{"id":4477,"date":"2020-05-04T12:58:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4477"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T19:26:18","slug":"argentina-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/argentina-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Argentina: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize your art supplies and get to crafting! Break out the watercolours and use these examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/south-america\/argentina\/articles\/the-stunning-street-art-of-buenos-aires\/\">famous Buenos Aires street art<\/a> for inspiration. Then, show your students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f87wvXMa-Rk&amp;t=1s\">how to make yerba mate<\/a>, the Argentine tea that kick-starts the country\u2019s mornings \u2013 some even call it the healthiest drink on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youvisit.com\/tour\/65208\">360 virtual tour of Buenos Aires<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Argentina include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)*<\/li>\n<li>Evita (1996)<\/li>\n<li>Imagining Argentina (2003)*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*Rated R (may not be suitable for all students)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. You can learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/south-america\/argentina\/articles\/a-brief-history-of-the-gaucho-the-cowboys-of-argentina\/\">Argentine cowboys known as guachos<\/a>, take a <a href=\"https:\/\/wander-argentina.com\/malba-video-tour\/\">virtual tour<\/a> of the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), or learn about Argentina\u2019s most historic power couple, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L7shkkdJeYQ\">Evita and Juan Peron.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nf1LE3PBj9Y\">This animated short<\/a> gives you a four-minute rundown of the history of the country, if you\u2019re looking to skim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Gabriela Nouzeilles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>The Guacho<\/em> by Martin Fierro<\/li>\n<li><em>In Patagonia<\/em> by Bruce Chatwin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArgentine food is pretty unique from other South American countries. The country is famous for its beef, and the traditional meal of asado or parillada features a spread of different cuts of beef, pork and sausages, fresh from the grill \u2013 a true carnivore\u2019s dream!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re craving something sweet, take a bit out of some alfajores, delicious cookies filled with ultra-sweet dulce de leche.<\/p>\n<p>In a rush? No worries \u2013 the Argentinians specialize in grab and go options. You could try a traditional choripan sandwich, which features beef or pork chorizo in between crusty bread, topped with the herby dressing known as chimichurri. Another favourite is the empanada \u2013 check out<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g5Pfgfvz99k\"> this video tutorial<\/a> to see how to make some empanadas con carne!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nThe popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/es\/en\/Learn-Spanish\">DuoLingo app<\/a> is a great way to brush up on your Spanish and learns some new words\/phrases. However, if you really want to feel like a local, you\u2019ll need to learn a little lunfardo, which is the Argentine dialect of Spanish. It can be quite different than the Spanish you learned in a textbook. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L_FSJNLmYXk\">this video<\/a> to learn some lunfardo slang words.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth the hottest and coldest temperatures on record in South America occurred in Argentina!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting! Break out the watercolours and use these examples of famous Buenos Aires street art for inspiration. Then, show your students how to make yerba mate, the Argentine tea that kick-starts the country\u2019s mornings \u2013 some even call it the healthiest drink on the planet. Need <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/argentina-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4478,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4477","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4477"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4738,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4477\/revisions\/4738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}