Turn Any Artwork Into a Rich Spanish Lesson, Every Time You Teach.
A reusable teaching system for Spanish teachers, tutors, and homeschool families. Pick the artwork, follow the same five steps, and your students observe, draw, talk, and write in Spanish. Instant access.
$197 for individuals and families. Teaching a class? Add a one-time group license at checkout. Instant access to every file and lesson.
Your Students Know the Words. Then You Ask Them to Use Them.
Your students know the vocabulary. They pass the quiz. Then you ask them to describe something, and the room goes quiet.
So you build an activity to fix it. It costs you a weekend, and it lands about half the time.
Next week, you build another one.
Students start using language when they have something real to look at and a reason to describe it. A great artwork gives them both. A system gives you the lesson without the weekend of prep.
Historia de Arte is a way out of the mundane. You teach with something beautiful, and your students do the talking.
Which One Sounds Like You?
“I spend my weekend building one activity.”
Prep OnceEvery lesson follows the same five steps, with the prompts, slides, and vocabulary already built.
“My students know the words but go silent when I ask them to talk.”
Five-Step FlowStudents observe and draw first, so they have something to describe before you ask them to speak.
“Spanish isn’t my first language, and I’m not sure I can lead the discussion.”
Scripted PromptsBilingual teacher prompts and a Storytelling through Art lesson get you ready before class.
Inside, You’ll Find Out:
Any Artwork. The Same Five Steps.
Every Lesson Runs the Same Five Steps.
Choose your level. The same artwork works for all four.
Everything You Need to Teach Through Art.
The 4-Part Walkthrough
$247 valueSixteen short text lessons (no video) that take you from choosing an artwork to teaching the lesson to planning your next one. It also includes a welcome lesson and a Your Downloads lesson that holds every file.
Part 1: Prepare Your Lesson
Open the Lesson Plan, identify your artist, artwork, and class level, then open the Discussion Guide and Vocabulary Menu.
Part 2: Before Class
Insert your artwork into the slide deck, fill in the text boxes, print what you need, share student materials, and set up your classroom.
Part 3: Your Lesson
Students set a goal in their notebooks. You teach the five steps, collect their written responses, and celebrate.
Part 4: Wrap Up
Note what went well and what to adjust, update your Unit Tracker, and plan your next lesson.
Discussion Guide
$97 valueA Google Doc with bilingual teacher prompts for every step. Each step also has sentence starters for all four student levels.
Vocabulary Menu
$97 valueA Google Doc with about 300 Spanish and English word boxes. They’re organized by the five steps and sorted by the four student levels.
Interactive Slides
$97 valueA customizable Google Slides template that covers all five steps: artist, artwork, world, story, elements and principles, drawing, message, and writing. Change the artist, artwork, or level, and the same deck works again.
Student Notebook
$37 valueA Google Doc where students set goals, record the artist and artwork, draw from memory, write their summary, and reflect at the end of the unit.
Teacher Toolkit
$47 valueA Google Sheet with three tabs: a 22-task Program Guide checklist, a five-step Lesson Plan table, and a Unit Tracker that counts your artists, countries, and periods.
Every file arrives as a make-a-copy link for Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, so each copy is yours to edit.
Choose Your License (pick who you’ll be teaching)
Pick the license at checkout. Each teacher needs their own copy of Historia de Arte plus their own license.
Find the Story Before You Teach It.
Storytelling through Art. One text lesson that trains you to find the story in an artwork before class. It has four short sections and one practice task.
You finish with a complete observation script for your session.
This Is for You If…
This is not for you if:
- You want a unit with the artists already chosen and filled in. The Hispanic Heritage Art Portfolio is built that way.
- You want to teach art history. These are Spanish lessons, and the art gives students words to use.
- You want video lessons. The walkthrough is text, and the files are Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets.
Here’s What I Am, and What I’m Not.
I’m not a credentialed academic, and I want to say that upfront. I’ve spent a lot of my life in classrooms: homeschool rooms, co-ops, and substitute assignments, plus 20+ years living bilingually in Spanish.
I love education. I’m less in love with the version that runs on worksheets and pacing guides, and I love the self-taught kind most: you pick up something beautiful and look at it closely. Charlotte Mason picture study works that way, and I noticed it was also a language-learning tool sitting there mostly untapped.
Art gives students something to look at, something to describe, and a reason to reach for real words. I combined it with my framework for how Spanish skills develop, and Historia de Arte was the result.
What’s inside took thousands of hours to refine. What it takes you to teach it is 30 minutes and one great artwork!
Señora Havana, founder of Grow Spanish. 20+ years bilingual, homeschooled for a decade.
Your First Lesson
By the end of Part 2, your first lesson is ready to teach.
Your Program Guide walks you through all 22 tasks, one checkbox at a time.
What Teachers Say
“It is EXTENSIVE. Not only for the artistic component, but as a repository of vocabulary.”
“…these words turn my students’ writing into another level of sophistication.”
“…an awesome list because my Spanish 3 classes are working on drawing a famous painting, and then writing about the artist, using some of the vocab this list provided.”
$689 in Value. Yours for $197.
Choose Your License (pick who you’ll be teaching)
Pick your license in the checkout below. Each teacher needs their own copy plus their own license.
All sales are final because the files and lessons are delivered instantly. Questions first? Email [email protected].
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an art history course?
No. Historia de Arte is a Spanish teaching system. The art gives students something to observe and describe, and the lessons build their speaking and writing.
I’ve bought Spanish resources before, and they didn’t make a difference.
Most resources hand you more content. Historia de Arte gives you the lesson structure: the same five steps, with the prompts, slides, and vocabulary already built.
Can I use it if Spanish isn’t my first language?
Yes. The Discussion Guide has bilingual teacher prompts, and the Storytelling through Art bonus shows you how to find the story in an artwork before class.
What levels does it work for, and will it fit my pacing guide?
It’s built for middle and high school, and the four student levels let one artwork work from Spanish 1 through AP. You choose the artwork, so you choose where it fits your unit. The Unit Tracker counts the artists, countries, and periods you’ve covered.
How much will I have to adapt?
You choose the artwork and the level. The Interactive Slides are built to change to any artist, artwork, or level, and the prompts and vocabulary are already sorted by step.
What format is everything in?
The walkthrough is 16 text lessons with no video. The files are Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, and each one arrives as a make-a-copy link.
Which license do I need?
Pick who you’ll be teaching. Individual or family is included in the $197. One teacher with 1-30 students adds a one-time $99 group license, and 31 or more students adds $250. Each teacher needs their own copy plus their own license.
Is there a refund?
All sales are final, because the files and lessons are delivered instantly. Questions first? Email [email protected].
Pick an Artwork. Follow the Five Steps. Hear Your Students Talk!
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