11th Grade Hispanic Heritage Month Cultural Activities

Looking for a great way to start off the school year? The Exploring Spanish Influence in American Culture project is a great intro to Spanish class at back to school time! Students will discover that Spanish might not be such a foreign language after all. By exploring various influences, they will gain profound insights into how Spanish language, traditions, and people have woven their presence into modern American life.

Students will research:

• Spanish Words in English: Illustrating linguistic fusion.
• American Cities with Spanish Name: Reflecting historical connections.
• Spanish Foods: Showcasing culinary diversity.
• Famous Spanish Americans: Investigating influence on various career fields.
• Spanish Holidays or Customs: Bridging cultural traditions.
• Bilingual Product Labels and Signs: Demonstrating the impact of dual languages

Projects are presented to class in infographic, slide or even good-old posterboard format. Works great for Hispanic Heritage Month!

*Includes Graphic Organizer for students with diverse learning abilities and detailed rubric.

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A fun way to celebrate Hispanic HERITAGE MONTH!

There are two versions and 3 options of Bingo in this product.

Option one students color-in the artist, then play.

Option 2: students play online

Option 3: Teacher prints PDF for students to play!

Want your Spanish students to learn about Hispanic Heritage Month , but  reading comprehension is getting boring in your Spanish class?  Turn it into a game!  This mystery-solving reading about famous Hispanics goes from dull to exciting as students work together and move around the room to solve a mystery!  This is a simple “print and go” with no work for the teacher!  

   Students play the role of journalists, all trying to “scoop” each other by getting a story first!  There is to be a big Lifetime Achievement Award given to someone of Hispanic heritage, and the journalists want to find out who is winning the award first!  They will read about the 10 candidates.  While they read the parts, they are also looking for “code words”.  Students record the code words on a special answer sheet that will eventually lead them to solving the mystery of who the award winner is, and whoever figures it out first gets the scoop!  It’s so much fun! 

    After, you can decide which of the 4 follow-up activities you want to do with your students.  There are 4; a True or False Activity to check for basic comprehension, a graphic organizer for students to organize notes about famous hispanos, a “tell me in your own words” activity,  and a writing follow up where students use their reading comprehension and critical thinking to invent an explanation for why the voting board chose this person as the winner.  Answer key to the True/False is also included.  Best of all?  If there’s something you’d like to change for your students, you are free to edit!

The reading cards are written in Spanish for Novice High/Intermediate Low.  The questions are written in English, and answers will be in English as well.  The instructions and mission are written in English.

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 2 and up
• Students ready to reach to a Novice High/Intermediate Low + reading level

How can I use this product?

• Print out the reading cards (10)
• Hang them up around your room
• Print and copy the answer sheet
• Let students loose to solve the crime! 
• Assign follow-up activities if you wish

What’s included in this product?

• Everything!  No prep beyond print and photocopy!
• Teacher instructions and hints
• 10 reading cards (Spanish)
• Student instructions (English)
• Student answer sheet (Questions and Answers are in English)
• Answer Key for the code word questions and answer trail
• True/False Comprehension Activity
• Answer Key to True/False
• Summarize/Tell me in your own words activity
• Graphic Organizer for students
• Writing Follow-up: Explain why the award winner was chosen!

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Get your Spanish 1 classroom off to a great start with this comprehensive Back to School Bundle with THIRTEEN different resources! Perfect for the first weeks of school, this bundle includes everything you need to engage your students and lay a strong foundation for the year ahead - and save 20%!

Included in this Bundle:

• Academic Contract and Student Information Sheet: Essential first day of school activity is designed to set clear expectations, promote accountability, and start relationship building!
• Ice Breaker: Fun ice-breaker activity to help students get to know each other
• Cognates: Build on what students already know! Learn about false cognates, morphology and building blocks of language.
• Greetings and Introductions: Wordsearch and bonus translation chart for common greetings and introductions.
• Discussion Topics: 60 seasonal topics to use as bell-ringers, for early finishers or enrichment.
• Exploring Spanish Influence in American Culture: Gain profound insights into how Spanish language, traditions, and people have woven their presence into modern American life with this Hispanic Heritage Month project.
• Calendar and Dates: Learn months, seasons and days of the week in a variety of ways that reach every learning style!
• Numbers and Counting: Engaging worksheets and games to practice numbers in Spanish. Also includes partnered speaking activity.
• Spanish-Speaking Country Virtual Field Trip: Unique student-led geography project combines research, creativity, presentation skills, and cultural exploration.
• Spanish Pronoun: Illustrated notes and 7 different practice sheets to really cement those basics!
• Fall Vocabulary Activities: This seasonal vocabulary lesson plan is packed with fun and interactive activities that will enrich your students' Spanish Autumn vocabulary.
• First Quarter Review Packet: Includes reading, writing, speaking and listening activities that cover greetings, numbers, time, date, and weather.

Designed with busy teachers in mind, this bundle provides a variety of resources to make your back-to-school transition smooth and effective. Each activity is crafted to build confidence in your students while fostering a love for the Spanish language and culture to last for years to come!

Make your Spanish 1, Intro to Spanish, or Spanish Foundations class a success from day one with this essential Back to School Bundle. Ideal for new and experienced teachers alike, these resources will set the stage for an exciting and productive year of learning.

⭐️Students read a passage and answer comprehension questions. Based on the answers they are able to decode a secret message!

This also includes two different readings about Las Posadas.

Students will then be asked questions that help them compare two readings on the same topic.

➡️In Spanish

Challenge and Engage your students.

Students Read the text.

· Then they answer reading questions.

· If answers to questions are correct the Puzzle shows up in the correct format.

· Then students must decipher the secret word or message.

Looking for engaging projects for your AP Spanish® students?  Short on the time it takes to create all of these projects and rubrics to grade them?  This bundle has at least one project for each of the 6 AP Spanish® units.  Each project offers student choice, which increases interest and promotes a student’s best effort and outcome!   Here’s what’s included:

Unit 1: AP Spanish Unit 1 Project: Las tradiciones

Unit 2:  AP Spanish: Cultural Identity Project Compare and Contrast Cultural Values

AP Spanish Identity Project Oral Presentation Unit 2

Unit 3:  AP Spanish: Artist Project Perfect for Unit 3!

Unit 4: AP Spanish Unit 4: Scientific Advances Oral Presentation Project

Unit 5: AP Spanish Unit 5: Interview Project: How Does Work Affect Our Quality of Life?

Spanish Video Project: Create a Tourism Ad for a Spanish-Speaking Country

Unit 6: AP Spanish Immigration Interview

AP Spanish Debate: Desafíos globales Unit 6

End of Course: AP Spanish End-of-Year Oral Presentation A Student Favorite!

Who can use this product?

• AP® Students

How can I use this product?

• Use as end-of-unit assessments
• Use as formative or summative assessments
• Ask students to explore cultural topics and/or make comparisons
• Stretch students’ abilities in speaking and writing 

What’s included in this product?

• All projects come with student instructions, teacher tips and a grading rubric.
• The projects will cover a wide range of skills including presenting, speaking group work, individual work, recording their voice, writing, interviewing and more!
• All projects can be edited to suit your students’ needs
• All projects involve ways for students to be involved in making choices about their work

Other resources you may like:

AP Spanish Lesson Plans for the Whole Year without a Textbook

AP Spanish Exam Prep Mega Bundle

AP Spanish End of Year Bundle

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this comprehensive bundle designed to immerse students in the rich contributions of Spanish speakers and save 20%!

This resource pack includes:

• Famous Spanish Speaker Project: Inspire research and creativity as students explore 200 notable figures in Hispanic culture from a wide variety of fields.
• Hispanic Influence Project: Highlights the impact of Hispanic heritage in various aspects of American culture including language, geography, food and more!
• Cognate Practice Activities: Students learn to take a closer look at language structures and similarities through fun, vocabulary-boosting activities with Spanish-English cognates.
• Word Searches: Challenging puzzles featuring famous Spanish speakers, artists and essential greetings to reinforce learning. Includes optional research activates.

Perfect for teachers looking to enhance cultural awareness and language skills in the classroom! Download now and engage your students with meaningful content that celebrates diversity for Hispanic Heritage month and beyond.

Includes:

4 Mystery Pictures for students to Practice Terminos Literarios and 1 for Movimientos Literarios.

Completamente en español

This AP Spanish artist project for Unit 3 requires students to work in groups to create a visual presentation to go along with the information they will share orally. Knowledge of the famous artists of the Spanish-speaking world is something every AP Spanish® student should leave the course with!    Students will take a deep look at a famous Hispanic artist’s life and what influenced their work.  In addition, students will analyze one or more specific works of art and offer their critique about what its theme is and why they believe that.

Students will demonstrate skill in reading comprehension (while researching), speaking (while presenting) and critical thinking skills (while analyzing a work of art).  This project is engaging and just right for the challenge that our AP® students need!

**THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FULL UNIT PLAN.  THE ENTIRE UNIT IS LINKED BELOW.**

Who can use this product?

• AP Spanish® students

How can I use this product?

• Have students work together in groups to create this presentation
• Allow some time in class and some time outside of class to work
• This works well as a summative assessment to end the unit

What’s included in this product?

• Student instructions for all parts of the project
• Teacher instructions
• Suggestion for extension activity
• Rubric
• Suggested list of artists
• Graphic organizer for students
• Google Form to allow students to choose either their artist or their group
• Note-taking chart for student listeners
• Sample Project

Other resources you may like:

AP Spanish: Unit 3 Lesson Plans: Beauty and Aesthetics: Everything Included!

AP Spanish Unit 3 Intro Activities: 5 Resources to Get Started!

AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 2 Identidad Digital & Printable Everything Included

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Unit 2

• Vocab
• Juego de Escape Cuba
• México City Virtual Field Trip
• Las Posadas
• Lorena Documentary
• Oportunidades de Escritura
• Hacemos Mole y Ponche
• La Ciudad Perdida Colombia
• Los 15 pueblos Mágicos de México
• Dia de campo en la república dominicana
• Malinche vs. Pocahontas
• La Voz Pasiva
• Affirmative and negative words Presentation
• Errors Comunes Presentacion
• Loz Aztecas
• El Subjuntivo Game Quiz.
• Los Paises Hispanohablantes Actividades y Lecturas
• Daily facts, quotes, cultural points!
• So many secret surprises :)
• Authentic Videos with Video Guide
• La Noche Buena
• Los Países Hispanohablantes
• Juego de Escape Cuba
• Navidad en Mexico Breakout
• Lorena la pies ligeros documentary guide

Need to motivate your Spanish students?  Want to incorporate more REAL culture into your classes? Need them to work together?  This digital escape room is a FUN way to do both!  Students must watch and read the Google slides and also do some research of their own to help solve a crime. Students can complete this challenge in school or digitally from home! No-prep fun activity for ALL of your classes!

Some important objects have been stolen from the Soccer Museum at Camp Nou in Barcelona.  Help the police chase down the thieves as you travel around Spain!  To find the next clue, students must answer cultural questions about Spain.  From those answers, they must figure out codes that will open digital locks (in a google form).  Students get the next set of pictures and clues after each lock is opened! 

This Escape Room is suitable for all middle and high school students.  It focuses on famous places and interesting cultural details, not on grammar.  This resource comes in a Spanish version appropriate for students in Year 3 and up, and also an English version for Novice Spanish students or any student interested in Spanish culture!  It’s a great way to get students talking to each other at the beginning of the year, or a fun way to wrap up a school year too! Need a brain break from the normal curriculum? This should do the trick!

Who can use this product?

• Spanish students in Year 3 and above for the Spanish version
• Any student interested in Spanish culture for the English version (I recommend high school level- there are puzzles to figure out the require some out-of-the-box thinking!)

How can I use this product?

• This activity is a great way to either start or end the year!
• Students must work in teams to find answers and figure out codes
• Assign this activity digitally via google classroom or other learning platform
• Give students a time limit to increase motivation!
• This activity can be graded or just for fun
• The focus is on culture-not on grammar
• Plan for 60-90 minutes to complete this activity

What’s included in this product?

• A Spanish version Escape Room Challenge including

• 29 slides

• Important vocabulary (lock, clue, code, thief, to steal)

• Authentic photos from many places in Spain

• Links to 24 multiple choice questions in Spanish

• A google form with digital locks

• Link to a video showing flamenco music and dancing

• Link to a video showing how to make paella

• An English version with all of the the aforementioned parts

• Teacher instructions for use for both Spanish and English version (instructions are in English)

• An answer key for teachers for both Spanish and English versions

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Need more activities that work for any level?  Try these!

Spanish Verb Tenses Project: Present, Past and Future

Spanish Youth Hostels: Presentation, Video, Reading

Spanish Slang Bundle! Fun Resources!

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Going Varsity in Mariachi Movie Guide

As always I take a Deep Dive into the Cultural Aspects of the movie.

With profound love and enduring connection with mariachi music

Includes a cultural sheet, a movie guide in English/Spanish with an answer key.

Bonus deep dive question and 2 more surprises!

Looking for some creative ways to add more culture into your Spanish lessons?  Want to have comprehensible input and keep students engaged in the Target Language?  Spark a love of learning and an interest in traveling to Spanish-speaking countries with this bundle of culture-themed activities! Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening are all included in these activities! Save money by getting all 4 no-prep culture activities together! 

The Youth Hostels activity is a great one to use during a travel unit!  It contains a Google Slides presentation to explain what youth hostels are and what they look like.  It has a short video embedded so students can really see what youth hostels can offer.  There is a reading activity linked in (with an answer key) as well!  This activity is geared for students in Years 2, 3 and 4.  Read more HERE.

Vacaciones en España focuses on a trip to the beach town of Benidorm, on the West Coast of Spain.  This Google Slides presentation contains vibrant photos of real people, which makes it engaging for students.  Each slide comes with text to explain what they’re seeing. Within the presentation are links to reading, writing, speaking and listening activities.  This activity is great for a travel theme and when students are starting to learn the past tense! Read more HERE.

Avila is a similar format to Vacaciones en España. The Google Slides™ presentation contains original photographs from Ávila, Spain, a beautiful and medieval city to the north of Madrid. Each slide contains text taking students through Ávila’s past (its incredible walls, towers and cathedral) and present-day life with some views of the city!  The text is mainly written in both present and past (preterite and imperfect) and therefore is great for Years 2, 3 and 4. Read more HERE. 

The Escape Room is a student favorite! It comes in a Spanish and English version, and students must follow the clues to help solve a crime.  The clues take them all around Spain where they will learn about various aspects of the culture.  Each clue they solve reveals the next clue! This is so much fun for students!  This activity is already differentiated and therefore appropriate for all levels of Spanish! Read more HERE.

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 2 and up

How can I use this product?

• Present to the class
• Assign via Google Classroom or other learning platform
• Group work or Individual Work
• Sub Plans
• **Everything can be edited to suit your students’ needs!

What’s included in this product?

• Presentation, video and reading about Youth Hostels 
• Answer Key to comprehension questions for reading
• Presentation, photos, text, reading, writing, speaking and listening activities related to a trip to Benidorm, Spain
• Answer Keys included!
• Presentation, photos, text, reading, writing, speaking and listening activities related to a trip to Ávila, Spain
• Answer Keys included!
• Digital Escape Room activity Spanish version
• Digital Escape Room activity English version
• Answer Key and Teacher Instructions to Escape Rooms

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Camino de Santiago: Peardeck Google Slides, Reading, Writing, Conversation!

Spanish Slang Bundle! Fun Resources!

Spanish Fall Otoño Activities for Writing, Speaking & Listening

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Looking for a unique way to spice up 5 de mayo and

Mexican independence day?

Here are two collaborative Posters your students can build together!

Fun, and beautiful masterpieces.

✏️Creative

✏️Easy-to-use

✏️Engaging

✏️Authentic

Las Recetas Project

A fun Mini-Project that is ideal for the Spanish Classroom.

Students gets to experience culture through food!

Day of the Dead Bundle

What does it include?

• A Coffin Craft
• A Craft where students write about the holiday.
• An explanation of an altar
• 6 Digital Altar Activities- Interactive
• 5 Writing Templates
• 2 Word Searches
• Digital Altar Reflection Worksheet

✏️Authentic

✏️SUB-FRIENDLY

✏️Engaging

⭐NO PREP NEEDED

☀️INTERACTIVE

☀️ART

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Take your students to Spain with this fun one-of-a-kind Field Trip

Includes a Guide where students will write-in Answers as they navigate through my Virtual Field TRIP!

Part of my Game-Based Learning Project!

• FUN
• SUB-FRIENDLY
• CULTURAL ACTIVITY
• PRACTICE SPANISH
• WRITE IN SPANISH
• READ IN SPANISH

Please click on the link icon to access the Virtual Field TRIP (the link is embedded to the PDF).

This Bundle includes:

Teaching Art in Spanish- Lesson Guide for students to interpret art.

Helps with terms and simple art work. Examples, pictures and words to facilitate the Art Unit

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Teaching-Art-in-Spanish-Bundle-3002601

The Breakout- It is recommended to do this last since it encompasses all components of the bundle. This bundle includes Salvador Dali, Diego Velasquez, Michelangelo, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Da Vinci. This breakout includes a quiz, 3 powerpoints, questions about painters, Brief Bio and examples of their work. It plays as a Museum Experience. THE BREAKOUT IS Bilingual- English and Spanish

Painter’s Bio and Templates:

This bundle includes information, and templates to créate timelines or biographies of listed Painters.

Includes: Salvador Dali, Diego Velázquez, Michelangelo, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Monet, Da Vinci, Francisco de Goya

Rubric to critique an Art Work (Spanish Only)

⭐Self-Paced

⭐Can Be Assigned as a Sub Lesson plan

⭐Extra Review

Este paquete incluye:

Enseñando Arte en Español: Guía de lecciones para que los estudiantes interpreten el arte. Ayuda con términos y trabajos artísticos simples. Ejemplos, imágenes y palabras para facilitar la Unidad de Arte.

El Breakout: Se recomienda hacer esto último ya que abarca todos los componentes del paquete. Este paquete incluye a Salvador Dalí, Diego Velázquez, Miguel Ángel, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Da Vinci. Esta actividad incluye una prueba, 3 presentaciones de diapositivas, preguntas sobre los pintores, una breve biografía y ejemplos de su obra. Funciona como una Experiencia de Museo. LA GRAN FUGA es bilingüe: inglés y español.

Biografías y plantillas de pintores:

Este paquete incluye información y plantillas para crear líneas de tiempo o biografías de los pintores mencionados. Incluye: Salvador Dalí, Diego Velázquez, Miguel Ángel, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Monet, Da Vinci, Francisco de Goya.

Rúbrica para criticar una obra de arte (solo en español).

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Perfect Sub Plans for English or Spanish classes.

Make your sub plans matter!✏️

☀️What's Inside?

• Description and example of the famous painting "Las Meninas."
• Activity for Las Meninas
• Bio of Diego Velasquez
• The Art of Hispanic Art Worksheet
• A Warm-up Activity
• A Cheat Sheet for Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park by Diego Rivera
• An Activity to identify symbolism of the famous artwork.
• Word Search
• 3 Art Critic Activities

⭐SPANISH VERSION

⭐ENGLISH VERSION

✏️Authentic

Argentina Virtual Field Trip

¿Has estado buscando una forma divertida y educativa de involucrar a tus estudiantes? ¡Mis lecciones utilizan los modelos de Aprendizaje Basado en Juegos y Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos, y están garantizadas para captar la atención de tus estudiantes desde el principio!

Este día de excursión virtual toma lugar en Argentina. Los estudiantes navegan a través de mi lección interactive. Este producto también viene con una guía para que escriban los estudiantes mientras recorren Argentina.

This TRIP is part of my GBL Program.

✏️SUB-FRIENDLY

⭐NO PREP NEEDED

⭐100% IN SPANISH