Introducing the New Britannica Escolar: Built for Today’s Learners

We’re excited to unveil the new Britannica Escolar, a refreshed, expanded Spanish-language learning platform created to better support students and educators across elementary, middle school, and high school. Developed with input from teachers and shaped by the needs of multilingual classrooms, this release brings richer content, a more intuitive experience, and tools that help students think critically and explore topics confidently in Spanish.

A Seamless Experience from Elementary Through High School

The new Britannica Escolar now includes three distinct learning levels, Primaria, Secundaria, and Preparatoria, giving students a consistent, supportive experience as they grow. High school content previously found in Britannica Moderna now lives within the new Preparatoria level, giving schools one unified platform for Spanish-language learning.

This connected progression helps educators build knowledge systematically, support differentiation, and guide students toward deeper inquiry as they advance through grade levels.

Authentic Spanish Content Students Can Trust

All newly added content in this release is written natively in Spanish by Spanish-language editors, rather than translated from English. This ensures that articles feel natural, culturally relevant, and accurate for Spanish-speaking learners across the U.S., Latin America, and beyond.

Students will find age-appropriate, engaging content across:

• Ciencia
• Estudios sociales
• Biografías
• Temas globales
• Historia universal y de EE. UU.

The result is a platform that fills critical gaps with material students recognize, connect with, and confidently use for research and classroom learning.

A Simple, Intuitive Design That Supports Exploration

The redesigned interface mirrors the clean, structured experience of the English version of Britannica School. Students benefit from:

• Clear navigation
• Improved search tools
• Organized article structures
• Visual enhancements for readability

Visual enhancements for readability

Improved search tools

Organized article structures

Clear navigation

These updates help learners find what they need quickly and build independence as they explore topics in Spanish.

Built-in Supports for Reading, Research, and Comprehension

Across all three levels, students have access to tools that strengthen literacy and inquiry skills, including:

• Read-aloud functionality
• Vocabulary and comprehension supports
• Citations for responsible research
• Images, videos, and diagrams integrated into text

These scaffolds help multilingual learners build confidence while developing essential Spanish-language reading and research skills.

Classroom Ideas: 5 Ways to Put Escolar to Work

Here are five ready-to-use strategies for bringing Escolar into Spanish, dual-language, and content-area classrooms as well as free instructional resources from Teach Britannica you can apply tomorrow.

1. Build Background Knowledge for Science & Social Studies Units

Use Britannica Escolar’s age-appropriate articles and multimedia to introduce unit themes, activate prior knowledge, and help students make meaningful connections.

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K–W–L Organizer

Activate prior knowledge, set learning goals, and help students track new understanding as they explore an Escolar article.

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5Ws and 1H Organizer

Help students establish essential context—who, what, when, where, why, and how—before reading about a new scientific concept, historical event, or geographic region.

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2. Strengthen Literacy Through Informational Texts

Use read-aloud tools, vocabulary supports, and structured articles to build informational-text comprehension in Spanish.

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A lesson plan from the Planes de clase collection

Pair an Escolar article with one of these lesson plans, which include article links, guiding questions, graphic organizers, and supporting visuals—already written in Spanish and available across subjects and grade levels.

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4. Encourage Inquiry and Independent Exploration

Empower students to follow their curiosity by exploring topics independently and asking deeper questions using Britannica Escolar.

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Inquiry in Action Instructional Strategy

Help students generate meaningful questions, gather evidence from Escolar articles, and reflect on what they discover.

Inquiry in Action

5. Build Cultural Awareness Through Biographies & Regional Topics

Help students explore identity, heritage, and global perspectives through culturally rich Spanish-first biographies and regional articles.

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Biography Organizer

Ask students to map traits, accomplishments, and motivations onto a figure outline—ideal for deeper exploration and project-based learning.

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Body Biography

Ask students to map traits, accomplishments, and motivations onto a figure outline—ideal for deeper exploration and project-based learning.

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Mini-Biography Organizer

Use this quick, flexible option for summarizing key information—useful for centers, warm-ups, or short inquiry tasks.

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Designed for Today’s Classrooms

At Britannica Education, our goal is to give students a safe, trusted place to explore information while offering educators tools that are practical, research informed, and easy to use. The new Britannica Escolar reflects that commitment, bringing together authoritative content, intuitive design, and instructional support that meet the needs of today’s Spanish-language and dual-language classrooms.

The updated Britannica Escolar goes live on January 8, and we can’t wait for you and your students to explore what’s new.