic disparities in many
www.elsistemausa.org
2.
of the Latin American countries
www.fundamusical.org.ve/el-sistema 2. Music education can be powerful
socio and cultural tool to improve
www.finlandia.es
the lives of a nations most needed3.
www.bbc.com/mundo
Articles from different newspapers in
Spanish
www.padlet.com

kids.

Express their opinions and ideas in

Spanish
Compare and contrast education
system from different parts of the
world.
Understand how a strong education
system can help with socio economic
disparities.
4. Research how education systems
work in different countries
5. Listen to authentic audiovisual
material in Spanish and summaries
the main ideas.

www.wordle.com
www.thinglink.com
www.infogr.am
www.easel.ly

Stage 2 Evidence
Assessment

Evaluation Criteria (Learning Target or Student Will Be Able To)

Assessments FOR Learning: (ex: kwl

chart, exit ticket, observation, draft,
rehearsal)
1. Critical thinking skills and written skills in the target language
2. Collaboration and effective communication skills using a technological tool
(Padlet and Wordle).
1. Qu te gusta del sistema
3.
Reading comprehension skills in the target language.
educativo de los Estados Unidos?
4. Compare and contrast, collaboration and effective communication skills in
the target language. Summarizing information and presenting their findings
Opinion (Individual): Students
using technology (ThingLink).
will answer the following
5.
Listening skills in the target language and effective communication skills in
question in one or two
the target language when presenting their point of view in the debate.
sentences in Spanish using
Padlet:
2. El sistema educativo de los
Estados Unidos debera.
Opinion and brainstorming: In
groups of 4, students will come
with a list of words or short

phrases that will express the

things that they dont like of
their education system. They
will create a Wordle image with
the words and phrases and then
it will be post it on Padlet.
3. Nuestro sistema educativo en
comparacin con el resto del
mundo.
Students will read newspaper
articles and will look at a table
with the results of PISA 2013.
They will be able to read the
perspective of a foreign
newspaper (BBC) and learn how
our system is view. Students will
also look analyze a table with
the results of PISA 2013 and will
read about the test. As part of
the assignments, students will
work on a list of vocabulary and
questions from the articles.
4. Las diez claves de un sistema
educativo
In groups, students will evaluate
six infograph from aulaPlaneta
about 10 keys of the education
system of Korea, Japan, Poland,
Finland, Canada, and New
Zealand. They will create an
interactive image in ThingLink
to present the 10 keys that they
found to be most interesting.

5. El Sistema: la msica como medio

para el cambio social
Students will watch the
documentary Tocar y Luchar and
will read several articles that
argue in favor and against the
music program from Venezuela.
Students will answer questions
and will have a debate in class
to argue both sides.

Assessment OF Learning: (ex:

performance task, project, final paper)
1.
1. In groups, students will create an
infographic using infogr.am or
easel.ly that presents their ideas for
2.
changing a specific part of the
education system. They will present
3.
their findings to the class.
2. You will write a persuasive essay to
convince a member of the school
board to either create a program like El
Sistema in Alachua County or to
oppose to the creation of a program
like El Sistema.
3. Students will have a vocabulary test
that consists of word from the articles
study in class and their synonyms.

Students will have the opportunity to learn how to create an infograph and
will summarize their ideas on how to change a specific part of their
education system. Students will collaborate with their groups in the
creation and presentation of the infographic. Presentation skills
Students will take and defend a position when writing a persuasive essay in
the target language. Written communication skills
Formative assessment in form of a test to assess knowledge of vocabulary.

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Summary of Key Learning Events and Instruction

Week One: Introduccin a los sistemas educativos (Estados Unidos)

Students will answer the question Qu te gusta del sistema educativo de los Estados Unidos? (What do you like
about the education system in the U.S.?. They will post their answer to a padlet board and then there will be a class
discussion on the opinions.
Students will work in groups to create a word cloud to complete the phrase El sistema educativo de los Estados
Unidos debera. (The education system in the U.S. should). In groups students will brainstorm about key words
to express what they would like to see reform or change in their own education system. They will create a word
cloud using Wordle and then post their word cloud in a Padlet board to share with the class.
Students will read the following articles in Spanish and will complete a list of vocabulary words and questions from
the articles. They will have to submit their work to CANVAS and will have a class discussion on the articles.
i) El sistema educativo en EE.UU. (BBC Mundo, 11/15/2002)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/specials/newsid_2481000/2481473.stm
ii) El examen ms importante del mundo (BBC Mundo 12/02/2013)
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2013/12/131128_cultura_examen_pisa_en_finde

Week Two: La educacin en otros pases y el examen PISA/Education in other countries and the PISA exam

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ii)
iii)
iv)

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ii)

Students will read the following articles in Spanish and will complete a list of vocabulary words and questions from
the articles. They will have to submit their work to CANVAS and will have a class discussion on the articles.
Cmo les fue a los pases de Amrica Latina en la prueba PISA?
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2013/12/131203_pisa_resultados_am
El pas que quiere digitalizar sus escuelas para el 2015
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2011/10/111028_corea_sur_digital_escuela_mr.shtml
Dej Finlandia de ser el major sistema educativo del mundo?
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/05/150504_finlandia_educacion_am
Colombia, en el ultimo lugar en nuevos resultados http://www.eltiempo.com/estilo-de-vida/educacion/colombia-enel-ultimo-lugar-en-pruebas-pisa/14224736
Students will also watch the following short videos and will have a class discussion
La educacin secundaria, el reto de Amrica Latina
Cortometraje que hace reflexin sobre el sistema educativo (Espaa y Colombia)

Week Three: Las diez claves de un sistema educativo/10 keys to an education system

Using the infographics from Aula Planeta students will read about the 10 keys to the education of the following
countries: South Korea, Finland, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and Poland.
In groups, they will decide which 10 keys they find the most interesting and possibly would like to see that happen
in their own education system.
The group leaders will create a list with those 10 keys they discuss in their groups and then they will share that list
with the class.
In groups, students will identify key issues or themes that are recurrent in their list and will be possible points for
change or reform in their education system.
In groups, students will create an interactive image in ThingLink that will present to the class the 5 issues/themes
that their group would like to change. Each group will submit their interactive image to a Padlet board.
As a class, we will compile a list of issues/themes to be reform/change to be use later in week 4 for the infographics.

Week Four: El Sistema-la msica como medio para el cambio social/El Sistema-Music as a means for social change

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ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)

Students will be introduced to El Sistema, a social and cultural music program created in Venezuela to teach music.
They will watch the documentary Tocar y Luchar and possibly, if times permits, La tierra de las mil orquestas.
Students will read articles both in favor and against El Sistema and will be able to access the websites for El Sistema
USA, El Sistema Europe and El Sistema Venezuela. This will be done in small group, assigning each group a different
article and later will have a debate to argue in favor or against according to the article they read.
El Sistema UN MODELO DE TIRANA?, por Geoff Baker, http://www.ideasdebabel.com/home/el-sistema-un-modelode-tirania-por-geoff-baker/
El sistema y su impacto internacional
Abreu: La pobreza spiritual y material se supera con la riqueza de la msica
La msica ilumin la vida de Lorena Rodrguez
La msica y el arte han contribuido al desarrollo de Jhosselin Martnez Milln
Lennar Acosta encontr el camino hacia el amor y la vida gracias al Sistema
Students will work in groups to choose on of the issues/themes that they would like to reform/change in the U.S.
education system. They will create an infograph using infogr.am or easel.ly to present their ideas/proposal to
change that particular issue. They will present their findings to the class. They must use information they have
learned from other countries to propose real changes.
Students will write a persuasive essay in Spanish to convince a member of the school board to either create a
program like El Sistema in Alachua County or to oppose to the creation of the program. Students will write the
essay at home.
*adapted from Understanding by Design Model

TGC FELLOWS UBD Lesson Template

Lesson Title: Las diez claves/10 keys

Eugenia Zelaya

Subject: Spanish IB Prepared by: Mara

Materials Needed:

Copies or access to the infographics from www.aulaplaneta.com

Laptop with SmartBoard

Student Laptops
Access to ThingLink and Wordle

Global Competency:

Investigate the World

Recognize perspectives
Communicate Ideas in a Foreign Language
Take Action

Where is the lesson

going?
(Learning Target or
SWBAT)

LT: I will read and identify 10 keys ideas from the

education system of other countries and will identify 5
issues/themes that I would like to address in my own
education system.

Hook:

Students will be given copies of the infographics from

Aula Planet and will be ask to seat in groups to read
and share what they find most interesting.

Equip:
In groups, students will discuss and decide which 10
keys they find the most interesting and applicable to
the United States. The group leader will write down the
list and will present it to the class. After a class
discussion on the 10 keys each group presented;
students will go back to their group to identify 5
themes/issues they would like to see apply in the

Tailored Differentiation:

Students will be divided in

groups randomly and will
be able to access an
online dictionary for new
vocabulary.

United States.
Rethink and revise:
Once the groups have identified their 5 issues/themes
to change in the United States. They will create an
interactive image in ThingLink that will present to the
rest of the class their findings. Each group has to post
their interactive image in Padlet.

Evaluate:
Share ThingLink images in Padlet and discuss in class
to see common issues.

Notes:
After the 5 issues/themes to be change had been
identified for each class, the groups will decide which
one they would like to use for the infographic they will
be creating to propose specific changes to the
education in their county.

Organization:

Students are assigned to

groups and a random
student from the groups
has been selected as a
group leader.