Cross-Curricular Connections

The Good Samaritan

What would you do if you passed by someone who looked like he or she was in trouble or hurt? Would you help the person or just keep walking? Click on the link below to learn about an experiment that tested whether or not its participants were "Good Samaritans."
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/WhatWouldYouDo/story?id=4420829&page=1

The characters in "The Good Samaritan" speak both English and Spanish. Click on the link below to learn more about the culture of some Spanish-speaking Americans and the connections between the United States and Latin America.
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/history_and_culture/USLatino_History.htm