To explore cultural and societal changes while developing comparative

Intermediate Spanish

To explore cultural and societal changes while developing comparative skills. For this mini-task, you must choose an invention or technology that has had a profound and lasting impact on your region. 

Note: Once students have selected a region, they are required to maintain continuity with this selection throughout all subsequent mini-tasks and their final project. Changing the selected region after mini-task 1 is strictly prohibited. Any deviation from the initial selection will result in penalties during the final project phase. 

A. English Component 

B. Spanish Component 

A. English Component ?? Create a simple outline with two columns (Before and After) and list key points under each column related to societal, economic, and personal impacts in your region due to the absence/presence of the technology or invention that you chose. Then, write a paragraph (100-120 words) explaining the importance and summarizing the overall impact of the chosen invention on your region. 

For part B just write in English what you would say in Spanish and I'll translate doing my video recording. Be sure to use small words as I'm still learning Spanish so when I translate I won't have an overly hard time. 

B. Spanish Component ???? Record a 1-2-minute video in Spanish presenting the comparison of the before and aftereffects of the chosen world-changing invention. Begin by introducing and describing the selected invention. Then, discuss the positive (and negative) impact that this particular invention had on society in your particular region. End with a closing statement about the invention's lasting influence. Remember that you are still a beginner/intermediate Spanish-speaker, so errors are expected. The objective is to create a video with informal, spontaneous, original speech in Spanish, so you should not be overly concerned with accuracy! These videos are to help you build comfort with expressing your thoughts and feelings in Spanish, so be creative, be original, and be yourself.