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Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)

Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)

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This dynamic, high definition, social studies series defines and helps students explore social studies terms. Each program is designed to reinforce and support students' comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts, providing a model for how to use the words appropriately. Related words are also used and reinforced with visuals and text.

Cows graze in a verdant field beneath a pink sky. Spanish caption. Y de los animales domesticados para su vida y su subsistencia.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 1
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Sepia toned illustration of men in headdresses. Some open their mouths wide as they lift boxes. Spanish caption. Subieron a tres barcos en el puerto de Boston.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 2
5 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white image of people crowded together in an outdoor space. Spanish caption. Implementar los ideales del comunismo era difícil.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 3
2 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white typographic poster arranged next to an illustrated flyer. Both advertise travel to California. Spanish caption. Esta gran población de personas que llegaron a California.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 4
2 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Closeup of an ancient line drawing on parchment. Spanish caption. Hemos aprendido mucho acera de las civilizaciones antiguas.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 5
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
People stand around in a dry field scattered with trees. Some carry baskets on their heads and 1 dumps out the contents of a basket. Spanish caption. Las familias se ocupaban de la mayor parte del trabajo.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 6
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Map of the world. Africa is highlighted in orange, Asia is highlighted in purple and Europe is highlighted in green. Spanish caption. El concepto do Afro-Eurasia.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 7
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Closeup of a hand using a brush to sweep dirt next to a black basket. Spanish caption. Los arqueólogos son científicos que estudian los pueblos.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 8
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Portal side of a Gothic cathedral framed by leafy branches in the foreground. Spanish caption. Fue necesario establecer gobiernos.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 9
3 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Men in Civil War costumes form lines facing away from camera in a wooded setting. Spanish caption. Fort Sumter, la guerra civil había comenzado.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 10
3 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white closeup of an astronaut in a space suit hovering above cratered terrain. Spanish caption. La carrera espacial llevó a los Estados Unidos.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 11
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white photo of soldiers crouched down in a trench. Spanish caption. A luchar en las trincheras.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 12
4 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white photo of a large war ship labeled, "U, S 282." Spanish caption. Con la participación de los Estados Unidos en la guerra.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 13
3 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Digital map zoomed in on Europe. The continent is highlighted in blue with a circle of yellow stars. Spanish caption. La Unión Europea es otro ejemplo de gobierno confederado.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 14
3 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Crowds of people fill Tiananmen Square beneath an image of Mao Zedong. Spanish caption. Los dictadores pueden llegar al poder.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 15
2 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Digital map of the United States with states highlighted in different colors. Spanish caption. Mientras que los gobiernos estatales y locales.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 16
3 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Palace of Westminster lit up at dusk. Title bar reads, "Primer ministro." Spanish caption. Es elegido por el partido de la mayoría de la legislatura.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 17
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Digital image of flags of Spain, Italy and France superimposed over a map of the world. Spanish caption. Tienen gobiernos estatales estilo unitarios.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 18
2 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white image of an old bank building on a busy city street crowded with people and cars. Spanish caption. Los bancos cerraron causando pánico en todo el país.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 19
3 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Blurry black and white photo of a procession of women wearing long black dresses and headscarves. Spanish caption. En los 1840, imigrantes irlandeses.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 20
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white image of a man in a fedora standing next to a machine erupting with steam. Spanish caption. Uno de los inventos más importantes.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 21
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Closeup of an ancient Egyptian relief sculpture. Spanish caption. El primer faraón de Egipto fue el rey Narmer.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 22
3 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
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