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Free high school social studies cultural activities
Winter Holidays Around the World Fact Sheet
The Winter Holidays Around the World Fact sheet is a handy reference for planning your winter lessons, learning centers, and activities. It includes 6 holidays... Bodhi Day, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwaanza, El Día De Los Reyes or Three Kings Day, and Chinese New Year. Each has dates, information, traditions, colors, foods, and symbols. It comes in both color and black and white.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Day of the Dead Activities - Dia de los Muertos Activity - Close Reading - FREE
Day of the Dead Activities - Celebrate Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos with a close reading page. Learn all about the history of Day of the Dead with this close reading page which highlights the customs and traditions of this holiday. This page is the FULL TEXT from the book: Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos in English and SpanishEnjoy these FREE 4 PAGES to use with your students.The description below is for the COMPLETE UNIT listed below and can be purchased HERELearn all about the tr
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Also included in: Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos - MEGA Bundle - ENGLISH & SPANISH
SUPER Flags pack!
In this pack, you will find resources to engage your students on the learning of the
most important countries, sorting by continents: America (EEUU, Canada, Brazil,
Mexico), Europe (UK, Spain, France, Germany, Russia), Africa (South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Cameroon), Asia (Japan, China, India, South Korea), Oceania (New Zeland, Australia)
This pack includes:
- Flash cards
- Posters (Countries sorting by Continents; Colored and B&W)
- Stickers (flag, map and heart)
I hope that this resourc
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education
{FREE} Chinese New Year -- Chinese Zodiac Wheel (Worksheet/Paper Plate Activity)
This Chinese Zodiac Wheel can be used as a worksheet or a craft activity to supplement your Mandarin or social study program, especially during the Chinese New Year time. It includes the 12 zodiac animals in order with Chinese characters and pinyin.
This packet includes both Mandarin and English versions.
You can refer to the Chinese Zodiac Animals posters and flashcards packet for the years of each animal. Students can find out the zodiac signs for themselves and their family members.
As
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Hieroglyphics Printable Worksheet
Engage your students into Ancient Egypt with this Pun-tastic Worksheet!
Included on the page is a full Hieroglyphic Alphabet to reference, the lead of a joke written in English ("Why did the Mummy go to the doctor??"), and the punchline of the joke written out in easy to read, well spaced Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Above each Hieroglyphic symbol involved in the punchline is a line to write the equivalent English character.
Note- the Egyptians did not differentiate between many sounds that Eng
Grades:
3rd - 9th
World Geography Bell Ringer: FREE WEEK (Print & Digital)
This resource contains a one week sample (with answer key!) of the World Geography Bell Ringer. Your students will use the internet to research and fill in facts about a new country each day of the week. This resource is designed to be used as a daily warm-up or for early finishers. However, this could also be used as a station activity and completed in one sitting. This sample also includes a research tip sheet with website links for your students to access facts and data. Your students will us
Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
All Kinds of Minds | Neurodiversity | Autism Acceptance Bulletin & Coloring
Help spread autism acceptance and awareness, inclusion with this neurodiversity bulletin board and coloring craft - students can color in neurodiversity symbols and decorate the classroom during Autism Acceptance & Awareness Month (or any month of the year). These can be hung around the school, hung in a classroom, used for a disability event, etc.! Included are BULLETIN BOARD DISPLAY Letters along with blank neurodiversity symbols that can be decorated or colored in as a quick craft activi
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
United States Culture: A Story and Mapping Activity
United States Culture. What exactly does "American" mean? This United States Culture: Story and Mapping Activity has students read a one-page story about a day in the life of an American teenager and the 20 items they use throughout their day. The items may seem "American,” but many have their origins elsewhere. Students plot the location of the 20 places, draw arrows from that location back to the city they live in, and complete an organizational table as well as come up with a short answer
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Bell-Ringer Reading Comprehension Passage: Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Included is a reading passage regarding Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the Harlem Hell Fighters as a bonus along with comprehension and context clue questions from the articles. It's a great way to begin any class to promote history, social justice, reading-comprehension, and vocabulary.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Dream Summer Vacation Budget Project
This fun 2-3 class period project is perfect for introducing the idea of budget, adding prices, looking up information, and communicating ideas.
1. Introduce the project by talking about a wonderful summer vacation you once had.
2. Show the worksheet to the students and discuss each of the categories.
3. Ask students where they would go for a dream summer vacation.
4. Using classroom computers or Tablets allow students to complete the form.
5. Have students present the project to the class. For
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 10th
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This is a free coloring activity and windsock craft for El Cinco de Mayo. Students will follow four simple steps to color, cut, and glue these colorful windsocks. This is a great activity to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and Mexican culture during the month of May. These windsock templates are available in both color and blackline. Makes a great decoration as a boarder around your classroom walls.
Includes:
1. Instructions with examples
2. Windsock template version 1 with larger clip art for younger
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Grades:
K - 10th
Colorful Mexico - A Power Point of the Beautiful Colors of the Culture
This is a free Power Point Presentation highlighting the beautiful and bold colors of Mexico. Each slide is a burst of cultural color that will leave your students smiling and wanting more. The presentation is appropriate for all levels and grades K-12. The titles at the top of each slide are in Spanish.
spanish, mexico, culture, power point, powerpoint, social studies, foreign language, elementary, middle school, high school, cultural, heritage, diversity, multicultural, bilingual, colors,
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Black History Month - What Do You Know Worksheet
A three-page worksheet where children can see how much they already know about Black history. The worksheet can also be used to guide them in researching individuals. An answer key is also provided.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
I Voted! Printable Election Stickers for Mailing Labels
Get out the Vote!
After your students vote, let them show their pride and show others they have practiced completing their civil duties by wearing an "I Voted" sticker. Open the PDF file and print onto regular mailing labels... Avery 5160, 5161, Universal 80202
(1inch tall x 2 5/8 inches wide)
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom Informational Text
Written in a e-zine style, this high-interest informational text will introduce your students to the Juneteenth holiday and its significance. The resource can be used separately, or as a supplement to other materials, including my Juneteenth Celebration - Report Study Pages. Learners will discover the answer to several questions about Juneteenth, including why some people in the United States remained enslaved more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamationwhat the Juneteenth flag symb
Grades:
4th - 9th
The Man Who Walked Between the Two Towers - 9/11 Interactive Powerpoint
A great interactive powerpoint to use for the week of 9/11! Using the book, "The Man That Walks Between the Two Towers" written by Mordicai Gerstai, the slides ask questions from the book and based off of the videos. The story is a different twist to exposing a younger audience to the events of 9/11. The videos are to give students a visual for 9/11 events and so that you can explain 9/11 and it's historical, tragic, events.The link on the first slides goes to a read aloud video. Enjoy!
Grades:
4th - 12th
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: Germany – O Christmas Tree FREEBIE
*** FREE ***Overview: This product is a curriculum integration tool incorporating music, history and cultural traditions. The lesson is built around students learning some facts about Christmas Around the World as is found in Germany, singing a famous German Christmas carol, O Christmas Tree and playing a recorder and/or Easy Tone Chimes & Bells arrangement of the song. Materials:• Teaching Suggestions• Fact Sheet• Song Sheet: O Christmas Tree• Music for Recorder• Music & Instructions
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Viking Runes Worksheet
This is a one page (double sided) work sheet that shows students what type of alphabet Vikings used. The "futhark" alphabet it shown with the corresponding english sound below it. There is a riddle to solve, a few Viking words to translate, and then has students answer a few questions about themselves in runes as well. I've used this in World History talking about the Norse people, Mythology, in a unit on Beowulf, and I'm sure it can be used for many other subjects as well.
In case you do
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Guinea Ecuatorial - Culture - video embedded notes (en español)
¿Quieren aprender sus estudiantes sobre Guinea Ecuatorial?This resource is designed for heritage speaker students or advanced learners of Spanish because the student materials and videos are in Spanish. Sus estudiantes aprenderán: BanderaCapitalMúsica y bailesComida y bebidasLenguaje coloquialCelebridadesDías festivosHow to use this resource:Students take notes, watch the embedded videos and take the quiz. Distance Learning:This resource is compatible with distance learning and can also be used
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Heritage Speakers Unit: Cultura por todo el mundo hispanohablante
Who I am: All About Me and my Culture Worksheet - English and Spanish Versions
Happy upcoming Hispanic and Latinx Heritage month, celebrated from September 15 to October 15! This resource can be used anytime of the year to get to know your students and their cultural background.I created this resource for your culturally diverse classroom. Most of the students who I teach speak Spanish as their primary language at home, and although I do not know Spanish fluently, I am learning every day. I put together this resource to get to know their cultural heritage. This also encour
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Spanish Speaking Countries and Capitals Bundle
This FREE bundle is a great way to introduce and teach your students the Spanish speaking countries and capitals. Included are:★ A list of the 21 Spanish speaking countries. ★ A list of the 22 Spanish speaking capitals. ★ Printable flaschards of the countries and capitals. ★ A document with 10 uses for the flashcards. ************************************************************************************************Check out my MEGA BUNDLE that includes THIS PRODUCT plus everything you'll need to
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Leadership Quotes Poster Set
Infuse your classroom with inspiration using this Leadership Quotes Poster Set. These colorful posters feature fun fonts by Kimberly Geswein and include powerful quotes by important leaders. Each poster comes with a colored border option, and without a border. Print what's best for your classroom :) This poster set includes the following quotes: "Everyone can be great because anyone can serve." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world." -Mala
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Daily Hispanic Heritage Month Facts for Spanish or Social Studies
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this informative and educational factsheet! Perfect for Social Studies or Spanish classes, this three-page resource provides daily facts from September 15 to October 15, as well as a week of extra facts about Hispanic culture and history.Use this factsheet for warmup sharing, class discussions, or as a source of inspiration for student projects. Download this resource and get ready to explore and celebrate Hispanic heritage!Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month - Comprehensible Spanish Readings
Around the World in 80 Days - A Multicultural Fair
Looking for a fun and creative way for students to learn about the countries of the world? Organize a Multicultural Fair!This booklet outlines everything you need to guide students in their independent study of countries around the world. Each student is assigned a country and researches the following information to be compiled into a report:1. Geography2. History/Government3. Culture/Traditions4. Education System5. Language6. Current EventsStudents then create a tri-board outlining the informat
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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