Resources
Bibliography for Teachers (see also bibliography below)
Pellico, Linda Honan , Linda Friedlaender, and Kristopher Fennie. "Looking Is Not Seeing: Using Art to Improve Observational Skills." Journal of Nursing Education 48, no. 11 (2009): 648-653. http://www.healio.com/~/media/Journals/JNE/2009/11_November/10_3928_01484834_20090828_02/10_3928_01484834_20090828_02.pdf : The approach to art outlined in this article is a practical, engaging, and easy to implement practice for teachers to implement. The article gives evidence and support for practical outcomes associated with art appreciation and the study of art history. This is a must read for any teacher using art in the classroom.
Reading List for Students, Including Images
El Valle de los Caídos
Abadía de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos. "Valle de los caídos - Abadía de la Santa Cruz." Valle de los caídos - Abadía de la Santa Cruz. http://www.valledeloscaidos.es/ (accessed August 15, 2013). The official web site of the Valley of the Fallen features useful information and images.
Casanova, Julian, Francisco Espinosa, Conxita Mir, and Francisco Moreno Gómez. Morir, matar, sobrevivir : la violencia en la dictadura de Franco. Barcelona: Editorial Crítica, 2002. Page 76 contains an excerpt of oral history from a massacre Franco's forces committed at the bullring in Badajoz.
Walden, Geoff. "Third Reich in Ruins." Third Reich in Ruins. http://www.thirdreichruins.com/ (accessed August 15, 2013). This collection of photographs of German architecture from the Nazi era should be useful for comparison.
Wikimedia Commons. "Valle de los Caídos - Wikimedia Commons." Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_los_Ca%C3%ADdos (accessed August 15, 2013). A collection of photographs in the public domain documenting the Valley of the Fallen.
Medalla 25 años de paz 1939-1964
Anramare. "medalla 25 años de paz 1939 - 1964." Antiguedades, arte y coleccionismo. http://www.todocoleccion.net/medalla-25-xxv-anos-paz-1939-1964~x26903329 (accessed August 15, 2013). Photos of the 1964 Franco peace medal from an auction site.
Jimenez, Aurelio. "Carteles año 1964." Muestra de pintura onubense. http://www.aureliojimenez.com/64.html (accessed July 15, 2013). This collection of hard-to-find posters from the Franco regime's 1964 celebration of 25 years of peace yields highly accessible and illustrative examples of authoritarian propaganda.
Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco
F., Mario. "El desdichado Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco-Tlatelolco." archivo L. http://hugofl.blogspot.com/2012/10/el-desdichado-conjunto-urbano-nonoalco.html (accessed July 15, 2013). In addition to providing a concise and readable summary of episodes in the tumultuous history of Tlatelolco from 1521 to present, the article includes a photo essay contrasting photographs of the urban complex taken when new with footage from the 1968 student uprisings and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
México 100 pesos
Irving, Clay. "Mexico Paper Money Collection." Panix - Public Access Networks Corporation. http://www.panix.com/~clay/currency/Mexico.html (accessed August 15, 2013). Images of Mexican currency.
nextick. "Flickr: nextick's Photostream." Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetdedt/page2/ (accessed August 15, 2013). This photo set features an enlarged view of the poem on the Mexican 100 peso note.
Materials for Classroom Use
DroidLa. "QR Droid™." Google Play Apps. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=la.droid.qr&hl=en (accessed August 15, 2013). QR Droid is a user-friendly utility for Android devices.
Kaywa AG. "Free QR Code Generator and QR Management with Tracking, Analytics and Support." Kaywa.com. http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ (accessed August 15, 2013). This easy to use website allows teachers and students to create easily embedded and reproduced QR codes into a wide variety of classroom projects and activities. With the use of students' own smart phones, tablet computers, or media players to read the codes, any two-dimensional display can contain links to dynamic multimedia content.
QR Code City. "Scan – QR Code and Barcode Reader." iTunes Preview. https://itunes.apple.com/app/scan-qr-code-barcode-reader/id411206394?ign-mpt=uo%3D6&mt=8 (accessed August 15, 2013). The iPhone application "Scan" is a popular and highly rated QR code reader known for its ease of use.
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