11th Grade Spanish Cultural Activities

Make learning about Spanish culture and history interesting with this no-prep digital escape game bundle.  The games include access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams.

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the game
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the game
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles without being 100% focused! 

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

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Kickstart your Spanish 2 classroom with this comprehensive Back to School Bundle! Perfect for the first weeks of school, this bundle has everything you need to review previous knowledge and build new skills for the year—plus, 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.
• Discussion Topics: 60 seasonal topics to use as bell-ringers, for early finishers or enrichment.
• Ultimate Spanish I Grammar Review: Presentation highlighting more than a dozen concepts including conjugation, negation, sentence structure and more.
• Spanish Review Boardgame Project: Review Grammar, Vocabulary, and Culture from the previous year through an engaging, student-led project.
• Provinces of Spain Virtual Field Trip: Student-led geography project combines research, creativity, presentation skills, and cultural exploration to deep-dive into the birthplace of the Spanish language.
• All About Me Infographic: Students create visual representations of themselves including adjectives, family, hobbies/activities, likes/dislikes, and school subjects.
• School Vocabulary Activities: Vocabulary lesson plan is packed with fun and interactive activities to help students brush up on school subjects and supplies at the start of the year.
• 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 II 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.

Mayan Civilization Spanish and English Version

a fun reading with guided activities.

Engage your students with this 2 pages worksheet, focused on the renowned Spanish festival, La Tomatina. Designed for secondary Spanish students, this resource includes a reading comprehension passage about Nico’s unforgettable experience at the Tomatina festival. Here’s what it includes:

• Reading comprehension: Students answer questions in Spanish based on Nico’s story, building skills in understanding authentic-style texts.

• Grammar practice: A focused section on the pluperfect tense (pretérito pluscuamperfecto) helps students understand the tense and gain confidence in using this advanced tense to describe actions that happened prior to other past events.

• Vocabulary and Writing practice: Key vocabulary and phrases from the text are reinforced with translation exercises, promoting retention of useful language structures related to festivals and personal experiences.

The final writing task encourages students to write about their own hypothetical festival experience, using a mix of the pluperfect and preterite tenses, opinions, and connectors. This task is an excellent way to prepare students for the writing paper of the exam while allowing them to explore cultural themes.

This worksheet can support lessons on cultural topics, serve as effective exam prep, or offer meaningful cover work for independent study.

Looking for some activities to get your Spanish students thinking about how Travel affects quality of life?  In AP Spanish®, discussing travel and tourism and how it can positively impact one’s  life experiences is a great way to give purpose to their studies!  This resource includes 6 activities to make a mini unit about why people enjoy visiting other places while keeping the focus on Spanish-speaking countries.

!!!These activities are all INCLUDED in the complete Unit 5 Lesson Plan Bundle!!!

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 4 or up
• AP Spanish® students 

How can I use this product?

• Create a mini unit on the value of travel and tourism
• Practice reading comprehension
• Practice listening comprehension
• Foster group work
• Pique interest in the many beautiful and interesting places to visit in the Spanish-speaking world!

What’s included in this product?

• 6 resources including

• Questions for a class discussion

• 2 tourism ads from Spanish-speaking countries

• A project: students create a tourism ad of their own (rubric included)

• A podcast with accompanying comprehension questions and answer key

• A reading about ecotourism in Panama with accompanying comprehension activity (students generate their own questions and anwers)

• A Google Slides™ presentation about El Camino de Santiago with accompanying activities (reading with questions and answer key, writing with rubric)

Other resources you may like:

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

AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 4: Science and Technology

AP Spanish Quality of Life Intro Activities

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

In the story 'Todo sobre Honduras', 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 Honduras 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!

Make learning about Cinco de Mayo interesting with this no-prep digital escape game.  The game includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams. 

Cinco de Mayo is almost here!  Your friend from Puebla has sent you some candies from Mexico, but in order to open the box and retrieve them, you will have to figure out the codes that open the locks by learning about Cinco de Mayo and the traditions surrounding it.  This is a challenging activity that students will need to work together and think critically in order to complete. Some readings are in English while others are in Spanish.

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the game
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the game
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles  without being 100% focused! 

Topics in this game include:

• Mole Poblano
• Benito Juarez
• Mariachi Music
• Ignacio Zaragosa
• The Battle of Puebla

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

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• Dia de los muertos - Digital Escape game

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• Digital Escape games - Spanish Bundle

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.

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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 2 high school students comparing a high school in the United States with one in Mexico.  The video is in Spanish.  Use this assignment as a source for a cultural comparison!

This resource is INCLUDED IN THE COMPLETE 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 chart
• Use small group or whole-class instruction to compare and contrast the 2 schools
• Use the information students learn from the video as a basis for a cultural comparison
• Works well with Unit 5 or Unit 6 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
• 2-page Google Doc with a note-taking chart about the specific aspects of the video and follow up questions asking students to compare and contrast

Other Resources You May Like:

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

Bundle of 5 videos with accompanying questions about schools in the Spanish-speaking world!

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

In the story 'Todo sobre Guatemala', 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 Guatemala 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!

This internet activity unit has everything you need for your students to plan a virtual trip to Madrid! Air travel, hotels, shopping, meals, transportation, museums, spectacles, and budge worksheets - you can use them on a stand-alone basis to address different themes, or together as one big unit. Includes a list of websites that will be useful to complete the project. Planning travel is a useful skill for all students but it's also a fun activity to do.

As your students work their way through the activities, they will be learning about different aspects of planning a trip. They will also learn about the city of Madrid and its history and monuments. Each activity addresses a different aspect of trip-planning. Once they've done all of the activities, you can have students turn in the completed activities or put them together in a presentation about their trip. A fun way to learn a useful skill!

Activities in this unit include:

• Flights to and from Madrid
• Transportation while in Madrid
• Choosing a place to stay - hotel, hostel, AirBNB?
• Things to do
• Shopping
• Museums
• Shows and Events
• Dining and food budget
• Overall budget

Explore all corners of Spain with your students! They will research one of the 17 provinces of Spain, create captivating travel videos, present their videos to the class, and vote to select the top 3 tourist destinations. This unique project combines research, creativity, presentation skills, and cultural understanding, offering an interactive and fun learning experience for your students. And for you? You will have busy students for a week, individualized projects, and easy grading!

Depending on language level, projects can be completed in Spanish or English. Get ready to ignite a passion for Spanish language and culture in your classroom one province at a time!

Key Features of the Project:

1. Real-Life Application: This project taps into the real-life context of travel, allowing students to explore Spain's varied regions and practice language skills in a meaningful way.
2. Research and Inquiry: Students conduct research on a specific region, enhancing their critical thinking and information-gathering abilities.
3. Cultural Awareness: The project fosters cultural understanding as students delve into the significance of each region within the rich context of Spanish culture and history.
4. Creative Expression: Students showcase their creativity by producing engaging travel videos, enhancing their communication and storytelling abilities.
5. Collaboration and Peer Learning: Students present their videos to the class, encouraging peer learning, active listening, and cross-cultural appreciation.
6. Competitive Element: The voting aspect adds an element of friendly competition, fueling excitement and motivation in the classroom.
7. Language Proficiency (Optional depending on level): Through script creation, video production, and oral presentations, students sharpen their language skills in writing, speaking, and listening.

Project Includes detailed notes to teacher with implementation schedule, list of provinces, project instruction sheet for students, storyboard templates, guided presentation notes with voting sheets for presentations and grading rubric.

Project works well for any level of upper school Spanish (Foundations of Spanish, Spanish Exploratory, Middle School Spanish, Spanish I, II, III, IV, and can even be modified for AP Spanish),

Let's embark on this enriching virtual field trip through Spain together!

5 de Mayo Everything you Need Bundle

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This 5 de Mayo Bundle Includes:

• Mystery Picture Activity
• Writing Activities
• Reading +Demonstrate Comprehension by Coloring in an Authentic Loteria or Xochimilco Image.
• Interactive Lesson with high-end visuals and a quiz that self-grades at the end of the lesson.
• Interactive Lesson, Quiz, Writing and Mystery Picture are completely in Spanish.
• Reading Comprehension Activity is both in English and Spanish.

So many Activities to choose from!

AS A BONUS I ADDED a CULTURAL GAME FOR SPANISH CLASS AND CULTURAL SELF-GRADING QUIZ TOO!

Este paquete del 5 de Mayo incluye:

• Actividad de imagen misteriosa
• Actividades de escritura
• Lectura + Demostración de comprensión coloreando una imagen auténtica de Lotería o Xochimilco.
• Lección interactiva con visuales de alta calidad y un cuestionario que se califica automáticamente al final de la lección.
• La lección interactiva, el cuestionario, la escritura y la imagen misteriosa están completamente en español.

La actividad de comprensión de lectura está tanto en inglés como en español.

¡Tantas actividades para elegir!

It's the end of a unit or the end of the school year.... what would be FUN and motivating to students? Learning slang! Digital or printable, this Youtube video and accompanying Google Doc and Edpuzzle viewing guides will help students sound more natural with their speech. This video teaches slang from SPAIN, but check out my other products for slang from other countries!

Students can view the video and write down answers in open-ended form, or they can watch the video in an EdPuzzle and answer the multiple choice questions. (Auto-graded, by the way!) The questions in this activity are written in Spanish, but the language level is basic and should be accessible to students from Novice High and up. The video itself presents Spanish slang terms with explanations in English. The viewing guides are fully customizable to be sure the questions are just right for your students!

Who can use this product?

• Any student interested in learning slang from Spain!

How can I use this product?

• Assign this activity in class or for homework
• Get students excited to learn "real" Spanish!
• Have students complete the viewing guide where they fill in answers to have a document they can save for reference
• Have students complete the Edpuzzle if you need them to have instant feedback and/or a quick grade. (Edpuzzles make it easier for students to answer as the question pops up right after the answer was given! It's a good differentiation for students.)
• Combine this with other activities to create a mini unit!

What's included in this product?

• 1 link to a curated YouTube video (no bad words!)
• 1 link to an Edpuzzle activity
• 1 Google doc with student viewing guide
• Teacher Answer Key

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Looking for ways to introduce the different Spanish-speaking countries to your students? Easily incorporate the culture and history of this not-quite a country Puerto Rico into any level of your Spanish classroom with 'All About Puerto Rico'!

In the story 'Todo sobre Puerto Rico', your students will learn about the geography of the territory, population, special holidays, common food from the country, and MORE! This reading is a great way to introduce students to Puerto Rico 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!

Have your students use their devices to plan a trip to Paris! No need to print anything, everything is saved in your Google drive. Includes slides with instructions and clickable links as well as a place for students to input their information. Students work directly in the file, no prep work necessary!

Planning a trip is a valuable skill. This activity includes sections for:

finding a flight

finding a hotel

using public transportation

visiting monuments

visiting museums

eating at restaurants

buying souvenirs and gifts

budgeting for your trip

Can be used in a computer lab or on 1:1 devices. You can also print out the slides and charts if you wish.

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.

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!

Practice AP Spanish® reading comprehension with these 2 articles to learn about the dying corals of the Great Barrier Reef and the growing problem of Electronic Garbage. They can be assigned digitally for distance learners and printed for in-person students.

The articles are written from the perspective of a Mexican and a Colombian and therefore make great sources for cultural comparisons and discussions about perspectives in different places in the Spanish-speaking world.

Both articles are accompanied by comprehension questions and the Corals article also has a GoFormative version which is auto-graded- a great time saver for teachers! Another benefit to Goformative is that questions can be inserted exactly where you would like them to be to make reading comprehension a little easier for students. The questions appear side by side with the article, so students don't need to scroll back and forth to read the question and then search for the answer in the text.

Who can use this product?

• Students in AP Spanish®
• Students studying environmental issues

How can I use this product?

• Assign these articles in class or for homework
• Assign these articles digitally or print them if your students prefer
• Use these as sources for Unit 6: Environmental, Political and Social Challenges
• Use them as a basis for a cultural comparison, a debate or a class discussion!
• Use them as practice or for a formal reading comprehension grade

What's included in this product?

• 1 article about the corals of the Great Barrier Reef and the stress they are under
• 10 multiple choice questions and answer key
• GoFormative, auto-grading version of this article
• 1 article about the growing problem of Electronic Garbage
• 15 True/False questions (with instructions to correct the false statements) and answer key
• Both activities are linked into 1 Google Doc
• All questions can be edited to fit your students' needs!

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Need more resources for Unit 6?

AP Spanish: 2 videos: Retos ambientales: Viewing Guides and Edpuzzle!

AP Spanish Unit 6 Intro: 4 resources to start Global Challenges!
AP Spanish: Unit 6: La sobrepoblación Bundle

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