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Common Core CCRA.R.2 cultural activities
Christmas Crafts & Holidays Around The World Bundle + Flip Books + BONUS GIFT
We are thrilled to introduce our Holidays Around The World Bundle designed to bring the magic of Christmas and other holiday celebrations into your classroom. This resource is a fantastic opportunity for your students to embark on a cultural journey and learn about holiday traditions from around the world.The Holidays Around The World Bundle currently includes: GermanySwedenNetherlandsUnited States of America & Canada (now combined)ItalyFranceEnglandAustraliaLas PosadasHanukkahKwanzaaChinese
Grades:
K - 2nd
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Activities, Texts & Projects
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with four weeks of activities, informational texts, and projects! Your students will love learning about the history, geography, and cultures of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.With this ready-to-go bundle about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, you have everything you need: lessons, 17 activities, 14 texts, and 2 projects.What You'll Learn:✅ In Week 1, you will explore the history and purpose of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.✅ I
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5th - 7th
Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
I Never Saw another Butterfly: Exploring the Holocaust through Terezin Poetry
Teachers, use this lesson to teach the Holocaust through analysis of children's poetry from the camp-ghetto of Terezin. The lesson brings the humanity of the Holocaust to the front of student's minds and allows them to study language arts skills while studying a watershed moment in history.Starting with a short presentation over the camp-ghetto of Terezin, students will be able to contextualize the history and learn about the circumstances that led to the poetry being produced they will be readi
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead & Mexico Novice Spanish Reading Comprehension
This Spanish cultural reading was designed for NOVICE Spanish students to give them a basic overview of Mexico while staying in Spanish. This Spanish reading comprehension includes sections in Spanish on Geography, Culture & the Day of the Dead / el día de los muertos.This Día de Muertos reading would be perfect for novice Spanish students who are about to read the novel Tumba by Mira Canion. This Spanish reading comprehension activity is also a good introduction to the films the Book of Lif
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8th - 10th
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Fairy Tale Analysis Unit High School - Cinderella Around the World Folktale Unit
Looking for a multicultural folk literature unit for your high school or advanced middle school students? Throughout this relevant and engaging fairy tale unit, students have an opportunity to study multiple Cinderella fairy tales from a historical perspective. Grimm's Cinderella is used as the anchor short story for in-class work and discussions. Then, students will have the opportunity to explore many other cultural versions of Cinderella by completing an independent research project. By the e
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8th - 12th
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Día de los Reyes Magos Spanish Reading Comprehension 3 Reyes Magos el invierno
This is a short authentic reading in Spanish about "Los Tres Reyes Magos" and the celebration of 3 Kings Day. It is an editable Google Doc that includes vocabulary and discussion questions in Spanish. It would be best with Spanish 2 or Spanish 3 for a one-day interpretive reading, cultural activity. ⭐ Get this Winter Holidays Bundle for the best deal on all of my Winter resourcesThis Spanish Class 3 Reyes Magos Reading Activity Includes✅ Editable Google Docs that can be assigned on Google Classr
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Grades:
9th - 11th
Valentine's Day Bible Lessons for February, Complete Unit
This set of three Valentine's Day Bible Lessons is perfect for kids' church, Sunday School, home school, Christian schools, and more. This no prep themed teaching pack will show children - through the use of Bible stories and Bible characters - that we are to love one another as Christ loves us! This pack will teach children through February with a Love Each Other theme that Jesus is Love! The coloring pages, crafts, and activities are kid-friendly with a touch of Valentine's Day fun!Student Exp
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Bible Curriculum, Year-Long BUNDLE of Holiday-Themed Lessons for Kids
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Digital Choice Board Activity
Whether you're celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May or are incorporating more poetry and poets to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different resources across the categories of: stories, poetry, art & music, books and culture.The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be us
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations
The History of Thanksgiving Activities Middle School
Searching for Thanksgiving Activities for Middle School ELA? This History of Thanksgiving PDF is the perfect reading to help your Language Arts students understand the facts of the complicated history of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The best part? There is NO-PREP required for teachers! Simply Print & Go! Save yourself time and stress the week of Thanksgiving! Included in this resource is a four-page informational article, "A Brief History of Thanksgiving," that is based on facts from primary s
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Christmas Holiday Mega Bundle - Middle School ELA
4 Tools for Teaching "The Danger of a Single Story" Google Slides and Form
This is my best selling resource! Add it to your classroom today!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story" Ted talk is an incredible speech to watch with students 6-12. I watch the talk and read the transcript with my tenth graders, and the discussion and reflection after each view are consistently impressive. To help my students discuss the talk meaningfully, I developed these four printable tools: two listening guides, a text-connection tool, and a SOAPSTone analysis. The liste
Grades:
6th - 12th
Thanksgiving Play or Readers Theater and Songs with Literacy Activities
Make your November and Thanksgiving literacy activities memorable this year with integrated Reading, Writing and Drama and Music activities. These are the most excellent ways to include all students and offer diverse learning activities, while developing reading, writing, speaking and creativity skills. Use the Readers Theater or Play about the Native Americans and the Pilgrims to help children learn how to become friends and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Integrate READING, WRITING, MUSIC and DRAM
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K - 3rd
Spanish Valentines Day Activities BUNDLE día de san valentín Spanish Worksheets
Here is everything you need to celebrate Valentine's Day in Spanish class. Día de San Valentín, or Día de Amor y Amistad Bundle could be adapted for Spanish 1, Spanish 2, or Spanish 3. Spanish Valentine's Day bundle includes a slideshow that could be used as a class starter for 3 weeks, or put together for a couple of days of activities, a Super 7 verbs Valentine Find Someone Who interpersonal activity, plus a short novice reading comprehension activity in Spanish on Valentine's day. It includes
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7th - 10th
Paired Text Lesson, Malala Yousafzai Nonfiction Speech and "Brave" Song
My paired poetry and text lessons allow numerous standards to be covered as you move through unpacking the rich texts included. With the lesson plan provided along with answers, you'll have what you need in a no-prep fashion to conduct this text-based lesson for Earth Day with success. It also makes the perfect lesson for test-prep as students are required to synthesize between two texts.Student Experience: This paired text lesson juxtaposes pop culture's song "Brave" and Malala Yousafzai's "Spe
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8th - 11th
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Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #2
Engage and motivate students with these informational, expository text close reading assignments. These easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension. This resource is not just questions and answers - you are getting a full lesson plan complete with a relevant video links, an argumentative writing prompt, and extension ideas! Plus, all the answers are here, too!Included:-Lesson Plans-Questions/Answers-Sub Plan-Prompts
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Story of 9/11 Novel Guide
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Novel Guide. Ideal realistic fiction resource that masterfully tells the story of September 11th, the fallen towers and their legacy, which lives on in all of us. History is alive.This pack includes:Chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questions and answers. Character(s) analysis New VocabularyCause & Effect ChartKLW ChartThemes ActivityEssay TopicExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for: Teaching about American HistoryTeaching about September
Grades:
4th - 7th
Holiday Activity Christmas Hanukkah Kwanzaa - Middle School
This No-Prep, Print & Go Holiday Resource is the perfect way to engage your Middle School ELA Students during December! Students will learn about three cultures' winter celebrations--Christmas, Hanukkah & Kwanzaa--while practicing important ELA skills! After reading three informational texts, students will compare and contrast the holidays and practice writing excellent paragraphs!Included in this .pdf file are three informational articles discussing the history of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Christmas Holiday Mega Bundle - Middle School ELA
The Scholarship Jacket Mini-Unit (Great for Distance Learning)
Engage your middle schoolers with a short story about fairness, integrity, and overcoming prejudices. "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas is a great story to teach character analysis, theme, and critical thinking skills. Everything you need to support student comprehension, foster text-to-self connections, and assess learning throughout is included. This unit is the ultimate resource for differentiated learning and text analysis anchored in a central text.As part of the mini-unit, you will
Grades:
6th - 10th
Earth on Turtle's Back & When Grizzlies Walked Upright Native American Myths
Bundle of 2-3 days worth of activities to introduce Native American Mythology, including an editable slide presentation in both PowerPoint and Google Slides, a link to an online game matching morals to children's stories, reading comprehension worksheets, a pre-reading fill in the blank cloze activity (printable or digital), a compare and contrast worksheet and a writing or class presentation assignment that has students creating their own origin myths about their least favorite school rules. U
Grades:
7th - 11th
Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE
If you are looking for quick and easy activities that you can use in November to keep your middle and high school students on task and engaged, then look no more! Every lesson, designed to add rigor and meaning to Thanksgiving, is standards-based, classroom-tested, rigorous, and grade level appropriate for high school level ELA students. This pack includes up to 2 weeks of materials depending on your class periods and how you use what's included. Surviving Thanksgiving Gratitude-Themed Pack In
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8th - 11th
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Black Out Poetry Civil Rights Reading, Writing & Art Project
Resource for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThe purpose of these activities is to help students read deeply while reading excerpts from historical civil rights speeches. So often, civil rights leaders like Dr. King are discussed as if they were super heroes. They are, in a sense, super heroes. But it’s important for students to realize that they were also regular people, often with very humble beginnings who found themselves in situations, environments and racist conflicts th
Grades:
5th - 7th
Nonfiction Close Reading Lesson on Hot Topics: A Culture of Cheating
This easy prep mini lesson on cheating is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With specific skilled-based, text-based questions and a writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate. Make those real-world connections with hot topics informational text lessons!Student Experience: The pressure to achieve in academics, get into college, and earn scholarships often provokes students -- and even parents -- to make dishonest decisions, i.e. che
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #2
Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Mythology Reading Comprehension Passages Activity
What's not to love about ancient Egypt gods and mythology?! Feel safe as your students uncover the dramatic story of conflict between Osiris and Seth. Excite as they discover the role of each god at the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony. Discover the relationship between Egyptian gods and Egyptian geography.Enjoy the FUN of Egyptian Mythology without the stress of mature themes that students uncover during online research. Share the dramatic stories, but with MIDDLE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE TEXT AND GRA
Grades:
6th - 9th
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Is Protesting Powerful or Problematic?
Engage and motivate students with this informational, expository text close reading assignment. This easy-prep Hot Topics Info Text Lesson is the perfect ready-to-go resource to practice close reading skills and comprehension! Your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate and discuss no matter their reading level or experience with close reading and annotating. The questions are designed to have students truly dig into and respond to a text. This resource is not just questions a
Grades:
10th - 12th
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #3
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