Objectives:

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

1. identify the various parts of a Nicaraguan school uniform.
   
2. explain how the colors of the uniform reflect national pride.
   
3. evaluate the impact of uniform regulations on the average Nicaraguan family.
   

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Materials:

1. Student Handout: Uniformes
   
2. Student Handout: Vocabulario
   
3. Video clip of child describing her uniform
   

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Activities:

1. Distribute the student handout entitled Uniformes.
   
   a. Direct students examine the photograph and to read the first paragraph on the handout.
   b. Ask students to explain why the uniforms are blue and white. How does this reflect national pride?
   c. Ask students to hypothesize why Nicaraguan students are required to wear uniforms.
   
   
2. Direct students to read the remaining paragraphs in the handout.
   
   a. Ask students to explain why attending school may be an economic hardship for many Nicaraguan families.
   b. Given the financial state of the majority of the population, how does this regulation affect education?
   
   
3. Distribute the student handout entitled Vocabulario and review with the class the spelling and pronunciation of each of the Spanish vocabulary terms.
   
   
4. Play the video clip of a child describing her uniform. (Depending on the level of the class, you may need to replay the clip several times, and Spanish language dictionaries may be needed.)
   
   
5. Concluding activity (optional)
   
   a. Using dark blue and white construction paper, crayons, or colored pencils, direct students create paper-clothing cutout of a Nicaraguan school uniform.
   b. Instruct students to correctly label each part of the uniform with the correct Spanish vocabulary term
   

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