High School Spanish Cultural Activities

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our students in middle school with these three fun and engaging Cinco de Mayo activity crossword puzzles.

The puzzles are filled with words and phrases related to the history and culture of Cinco de Mayo, making them perfect for teachers looking to add some excitement to their lesson plans.

In addition, these easy-to-use crossword puzzles are a great way to introduce students to Mexican culture and history in a fun and interactive way. This will help you challenge your students to test their knowledge while developing their vocabulary and critical thinking skills.

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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 - Spain - in both English AND Spanish versions

• Digital Escape Game - Madrid

It is also included in the bundle:

• Digital Escape games - Spanish Bundle

This is one of my students' favorite projects and a great way to wrap up a unit on clothing. In this project, students will embark on a virtual shopping adventure to purchase clothing items for a family in need. With $600 American dollars collected for a family affected by a recent house fire, students will use their language skills to navigate an authentic Spanish online store to select clothing items for a family of four. My fashionistas get particularly into this one!

Students will:

• Translate their American dollars into Spanish Euros

• Browse through clothing categories

• Convert to European sizes

• Add items to their virtual shopping cart

• Stay within a given budget

• Take notes on new Spanish vocabulary encountered during their shopping experience.

• Complete a "Listo de Regalos" to document their purchases

• Prepare a brief oral presentation in Spanish to share with the class.

This project not only reinforces essential language skills such as vocabulary acquisition and currency conversion but also promotes empathy, cultural awareness, and community engagement. With clear instructions, interactive online shopping, and engaging presentation components, ¡Vamos de Compras! is sure to be a hit with your students too!
Bring real-world relevance and excitement to your Spanish classroom -
¡Vamos de Compras! ¡Es hora de ayudar y aprender juntos!

Do your students need to brush up on their clothing vocabulary before shopping? Check out Spanish Clothing/La Ropa Vocabulary Activities/Practice/Emergency Sub Lesson!

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Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Valentine's Day-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice Valentine's terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• a vocab PowerPoint (25 slides!)
• 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)
• 1 domino game with 24 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 1 bingo game (with a call list, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
• a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Valentine's Day vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

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Students will visit the Hispanic Virtual Museum. The museum is divided into 4 halls.

1. Hispanic Artists

a. Fernando Botero

b. Diego Rivera

c. Frida Kahlo

d. María Izquierdo

2. Music (various genres) -no audio

3. Celebrations and Traditions (various hispanic traditions and celebrations)

4. Historical Figures

This museum comes with a guide for students to fill-out while they explore the museum.

This is an overview of all categories, not an in-depth exploration. A in-deep museum for Fernando Botero and Frida coming soon. This is the perfect way to cover many important topics to give an overview of the Hispanic Influence

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.

Direct your Spanish students’ excitement about winter break with this Digital Escape Room about how Christmas is celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries! Your students will LOVE this FUN challenge!  They will work in groups to solve “clues” (which are actually content related learning + questions) and figure out how to unlock the digital  locks to gain access to the next clue!  All the while they will learn about why Christmas is important in Spanish-speaking countries and what some popular traditions are.  They will end their challenge by making some cultural comparisons.

This FUN Escape Room Challenge is suitable for Spanish students in grades 7-12!  The learning and questions are written in English, though there is a video in Spanish with English subtitles and a vocab puzzle which will require students to match Spanish terms related to Christmas with their English translations.  (Students will learn these words through their reading/viewing during the challenge.) There are teacher instructions and hints/explanations about how to solve the puzzles in case your students need some help. I have updated some parts to have easier versions for middle school students!

This digital escape room uses a Google Form™, a Google Slide™ and and Google Docs™.  Parts of the “clues” can be printed if you choose, but the locks must be “opened” virtually via Google Forms™.  

Who can use this product?

• Spanish students in grades 7-12

How can I use this product?

• Divide your students into groups of 3 or 4
• Assign this Escape Room to each student
• Explain what their task is: to help Abuela find the missing figurines for the roscón!
• Let students work together to learn and problem solve

What’s included in this product?

• Student version instructions that explain what an escape room is and what their task is

• Google Form™ with digital locks

• 5 “clues” linked into the Form including

• The History of Catholicism in Spanish-speaking countries

• Traditions for Christmas and 3 Kings Day

• Information about the Tradition of the roscón

• Vocabulary puzzle (2 versions, difficult and easier)

• Cultural Comparison Questions

• Teacher Answer Key with explanations for how to solve each “lock”

Other resources you may like:

Spanish Digital Escape Room for Any Level: Spanish and English Versions!

Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle

Spanish Slang Bundle! Fun Resources!

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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!

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.

Tired of the same Spanish Christmas Projects and looking for something a little more inclusive? Most of your students are probably already pretty familiar with how we celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, and Valentine's Day in the United States. But have they ever heard of Fiesta de la Candelaria, Constitution Day, Día de Las Velitas, Carnaval, or dozens of other holidays celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world from December through February?

This flexible project is a great way to expose your students to a wide variety of cultural traditions and practices in a short amount of time with minimal effort on your part!

Each student will pick a Spanish-speaking country from a set of preprinted cards, select 2 winter holidays to research, and create a slide presentation to teach the rest of the class what they have learned. Optional graphic organizers are perfect for diverse learners and guided notes keep students engaged and learning during presentations!

Includes:

-Notes to teacher with pacing suggestions

-Detailed Project Directions and Easy grading rubric

-21 Spanish Speaking Country cards

-Graphic Organizer

-Presentation Notes

-Materials available in English and Spanish to make this work for all levels!

Perfect for giving yourself a break before Winter Break by letting your students teach each other! This is also a great project for those long, slow winter days that tend to drag in January and February.

Need other seasonal ideas?

Explore my comprehensive Spanish Navidad/Christmas Vocabulary Practice/Worksheets/Emergency Sub! for more vocab fun! With 10 pages of engaging written practice (featuring word searches, short answers, jumbles, and more) there is something for everyone!

Or let them play a little with Navidad Vocabulary Dominos, Navidad Vocabulary Dice, or Navidad Vocabulary Cut & Paste Bingo.

Looking for something a little more secular? Try my Winter Vocabulary and Emergency Sub Plan. This one is good all season long!

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Are you looking for an easy and low-prep way to review likes and dislikes vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! These fun word puzzles (in pdf form) are a great way to practice or review likes and dislikes vocab with your students. There are 20 infinitives/verb phrases included in the five puzzles.

This file includes:

• one crossword (with clues in English)
• one word search (with clues in English)
• one mystery word puzzle, also known as "crack the code" (with pictures, no English)
• one word jumble puzzle (without clues)
• one vocab matching (match Spanish to English)
• answer keys for each puzzle
• a table of contents
• teacher tips page

Make sure to check out the preview for a complete list of included terms in Spanish!

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5 de Mayo Everything you Need Bundle

¿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!

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!

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 Peru into any level of your Spanish classroom with 'All About Paraguay'!

In the story 'Todo sobre Paraguay', 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 Paraguay 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

Some classes work better in groups than others. With this bundle, you can customize which classes receive different versions of the same project. This also works great when you have assigned the group project but inevitably have students who are absent for an extended period. Don't stress about sending work with them. Just print out the individual project and send them on their merry way!

Have your students ever heard of Fiesta de la Candelaria, Constitution Day, Día de Las Velitas, Carnaval, or dozens of other holidays celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world from December through February? The Spanish-speaking Winter Holiday Project goes beyond the big name holidays your students are already familiar with. Not only does it review geography, but also incorporates history, culture, music, and more. And even better - Once you assign this project, your students will take on the work of teaching EACH OTHER!

Need other seasonal ideas or looking for something to do for the early finishers?

Explore my comprehensive Spanish Navidad/Christmas Vocabulary Practice/Worksheets/Emergency Sub! for more vocab fun! With 10 pages of engaging written practice (featuring word searches, short answers, jumbles, and more) there is something for everyone!

Or let them play a little with Navidad Vocabulary Dominos, Navidad Vocabulary Dice, or Navidad Vocabulary Cut & Paste Bingo.

Looking for something a little more secular? Try my Winter Vocabulary and Emergency Sub Plan. This one is good all season long!

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Are you looking for an easy and low-prep way to review Christmas vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! These fun word puzzles (in pdf form) are a great way to practice or review holiday vocab with your students. There are 25 Christmas-related words included in the five puzzles.

This file includes:

• one crossword (with clues in English)
• one word search (with clues in English)
• one mystery word puzzle, also known as "crack the code" (with pictures, no English)
• one word jumble puzzle (without clues)
• one vocab matching (match Spanish to English)
• answer keys for each puzzle
• a table of contents
• teacher tips page

© 2014-2022 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Coloreando por Respuesta Figuras Retóricas AP SPANISH LITERATURE

Students will color based on answer. Answer key of the end image is included.

The image students will be coloring a picture of a Purepecha woman.

Students read the sentences given and they must decide if it is: onomatopeya, personification,hyperbole, irony, metaphor or simile.

Los estudiantes colorearán según la respuesta. La clave de respuestas de la imagen final está incluida.

La imagen que los estudiantes estarán coloreando es de una mujer Purépecha.

Los estudiantes leerán las oraciones dadas y deberán decidir si es: onomatopeya, personificación, hipérbole, ironía, metáfora o símil.

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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Other resources you may like:

Seal of Biliteracy AAPPL Test Interpretive Reading Activities

Verb Tense Project

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

In the story 'Todo sobre Cuba', 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 Cuba 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!