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Spanish is the second most-common language in the United States after English. There are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than there are speakers of Chinese, French, Italian, Hawaiian, and the Native American languages combined. According to the 2009 American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by over 35.5 million people aged 5 or older. There are 45 million Hispanics who speak Spanish as a first or second language and there are 6 million Spanish students, making it the world's second-largest Spanish-speaking community, only after Mexico and ahead of Spain, Colombia and Argentina. Roughly half of all U.S. Spanish speakers also speak English "very well", based on the self-assessment Census question respondents.

Human Rights Humane Education Activities feature lesson plans & activities that explore issues related to the rights of all humans of all ages and types. Activity topics include everything from discrimination and genocide to oppression and sweatshops. Activities are organized by general grade categories. Some activities are in more than one issue category, as well as in more than one grade category.

A great website containing lesson plans and activities on human rights. They are divided into lessons for all ages, elementary, middle school, high school and college/adult categories. All files can be easily downloaded in PDF.

I use this page very often in order to get ideas for exercises on Grammar and Vocabulary. I find it quite useful...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up in Peru in order to investigate and present a report of what had happened in Peru as a consequence of the action of the Shining Path. The aim of the final report is that we should not forget our history so that we do not repeat it. The video shows an exhibit of photos and a survivor who speaks to the audience in Quechua.

Hi, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund's "mission is to advocate for the protection of children's rights." It would be very interesting to know what the United Nations is doing to protect children's rights.

It is a nice site where we can find some grammar focus exercises. Specially for teachers who do not have enough time to do them on their own. Moreover, it has teachers´forums where we can share ideas.

A great variety of samples to use with students for keeping them alive in english.

"This lesson foster students to analyze technological innovations, scientific discoveries, and environmental crises from a human rights perspective. "

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Interesting game to improve your knowledge of vocabulary