Spanish Speaking Countries

Spanish, Crea un Diálogo, January 2005
 
Project Description

Spanish speaking countries:
Argentina Cuba Honduras Peru
Bolivia Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico
Chile Ecuador Nicaragua Uruguay
Colombia El Salvador Panama Venezuela
Costa Rica Guatemala Paraguay  
 
Country Web Sites:
Online Encyclopedia:
Power Library Databases:
  • Go to Power Library
  • Go to SIRS Discoverer
  • Select "Countries" from Browse Topic Tree
  • See Subtopics at right.  Select your country
  • Browse results and look for Country Facts.  Great maps and flag.
  • Go to Facts for Learning
  • At very top click "Grades 5 & Above"
  • Search your country
  • Check box "Title Field Search Only"
Map Link:
General reference books:
  • General encyclopedias -- R 031
  • The World Almanac and Book of Facts -- R 317.3 WOR
    statistics, flags, brief country information
  • Atlases -- R 912
    a book of maps
Specialized reference books:
  • Lands and Peoples -- R 910 LAN 
    arranged by continents
  • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations -- R 910 JUN
    arranged alphabetically by country
    good black and white maps suitable for copying
  • The Marshall Cavendish New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World and Its People -- R 910.3 MAR
  • Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures -- R 306 JUN
    arranged alphabetically by culture or ethnicity
Search library catalog for books:
  • Look in the library catalog under the name of the country.  Falk School Library Catalog is available online.
  • Type country name. Click on Subject.

Recipe Sites:

Argentina -- RecipeSource: Argentina Recipes Honduras -- Honduras - Recipes
Bolivia -- Magic of Bolivia Mexico -- RecipeSource Mexican Recipes, Mexican Cuisine
Hispanic Recipes1
Hispanic Recipes2
Chile -- A Taste of Chilean Cuisine, Chilean Recipes Nicaragua -- Nicaragua - Recipes
Colombia -- Latin-American Student Organization (LASO), Republic of Colombia Panama -- What's Cooking Panama, Recipes from Panama
Costa Rica -- Costa Rica! Recipes! Paraguay -- Paraguayan Recipes
Cuba -- Taste of Cuba , LaGasse's Island Flavors Peru -- RecipeSource: Peru, Peruvian Recipes
Dominican Republic -- CultureGrams: Recipe Collection
 Cooking With Caro.....   Go to bottom of page for recipes.		 Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rican Recipes: Authentic Dishes
Ecuador -- Recipes of Ecuador Uruguay -- 
El Salvador -- El RecipeSource: El Salvador Venezuela -- RecipeSource: Venezuela
Guatemala -- Recipes of Guatemala

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Prepared by Linda Herward 1/21/05
Contact Ms. Herward at herward@pitt.edu