A blog, the word is a blend of web and log, is an interactive web page. You can set up a blog with text, pictures, graphics and even video. The best part is you can add to it from any computer with Internet access and you can even allow people to comment on your work. Also, you can link other blogs and/or web sites to your blog.
Since you will be creating a newspaper blog for tourists, start with these recommended books and web sites.
Remember that your newspaper will have to include articles on:
Group A Geography of the country, Currency, Current National news, Advice columns (Querida Paquita,) Arts (museums, theater, festivals, movie reviews), Current Fashion trends, Life styles (social events), Horticulture, Architecture, Sports, Weather and National Disasters, Food (regional dishes), Celebrities and television, Music (who’s hot nationally and internationally), Opinion, Famous authors and/or book reviews, Economy
Group B Plus each team member must choose one of the following: Advertisements for fictitious products (4 written or 1 group video), For rent/ for sale (4 written or 1 group video), Want ads (4 written or 1 group video), Cartoons (2)
*The heading for each newspaper must include a) your country in an original title; b) the flag of your country; c) the population of the country; d) the monetary unit of the country and its exchange rate in dollars.
Books: Multiple copies are available.
| 982 GOF Argentina | 986.106 WIL Culture and customs of Colombia |
918.04 ARG Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay: a travel survival kit |
986.607 HAN Culture and customs of Ecuador |
| 983 WIN Chile | 918.504 RAC Peru: a Lonely Planet travel survival kit |
| 918.304 CHI Chile & Easter Island: a travel survival kit | 910.3 WOR People and Places |
| 986.1 DUB Colombia | 918.0439 SOU South America on a Shoestring |
| 982.06 FOS Culture and customs of Argentina | 987 WIN Venezuela |
| 910 ENC World Geography South America |
World Book : Read Articles, Use and cite pictures, and follow Web links - listed in the Search Column
Student Resources; Includes country information and articles from the New York Times
South American – Newspapers - in English
Argentina The Buenos Aires Herald, a weekly on-line journal is available in
English.
Chile: The Santiago Times
Colombia: The Colombia Journal Colombian political, social and economic issues, and U.S. foreign policy in the region
Costa Rica: The Tico Times
Ecuador: Analysis Semenal
Nicaragua: Nicaragua News
Uruguay: Uruguay Daily News
Venezuela: El Universal newspaper published on-line in English
South American Newspapers - in Spanish
Follow the link on Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) for South America and click on a specific country.