Language is culture! Too often we overlook teaching about the fact that Spanish is a language that carries the imprints of culture and history and has strong ties to English, Latin, Arabic and Nahuatl. In this activity students use the internet to research the history of the 22 words below. They will read each paragraph, discovering how Spanish has evolved from Latin, Arabic and Nahuatl and find definitions with the Spanish word. They will also understand that cognates can often cue us to a h