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1. Cultural KitchenARGENTINA

   Carl Schurz High School May 14th, 2013
2. Lotería Lotería is a Latin American game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Each tablarepresents a different selection of images, which are called one by one. In order to win, all the images on the tabla need to be called and preperly marked. The winner then calls LOTERĺA and wins a price!
3. El Presidente(The President) The current President of Argentina is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was sworn into a second term on 10 December 2011.
4. La Bandera (The flag) The Argentinean flag is a tri-band flag with horizontal bands colored light blue, white, and light blue with the yellowSun of May charged in the center.
5. El Mapa(The Map) Argentina is located in South America. It is a federation of 23 provinces. It has a geographical area of 2,780,400 km2 and it is the fourth by population, with over 41 million people.
6. La Capital (The Capital City) The capital city of Argentina is Buenos Aires. It is the largest city in this country.
7. La Flor(The National Flower) El Ceibois a South American tree that grows between 8 and 10 meters high, it has carmine red flowers and a crooked trunk. It was declared the National Flower of the Republic of Argentina on December 2, 1942.
8. La Bebida(The Traditional Drink) El Mate is a traditional infused drink from South America, particularly in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. It is prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate in hot water.
9. El Baile(The traditional Dance) The tango is a partner dance that originated in the 1890’s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay, and soon spread to the rest of the world. It is considered a very sensual dance.
10. El Animal (The National Animal) The hornerosare brown birds native to South America with rather short tails and fairly long bills. They are known for building mud nests that resemble old wood-fired ovens (The Spanish word "hornero" comes from horno, meaning "oven").
11. El deporte(The National Sport) Pato(horseball) is Argentina’s National Sport. It originated in Argentina in the early 1700s. In 1941 the Federación Argentina de Patowas created. In 1953 was declared as Argentina's national game. The name derives from the use of a live duck instead of the six-handled ball which is used in the modern sport.
12. La Mujer(The Woman) María Eva Duarte de Perón (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952) was the second wife of President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and served as the First lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually referred to as Evita. She has become a part of international popular culture, most famously as the subject of the musical “Evita”
13. El Escritor(The Writer) Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986), known as Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. His work embraces the "character of unreality in all literature".
14. El Cantante(The Singer) Carlos Gardel (born Charles RomualdGardes; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of Argentinean Tango.
15. El Deportista(The Athlete) Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentinean footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina National Team. By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballo, d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. At the age of 24, Messi became Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions.At age 25, Messi became the youngest player to score 200 La Liga goals.
16. El HimnoNacional(The National Anthem) The Argentina National Anthem name originally was MarchaPatriótica (Patriotic March), and was later renamed CanciónPatrióticaNacional (National Patriotic Song) and finally CanciónPatriótica (Patriotic Song). A copy published in 1847 called it HimnoNacionalArgentino and the name has remained ever since. Its lyrics were written by the Buenos Aires-born politician Vicente López y Planes and the music was composed by the Spanish musician Blas Parera.
17. La Montaña(The Mountain) Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at 6,960.8 m (22,837.3 ft). It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, and lies 112 kilometres (70 mi) west by north of its capital.
18. El DíaFestivo(The Holiday) The May Revolution (Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The result was the removal of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the establishment of a local government, the Primera Junta (First Junta), on May 25.
19. Los PaísesFronterizos(The Surrounding Countries) Along with the Atlantic Ocean, five countries have borders with Argentina. Those countries are:
20. Los PaísesFronterizos(The Surrounding Countries) Chile to the West and South, 
21. Los PaísesFronterizos(The Surrounding Countries) Bolivia to the North,
22. Los PaísesFronterizos(The Surrounding Countries) Paraguay to the North,
23. Los PaísesFronterizos(The Surrounding Countries) Brazil to the Northeast,
24. Los PaísesFronterizos(The Surrounding Countries) and Uruguay to the Northeast.
25. La Religión(The Religion) According to the World Christian Database, Argentines are: 92.1% Christian, 3.1% agnostic, 1.9% Muslim, 1.3% Jewish, 0.9% atheist, and 0.9% Buddhist and others. Argentine Christians are mostly Roman Catholic. On March 13, 2013, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergogliowas elected as Pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope from the New World. He took the name Pope Francis.
26. El Aperitivo(The Appetizer) Las empanadasare a traditional appetizer in Argentina. They are …
27. La comida (The Food) El Churrascoin the most traditional food of Argentina. It is…
28. El Idioma(The Language) El Españolis the official language of Argentina, usually called castellano (Castilian) by Argentines. Argentina is the largest Spanish-speaking society that universally employs voseo (the use of the pronoun vos instead of tú (you), which occasions the use of alternate verb forms as well).
29. La Economía(The Economy) El ganado(cattle) and other meats are some of the most important livestock export products of Argentina. Nearly 5 million tons of meats (not including seafood) are produced in Argentina, long the world's leading beef consumer on a per capita basis
30. El Lugar Turístico(The Tourist Site) Las Cataratas del Iguazú(Iguazú Waterfalls) are…
31. El Territorio(The Territory) Las Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands) are…
32. La Agricultura(The Agriculture) El limón(lemon) in one of the most important fruit harvests, produced mainly in the valleys of the Río Negro Province, Neuquén Province, and Mendoza Province.
33. La Agricultura(The Agriculture) Las uvas(grapes) -mostly grown for the wine harvest - are also one of the most important fruit harvests, produced also in the valleys of the Río Negro Province, Neuquén Province, and Mendoza Province.
34. El Río (The River) El Río Paraná (The Paraná River) is…
35. El TrajeTípico(The Traditional Dress) El Traje Gaucho is …
36. La Moneda(The Currency) El Peso Argentinois …
37. La Descendencia(The Descendant) Most Argentineans have roots in Italy. It is estimated up to 24 million Argentines have some degree of Italian descent (up to 60% of the total population).Italians began arriving in Argentina in great numbers from 1857 to 1940, and this migratory flow continued to the early 1950s, with Italy also having the most emigrants to Argentina for the decades 1980–2000.
38. La Industria(The Industry) The Argentine wine industry is the fifth largest producer of wine in the world. Argentine wine, as with some aspects of Argentina cuisine, has its roots in Spain.
39. El pasatiempo(The Hobbie) El fútbol soccer is…
40. El Hombre (The Man) El Gaucho is …
41. EL FIN (THE END) Thank you for your attention. We hope that you learned something new about Argentina. It was a pleasure sharing with you our work. We hope you enjoy your stay in Chicago and we wish you a safe trip back home. Sincerely, The teachers and students from Carl Schurz High School, a Chicago Public School. ¡¡¡ADIOS!!!