Free Cultural Activities

3 coloring sheets to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and quick brief history sheet explaining how Cinco de Mayo celebrates the defeat of the French on May 5, 1862.

❤️Looking for a creative and culturally appropriate way to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about the meaning of bears in Native American cultures, while making a beautiful Pacific Northwest-inspired craft and writing projects!

*This is a sample of the full resource. Get all 27 Indigenous animal crafts HERE!

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✏️Use the teaching materials to educate your students about traditional Pacific Northwest art, and the meaning of bears in Indigenous cultures.

✏️Works great as a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity!

✏️Craft is differentiated! There are several ways to make it including, coloring, drawing, painting, or decorating (cut and paste).

✏️Students can also choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing project options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)

✏️Use these projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art, social studies), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs, and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

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✅ Includes: (22 pages)

Teaching Materials: (3 pages)

☑ Cultural information guide (2 pages)

☑ Bear meaning (1 page)

Craft Projects: (9 pages)

☑ Craft directions (3 pages)

☑ Craft pieces (3 pages)

☑ Craft example (1 page)

☑ Craft body templates (1 page)

☑ Craft body art pieces (1 page)

Writing Projects: (10 pages)

☑ Informative writing - brainstorming sheet (1 page)

☑ "Bear" tracing - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "Bear" or trait - blank dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ "Bear" or trait - blank solid lines (2 pages)

☑ "My Animal Symbol" - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)

☑ Full blank page - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)

✅ Bonus: (24 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (1 page)

☑ Black and white set (22 pages)

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Native American Writing Crafts Bundle

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Indigenous Animal Activities Bundle

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IMPORTANT! - if you have downloaded the game in the past, please be sure to download a new copy each year as the date for the windows changes each year! The item has been updated for 2022.

Your friend has bought you a trip to France for the holidays. But the tickets are locked inside a box and she forgot the combinations to open the locks!

Learn something about the holidays in France while having fun playing a breakout game! This is a digital breakout game - each team will need a device/tablet/computer in order to play. Follow the clues and find the combinations that will unlock the box where the tickets have been placed for safekeeping.

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Our brains get tired! Sometimes, they simply need a quick break!

This geography "Would You Rather?" Brain Break may be just what you need.

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Brain breaks can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more! It is helpful to use these before fatigue, boredom, distraction, and inattention set in!

Research has indicated that brain breaks can help improve self-efficiency in the learning process. They also improve short-term memory, self-awareness, and the learners' knowledge.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending on your students' learning ability.

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Explore United States history through the art of haiku with the History in A Haiku Activity! This comprehensive kit is designed to enrich and engage students in their understanding of U.S. History while honing their creative writing skills. With carefully curated historical prompts, research resources, and a structured writing process, this activity offers a dynamic way to learn about various U.S. historical topics and craft expressive haikus.

Key Features:

• 30 Fascinating Historical Prompts: Choose from a diverse range of 30 U.S. historical topics that span different cultures, regions, and time periods.
• Grading Rubric: A comprehensive grading rubric guides students in meeting the criteria for historical accuracy, creative expression, language use, and more.
• Step-by-Step Guide: A detailed lesson plan and instructions make it easy to implement the activity effectively in your classroom.
• Extensions and Variations: Discover ways to extend the activity with group collaboration, multimedia integration, and exciting variations to cater to diverse learning preferences.
• Bonus Challenge: Encourage creativity with a bonus challenge that offers students the opportunity to earn extra credit by incorporating unique historical references.
• Grading Scale: A clear grading scale ensures students understand the evaluation process and helps you provide constructive feedback.
• Teacher Instructions: Detailed teacher instructions and suggestions for variations provide you with a flexible framework to adapt the activity to your classroom's needs.

Benefits:

• Enhance Historical Understanding: Foster a deeper understanding of world history by researching and connecting with different cultures and periods.
• Develop Creative Writing Skills: Cultivate creativity and descriptive language skills as students craft haikus that convey historical messages and imagery.
• Engaging and Interactive: The activity actively involves students in research, critical thinking, and artistic expression, making history come alive.
• Tailored Learning: Choose prompts that align with your curriculum or pique students' interests, creating a personalized learning experience.
• Meaningful Assessment: Assess historical understanding, language skills, and creativity through a well-defined grading rubric.

Immerse your students in the past, inspire their creativity, cultivate a deeper appreciation for history and language, and bring history to life in your classroom!

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Free Guide to go with my BILINGUAL BOOK.

Adventures with the Cousins

Aventuras con los Primos

⭐️ Looking for an excited, engaging and beautiful way to showcase what your student's are learning about? ⭐️

Try out our collaborative art project: the "Harriet Tubman" Collaborative Mural Poster!

Engage students as artists, inviting them to contribute to a larger masterpiece that pays tribute to the wisdom and resilience of Harriet Tubman. This unique product transforms any BULLETIN BOARD or DOOR into a vibrant work of collective expression, capturing the spirit of Harriet Tubman's impactful words and life.

Key Features:

1. ✨ Collaborative Masterpiece: Ignite a sense of unity and empowerment as students collaborate to bring the theme of "Harriet Tubman" to life. Each student colors a piece of the poster, contributing to the overall beauty of the mural that reflects Harriet Tubman's enduring influence.
2. ✨ Unleash Creativity: Provide an open canvas for self-expression. With different sections to color, students have the freedom to explore their artistic instincts, experimenting with colors, patterns, and styles while conveying the strength and grace of Harriet Tubman's legacy.
3. ✨ Educational Significance: Beyond the artistic aspect, this project holds educational value, encouraging communication, cooperation, and the development of fine motor skills.
4. ✨ Elevating Display: Once completed, proudly showcase the collaborative "Harriet Tubman" mural in classrooms, hallways, or any communal area. The poster serves as a symbol of unity and creativity, leaving a lasting impression.
5. ✨ Customizable Options: Personalize your product by selecting a poster size that suits your space and class size.

• 25 pieces mural is ~40" wide x ~50" tall
• 36 pieces mural is ~48" wide x ~60" tall
• ⭐️Pro-Tip⭐️ To make a smaller puzzle- use your printer or copiers "combine" feature and print 2 pages on one paper!

How It Works:

1. Distribute Sections: Hand out individual sections of the mural to students.
2. Color Away: Students color their section of the poster. Encourage creativity and self-expression as they bring their unique touch to the overall composition.
3. Assemble the Mural: Once all sections are completed, assemble the pieces to reveal the stunning collaborative mural. Watch as the individual contributions seamlessly come together to form a cohesive work of art, celebrating the legacy of Harriet Tubman.

Transform ordinary spaces into extraordinary showcases of inspiration with our "Harriet Tubman" Mural Poster. Inspire collaboration, celebrate resilience, and create a lasting visual testament to the power of collective imagination and the enduring legacy of Harriet Tubman!

Free French School Lunch Menu #15

Have a look at what's on the menu at my kids' school in France. They get cheese every day!!  I'll be adding more menus weekly as I receive them.  There are so many things a French teacher can do with these in class. Just click here to watch a video in which I'll tell you about some of the ways I like to use these menus with my students.

I have made five extremely versatile no prep printable worksheets available to use along with any and all of these French school lunch menus. Versions 1 - 4 have ten questions each while version 5 has six questions. The questions on these worksheets will have your students learning a lot about cultural differences concerning menu items as well as the amount of time French students get for lunch, why there's no menu for Wednesday, etc.

Your students will find it interesting to see that French kids are offered une entrée, un plat principal, une garniture, un produit laitier, et un dessert every day.

These menus and the accompanying worksheets are also available in my French Food & Drink bundle.

Click here for more free French school lunch menus WITHOUT accompanying worksheets.

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This is a free sampler of my What Belongs? Series and includes pages from each of the four What Belongs? resources: Holidays, Places and Habitats, Rooms of the House, and Seasons. This is a great way to try out these cut, sort, and paste worksheets to see if they're a good fit for your classroom or homeschool!

Included with this sampler are several of the Thanksgiving, Forest, Laundry Room, and Summer worksheets. I've included examples of all three types of worksheets that come in the full versions. On "What belongs in..." worksheets, students cut out the pictures and glue the ones that fit the theme in the box. On "What is missing in..." worksheets, students cut out and glue the missing pieces on the picture to create a scene that matches the theme. And on the comparison worksheets, students have to decide which theme the pictures match and glue them in the correct box.

*Please note: I've included black and white versions of the comparison and "What belongs in..." worksheets in the freebie, but both color and black and white are included in the full versions.*

The full versions of the What Belongs? units include fall, winter, spring, and summer, year long holidays like Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Easter, and more, plus habitats/places such as the Arctic, the ocean, the farm, and the rooms of the house such as the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and more.

These are great for preschool or kindergarten, in special education classrooms, and in homeschools teaching various ages! I have even used the comparison worksheets for my middle elementary aged child in our homeschool as a fun holiday reprieve from his regular work!

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AP Spanish® teachers: save time searching for the right video for your students! This Google Doc contains a link to a Youtube video and a viewing guide perfect for Unit 5: Los factores que influyen en la calidad de vida.  The accompanying activity is digital and printable!

Explore how where you live impacts your quality of life as you watch a video showing a day in the life of a high school student in Spain. This 5-minute video does not have narration, but rather shows students what a typical estudiante del insti does from the time the wake up until their school day is over. Though this activity won't function as a listening practice, it highlights the products, practices and perspectives of people living in Spain. Use this assignment as a source for a cultural comparison and/or a vibrant class discussion!

This resource is INCLUDED in the full lesson plans linked below!!!

Who can use this product?

• Students at the Intermediate level of the ACTFL proficiency chart or higher
• AP Spanish® Students

How can I use this product?

• Assign this video and viewing guide for in-class or for homework
• Ask students to discuss the information they added to the viewing guide
• Use small group or whole-class instruction to compare and contrast the Spanish high school with their own
• Use the information students learn from the video as a basis for a cultural comparison
• Works well with Unit 5 of the AP® curriculum!

What’s included in this product?

• One link to a curated Youtube video appropriate for high school Spanish students
• Information about how long the video is
• A Google Doc with a viewing guide for the video

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AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 5 Factors That Influence Quality of Life

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Looking for ways to introduce the different Spanish-speaking countries to your students? Easily incorporate the culture and history of Argentina into any level of your Spanish classroom with 'All About Argentina'!

In the story 'Todo sobre Argentina', your students will learn about the geography of the country, population, special holidays, common food from the country, and MORE! This reading is a great way to introduce students to Argentina while also practicing reading skills. You can reinforce important words and concepts with the included word search, then find out your students' understanding with a 10 question assessment!

This product contains:

• Printable story (with lines for students to write information)
• PDF version of the story -- great for projecting on the screen
• 10 question multiple choice assessment (with answer key)
• Activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing
• Word Search with key vocabulary from the story

These stories work well for ...

• partner or small group activities
• an integrated performance assessment (IPA)
• no-prep sub plans
• large group read-aloud

Find more stories about all Spanish-speaking countries here!

Do you need a fun poster for St Patrick's Day? Do you want to motivate your students? Then download this St Patrick's Day Bulletin Board Poster FREEBIE! The perfect way to celebrate St Patrick's Day is with this adorable mini poster. Perfect for your bulletin board, door, or whiteboard.

No prep - print on 8.5 X 11 paper and hang!

Check out the full bulletin board here: St Patrick's Day Bulletin Board

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The FREE CINCO DE MAYO BOY & GIRL SET - RUBY COLLECTION was designed to inspire your creativity and enrich your teaching materials, projects or designs like never before! Get ready to craft engaging worksheets, interactive presentations, and delightful educational resources that leave an impact on your students or anyone who comes across your inspiring content. Let A CURIOUS LEMON CLIPART be your ally!

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Celebrate birthdays in style with these cheerful Birthday Cake Cards! Designed for easy printing on cardstock or regular paper, these cards can be cut apart and used to create Birthday Kits—perfect for making each student feel special on their big day or as a heartfelt community service project for your class or scout troop.

Teachers and troop leaders love this activity because it’s a simple, meaningful way to build community, spread joy, and teach kids the importance of celebrating others. Create memorable moments and bring smiles to kids’ faces with this thoughtful, easy-to-use resource!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this engaging resource!

Frida Kahlo: The Brave Artist - Reading Comprehension & Activities

Discover the power of self-expression with this inspiring resource!
Learn about Frida Kahlo, a courageous Mexican painter known for her colorful self-portraits.
This resource is perfect for students in 1st-3rd graders.

This is a FREE SAMPLE from our Jam Bundle Hispanic Leaders Biography Reading, designed to introduce 1st-3rd graders to remarkable Hispanic figures.

You may like to explore our HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Resources.

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❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in your classroom? Your students will love getting creative while making beautiful arts and crafts projects and be inspired to write about this important holiday using writing prompts!

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✏️Perfect for your social studies, history, art, Spanish, or writing class!

✏️Use the art projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creative writing!

✏️Please note that the writing activities require prior knowledge of Día de los Muertos to complete.

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✅ Includes (14 pages):

☑ Make and decorate a skeleton craft (3 pages)

☑ Make and decorate a sugar skull craft (5 pages)

☑ Day of the Dead writing prompts (1 page)

☑ Sugar skull craft and writing project (2 pages)

☑ Gravestone craft and writing project (3 pages)

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⭐️Looking for more Day of the Dead activities?

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⭐️Looking for Hispanic Heritage activities?

Hispanic Heritage Month - Growing Bundle

⭐️Looking for more writing crafts?

Writing Craft Growing Bundle
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Our brains get tired! Sometimes, they simply need a quick break!

This geography "Geography Bingo Game" Brain Break may be just what you need.

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Brain breaks can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more! It is helpful to use these before fatigue, boredom, distraction, and inattention set in!

Research has indicated that brain breaks can help improve self-efficiency in the learning process. They also improve short-term memory, self-awareness, and the learners' knowledge.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending on your students' learning ability.

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FREE!!! 21 journal prompts and/or discussion starters with Thanksgiving themed prompts and visuals for ELA and history/social studies. .

✮ Checklist pour les vacances d'été - French summer vacation checklist ✮

This is a fun checklist all in French just for all of you French teachers! I'm sure you can find many ways to work it into your travel unit and use it with your students as well. There are checklists for the following (and a blank one for you to write in your own items is also included):

les vêtements

les accessoires divers

les chaussures

la trousse à pharmacie

argent et documents

la trousse de toilette

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Amusez-vous avec, et bonnes vacances à tous!

Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

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➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

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✮ Checklist pour les vacances d'été - French summer vacation checklist ✮