Introduction
Soccer and baseball are an important part of daily life in many Central and South American countries. Some of the players go to the United States or Europe to pursue their careers but others are famous in their own countries.

Task
You are going to have your students make a bulletin board about Latino Sport Stars.They will choose either a baseball or soccer player and answer the following questions about their person and present the information and a picture of the person on an 81/2 x 11 inch paper.

Process
Begin by having each student select a sports star from the resource list below. They will need to visit the website that gives information about that person and find the necessary information. Note that some of the websites are in Spanish and you may want to challenge students who are learning Spanish. Each group will write their story and present the finished product to the class.

• What is your star’s name?
• What country is he/she from?
• What sport does he/she play?
• What is the name of his/her team?
• What is the team’s hometown? Where do they play?
• What interesting fact can you find about this person?

Resources
This website gives some background information about Latin American children and sports. http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata27.htm

A complete guide to Latino Baseball. http://www.latinobaseball.com/

Sammy Sosa
A biography about this star. http://www.latinosportslegends.com/sosa.htm

Alex Rodríguez
A biography about this star. http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p4334.htm

Aramis Ramirez
A biography about this star. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=133380

Vladimir Guerrero
A biography about this star. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=115223

Orlando Hernandez
A biography about this star. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Hernandez_Orlando.stm

Juan Samuel
A biography about this star. http://www.shawngreen.net/others/sammy.html

Orestes Miñoso
A biography about this star. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml

Christian Guzmán
A biography about this star. http://bigleaguers.yahoo.com/mlbpa/players/6186

Angel Berroa 
This site in Spanish gives information about his star. http://www.latinobaseball.com/mlb-rising.html

Miguel Cabrera
This site in Spanish gives information about his star. http://www.latinobaseball.com/mlb-rising.html

José Valverde
This site in Spanish gives information about his star. http://www.latinobaseball.com/mlb-rising.html

Oscar Villarreal
This site in Spanish gives information about his star. http://www.latinobaseball.com/mlb-rising.html

José Reyes
This site in Spanish gives information about his star. http://www.latinobaseball.com/mlb-rising.html

Luis Ayala
This site in Spanish gives information about his star. http://www.latinobaseball.com/mlb-rising.html

Diego Maradona
A biography about this star. http://www.vivadiego.com/

Enzo Francescoli
A biography about this star in Spanish. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/2464/

Gabriel Batistuta
A biography about this star. http://www.wsoccer.com/players/batistuta/

Ronaldo
A biography about this star. http://www.r9ronaldo.com/

Omar Vizquel
A biography about this star. http://www.msu.edu/user/toneyreb/omar.html

Marcelo Salas
A biography about this star in Spanish. http://www13.brinkster.com/chilenko/marcelo.html

Ivan Zamorano
A biography about this star. http://www.wsoccer.com/players/z/zamorano_ivan/

Marcelo Rios
A biography about this star. http://www.come.to/mrios

Faustino Asprilla
A biography about this star. http://www.familia.cl/ContenedorTmp/Corran_corran_que_viene_Faustino/asprilla.htm

Carlos Valderrama
A biography about this star. http://www.wsoccer.com/players/v/valderrama_carlos/

Edgar Renteria
A biography about this star. http://renteria.fateback.com/

Rene Higuita
A biography about this star in Spanish. http://www.soccerage.com/es/04/03302.html

Farid Mondragón
A biography about this star in Spanish. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/2773/crmondes.html

Andres Galarraga
A biography about this star. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/2212/andres.html

Maribel Dominguez
A biography about this star. http://www.thebeatofatlanta.com/the_beat_of_atlanta_045.htm

Evaluation