Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Songs About Immigration 2017

Many musicians write songs about the effects of immigration, I posted some here a few years ago, but it's time to share some more recent songs. 

Create a new blog post on your Spanish Blog Portfolio, title it the same as this blog post, and select one of the songs to answer at least 2 of the following questions. 

This song is about a man leaving his family for the United States.
  • Describe the video in your own words. What happens in the video?
  • Did you like the song? Explain your answer.
  • Did you like the video? Explain your answer.
  • Write a brief biography in English about the group. 
  • Find the lyrics in Spanish, translate and summarize them in English.

This song is about the 11 million immigrants that come to the United States.

  • Describe the scenery in the video in your own words. What do you see in the video? What instruments do you see?
  • Did you like the song? Explain your answer.
  • Did you like the video? Explain your answer.
  • Write a brief biography in English about the group. 
  • Find the lyrics in Spanish, translate and summarize them in English.
Here is an older song from Kinto Sol, La Bestia, which talks about how many immigrants from Central America travel through Mexico on trains known as La Bestia, or the beast. These trains are known to be very dangerous to navigate. 


This song is about the children of undocumented workers (many of the children are born in the United States).

  • Describe the video in your own words. What happens in the video?
  • Find the lyrics in Spanish, translate and summarize them in English.
  • Explain the social, political or economic effects of immigration based on 2 or 3 statistics that are stated in the video.
  • Did you like the song? Explain your answer.
  • Did you like the video? Explain your answer.
  • Write a brief biography in English about the artists. 

Friday, September 15, 2017

Canción para viernes 9/15!

Each Friday we'll listen to and watch a music video of a Spanish speaking country.

Here is the first video


These artist are from Colombia!

Create a new blog post on your Spanish Blog Portfolio, title it the same as this blog post, and answer at least 2 of the following questions.

  • Describe the video in your own words. What happens in the video?
  • Did you like the song? Explain your answer.
  • Did you like the video? Explain your answer.
  • Write a brief biography in English about the two artist.